CHILDRENS BOOK AWARD WINNERS 2014 By Donna Bulatowicz

CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD WINNERS, 2014 By Donna Bulatowicz

ORBIS PICTUS AWARD v This award “recogniz[es] excellence in nonfiction writing for children. ” v http: //www. ncte. org/awards/ orbispictus

WINNER 2014 v A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jan Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet v http: //asplashofredbook. co m/

NEWBERY AWARD v This award is given “to the author for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. ” v http: //www. ala. org/alsc/aw ardsgrants/bookmedia/newbe rymedal/newberymedal

WINNER 2014 v Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate Di. Camillo. v http: //www. katedicamillo. c om/books/flora. html

CALDECOTT AWARD v This award is given “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. ” v http: //www. ala. org/alsc/awar dsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott medal/caldecottmedal

WINNER 2014 v Locomotive by Brian Floca (author and illustrator) v http: //www. brianfloca. com/ Locomotive. html

CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD v This award “to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. ” v http: //www. ala. org/emiert/csk bookawards

AUTHOR WINNER v P. S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia v http: //www. ritawg. com/newp-s-be-eleven/

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD v Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me illustrated by Bryan Collier (written by Daniel Beaty) v http: //danielbeaty. com/word press/knock-my-dadsdream-for-me-hardcover/ v http: //www. bryancollier. com /index. php

SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD v This award is given to “an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. ” v http: //www. ala. org/awardsgr ants/schneider-family-bookaward

WINNER 2014 v A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jan Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet v http: //asplashofredbook. co m/

BATCHELDER AWARD v This award is “given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States. ” v http: //www. ala. org/alsc/awardsg rants/bookmedia/batchelderaward

WINNER 2014 v Mister Orange by Truus Matti, translated by Laura Watkinson v http: //www. laurawatkinson. com/2013/01/31/misterorange/

PURA BELPRE AWARD v This award is given to “to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. ” v http: //www. ala. org/alsc/awards grants/bookmedia/belpremedal

WINNER 2014 v Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina v http: //megmedina. com/boo ksandreviews/

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD v This award is given to “to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year. ” v http: //www. ala. org/alsc/awards grants/bookmedia/geiselaward

2014 WINNER v The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli (author and illustrator) v http: //gregpizzoli. blogspot. c om/2013/07/making-my-firstpicture-book-watermelon. html

AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD v This award is given once every two years to books that are “by and about American Indians. . . [and] present American Indians in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts. ” v http: //ailanet. org/activities/americanindian-youth-literature-award/

2014 PICTURE BOOK v Caribou Song: Atikho Nikamon by Tomson Highway and illustrated by John Rombough v http: //www. tomsonhighway. co m/ v http: //www. redskyperformance. com/videos-tomson-highway

2014 MIDDLE GRADES WINNER v How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle v http: //www. timtingle. com/bi o. html

SCOTT O’DELL AWARD v This award is given “to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults. ” v http: //www. scottodell. com/pages /Scott. O'Dell. Awardfor. Historical. Ficti on. aspx

2014 WINNER v Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill and illustrated by Leuyen Pham v http: //kirkpatrickhill. com/bo oks/bo-at-ballard-creek/

IMPORTANT NOTES v This slide show lists only the awards we discuss in class. If you would like to view other ALA award winners, here is the website: http: //www. ala. org/news/press-releases/2014/01/american-libraryassociation-announces-2014 -youth-media-award-winners v All quotations are taken from the award websites listed on the slides for each award. v These are the awards given as of January 27, 2014.