The American Library Association announced the winners of this year’s Newbery, Caldecott, and other awards.
The Newbery Medal, “named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children… to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.”
This year’s winner is Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (published by Delacorte Press).
The runners up, or “Honors Books” are:
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (Random House Children’s Books)
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus (Amulet Books)
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children)
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad)
The Caldecott Medal is “named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott and is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children… to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”
This year’s winner is A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead (published by Roaring Brook Press).
The runners up, or “Honors Books” are:
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill (Little, Brown and Company)
Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein (Candlewick Press)
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for “a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.”
This year’s winner is Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown and Company).
The runners up, or “Honors Books” are:
Stolen by Lucy Christopher (Chicken House)
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King (Alfred A. Knopf)
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick (Roaring Brook Press)
Nothing by Janne Teller (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
The full list of this year’s winner and runners up (for another two dozen awards) is available on this page.