** John Newbery Medal for
the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Flora &
Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo
Newbery Honors:
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The Year of
Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
One Came
Home by Amy Timberlake
** Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: Locomotive
by Brian Floca
Caldecott Honors
Journey by Aaron Becker
Journey by Aaron Becker
Flora and
the Flamingo by Molly Idle
Mr.
Wuffles! by David Wiesner
** Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of
outstanding books for children and young adults:
P.S. Be
Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
King (Author) Honor:
March: Book
One written by John Lewis and
Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
Darius
& Twig by Walter Dean Myers
Words with
Wings by Nikki Grimes
** Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me
illustrated by Bryan Collier written by Daniel Beaty
King (Illustrator) Honor
Nelson
Mandela illustrated and written
by Kadir Nelson
** Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the
Creation of Hip Hop by Theodore Taylor III
** Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime
Achievement: Authors Patricia and Researcher Fredrick McKissack are the
winners of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime
Achievement.
** Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick,
Printz Honor Books
Eleanor
& Park written by Rainbow Rowell
Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal Maggot Moon written by
Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
** Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability
experience:
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin written by Jen
Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
(for children ages 0 to 10)
Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell (middle-school ages 11-13)
Rose under Fire by Elizabeth Weinteen (ages 13-18)
Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell (middle-school ages 11-13)
Rose under Fire by Elizabeth Weinteen (ages 13-18)
** Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best
portray,
affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: Niño Wrestles the World illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Maria Had a
Little Llama / María Tenía una Llamita
by Angela Dominguez
Tito
Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo
illustrated by Rafael López,
written by Monica Brown
Pancho
Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale
by Duncan Tonatiuh
** Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray,
affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:
The
Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle
The Living by Matt de la Peña
Pancho
Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale
by Duncan Tonatiuh
** Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children: Parrots
over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan
L. Roth
Sibert Honor Books
A Splash of
Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Look Up!
Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Locomotive by Brian Floca
The Mad
Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
** Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers: The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
Geisel Honor Books
Ball by Mary Sullivan
A Big Guy
Took My Ball by Mo Willems
Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes
For more information, see:
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/01/american-library-association-announces-2014-youth-media-award-winners
