2012 Youth Media Awards Announced!

It's always and exciting time see the books, authors, and illustrators who have reached the high achievement of earning an award. At the American Library Association Mid-Winter conference the 2012 Youth Media Awards have been announced! This announcement is almost relatable to the Oscars or Screen Actors Guild Awards! Here are the list of winners and honors! Drum roll.....


JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL
Winner

• Dead End of Norvelt written by Jack Gantos. NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

Honors

• Inside Out and Back Again written by Thanhha Lai. NY: HarperCollins Children's Books.
• Breaking Stalin's Nose written by Eugne Yelchin. NY: Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

RANDOLPH CALDECOTT MEDAL 
Winner

• A Ball for Daisy written and illus. by Chris Raschka. NY: Schwartz & Wade Books. 

Honors

• Blackout written and illus. by John Rocco. NY: Disney (Hyperion Books) Rocco's book is also on the 2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List!
• Grandpa Green written and illus. by Lane Smith. NY: Roaring Books Press.
• Me... Jane written and illus. by Patrick McDonnell. NY: Little Brown and Company. McDonnell's book is also on the 2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List!

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ
Winner

• Where Things Come Back written by John Corey Whaley. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Honors

• Why We Broke Up written by Daniel Handler and art by Maira Kalman. NY: Little, Brown, and Company, LLC.
• The Returning written by Christine Hinwood. NY: Dial Books.
• Jasper Jones written by Craig Silvey. NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
• The Scorpio Races writteny by Maggie Stiefvater. NY: Scholastic Press.

CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD (AUTHOR)
Winner
Kadir Nelson for:

• Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans written and illus. by Kadir Nelson. NY: Blazer + Bray).

Honors
Eloise Greenfield for:

• The Great Migration: Journey to the North written by Eloise Greenfield and illus. by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. NY: Schwartz & Wade Books.

Patricia C. McKissack for:

• Never Forgotten written by Patricia C. McKissack and illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. NY: Schwartz & Wade Books

CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD (ILLUSTRATOR)
Winner
Shane W. Evans for:

• Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom written and illus. by Shane W. Evans. NY: Roaring Book Press.

Honors
Kadir Nelson for:

• Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans written and illus. by Kadir Nelson. NY: Blazer + Bray).

CORETTA SCOTT KING - VIRGINIA HAMILTON AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Winner
Ashley Bryan, who is known for books such as

• Let It Shine, CSK winner
• Beautiful Blackbird, CSK winner

SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD
Middle School Winner(s)

• close to famous written by Joan Bauer. NY: Viking.
• Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Picture written and illus. by Brian Selznick. NY: Scholastics Press. Selznick's book is also on the 2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List!

High School Winner(s)

• The Running Dream written by Wendelin Van Draanen. NY: Alfred A. Knopf.

Note: There is an Schneider Award for Children's Books; however, the jury decided to not vote on a winning book due to none of the submissions were deemed worthy of the award.


MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD
Winner

• Soldier Bear written by Bib Dumon Tak and illus. by Philip Hopman. Translation by Laura Watkinson. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Original language: Dutch.

Honor

• The Lily Pond written by Annika Thor. Translated by Linda Schenck. NY: Delacorte Press. Original language: Swedish.

PURA BELPRE AWARD (AUTHOR)
Winner
Guadalupe Garcia McCall for:

• Under the Mesquite written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. NY: Lee and Low Books, Inc.

Honors

• Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck written by Margarita Engle. NY: Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
• Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller written by Xavier Garz. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.

PURA BELPRE AWARD (ILLUSTRATOR)
Winner
Duncan Tonatiuh for:

• Diego Rivera: His Words and Ours written and illus. by Duncan Tonatiuh. NY: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

Honors

• The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred written by Samantha R. Vamos and illus. by Rafael Lopez. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.  Vamos' book is also on the 2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List!
• Mariso McDonald Doesn't Match / Mariso McDonald no combina written by Monica and illus. Sara Palacios. NY: Lee and Low Books, Inc.

THEODORE SEUSS GEISEL AWARD
Winner

• Tales for Very Picky Eaters written and illus. by Josh Schneider. NY: Clarion Books.

Honors

• I Broke My Trunk written and illus. by Mo Willems. NY: Hyperion Books for Children.
• I Want My Hat Back written and illus. by Jon Klassen. Somerville, Mass, Candlewick Press. Klassen's book is also on the 2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List!
• See Me Run written and illus. by Paul Meisel. NY: Holiday House.

There are more awards and winners to explore that I couldn't possibly be able to include here! Please follow the links below to continue the exploration!

• Alex Award
• Andrew Carnegie Medal
• Margaret A. Edwards Award
• The May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
• The Odyssey Award
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
• Stonewall Book Awards
• William C. Morris YA Debut Award
• YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults