2012 Youth Media Award Winners and Honorees
January 23, 2012
2012 YOUTH MEDIA AWARD WINNERS AND HONOREES
Randolph Caldecott Medal: honors excellence in an American picture book written for children
Winner
A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, is published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Honor Books
Blackout, illustrated and written by John Rocco, published by Disney Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Grandpa Green, illustrated and written by Lane Smith, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Me . . . Jane, illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
John Newbery Medal: honors excellence in literature written for children
Winner
Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos, published by Farrar Straus Giroux
Honor Books
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, written by Samantha R. Vamos, published by Charlesbridge
Sara Palacios, illustrator of Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match /Marisol McDonald No Combina, written by Monica Brown, published by Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee and Low Books Inc.
Author Winner
Guadalupe Garcia McCall,author of Under the Mesquite, published by Lee and Low Books Inc.
Author Honor Books
Margarita Engle,author of Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck, published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
Xavier Garza, author of Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller, published by Cinco Puntos Press
Alex Award: honors 10 books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults
Winners
Big Girl Small, by Rachel DeWoskin, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
In Zanesville, by Jo Ann Beard, published by Little, Brown & Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, by Brooke Hauser, published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, published by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
Robopocalypse: A Novel, by Daniel H. Wilson, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.
Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward, published by Bloomsbury USA
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: honors an African American author and illustrator for creating a lifetime of outstanding children’s and young adult books
Winner
Ashley Bryan, storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician whose numerous awards include the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Let it Shine and Beautiful Blackbird.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award: honors the most distinguished informational children’s book
Winner
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade, by Melissa Sweet, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Honor Books
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' Connor, by Larry Dane Brimner, published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.
Drawing from Memory, written and illustrated by Allen Say, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
The Elephant Scientist, by Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M. Jackson, photographs by Caitlin O'Connell and Timothy Rodwell, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer, published by the National Geographic Society.
Schneider Family Book Award: honors a book that emphasizes the artistic expression of the disability experience for children or adolescents
Winner (Children)
The Jury chose not to award a book in the category for children ages 0 – 8 because no submissions were deemed worthy of the award.
Winner (Middle Grade)
Close to Famous, by Joan Bauer, published by Viking, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic
Winner (Teen)
The Running Dream, by Wendelin Van Draanen, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Stonewall Book Award—Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award: honors an exceptional children's and young adult book relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
Winner
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright, published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Honor Books
a + e 4ever, written and illustrated by Ilike Merey, published by Lethe Press, Inc.
Money Boy, written by Paul Yee, published by Groundwood Books, an imprint of House of Anansi Press
Pink, written by Lili Wilkinson, published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins
With or Without You, written by Brian Farrey, published by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award: honors excellence for a beginning reader book
Winner
Tales for Very Picky Eaters, written and illustrated by Josh Schneider, published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Honor Books
I Broke My Trunk, written and illustrated by Mo Willems, published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
I Want My Hat Back, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press
See Me Run, written and illustrated by Paul Meisel, published by Holiday House
William C Morris Award: for a debut young adult book published by a first-time author
Winner
Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Finalists
The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Paper Covers Rock, by Jenny Hubbard, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books
Under the Mesquite, by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, published by Lee and Low Books
Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys, published by Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group USA
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults: honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults
Winner
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery, by Steve Sheinkin, published by Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Finalists
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos, published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, by Karen Blumenthal, published by Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way), by Sue Macy, published by National Geographic Children’s Books
Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein, by Susan Goldman Rubin, published by Charlesbridge