The ALA Unveils the 2013 Newbery & Caldecott Medal Winners
January 28, 2013
The winners of the American Library Association's 2013 youth media awards have been unveiled. Katherine Applegate's middle-grade novel, The One and Only Ivan, won the Newbery Medal and Jon Klassen's picture book, This Is Not My Hat, won the Caldecott Medal. The announcement was made at the ALA's Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, WA this morning. A list of all the winners and honorees follows:
John Newbery Medal
WINNER: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers)
HONOR: Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick Press)
HONOR: Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin (Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press)
HONOR: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Caldecott Medal
WINNER: This Is Not My Hat illustrated & written by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)
HONOR: Creepy Carrots! illustrated by Peter Brown & written by Aaron Reynolds (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division)
HONOR: Extra Yarn illustrated by Jon Klassen & written by Mac Barnett (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
HONOR: Green illustrated & written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press)
HONOR: One Cool Friend illustrated by David Small & written by Toni Buzzeo (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
HONOR: Sleep Like a Tiger illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski & written by Mary Logue (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)