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The WOW Factor. Awards in Children’s Literature for Outstanding Quality. The 20 th Century John Newbery Medal Randolph Caldecott Medal Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Mildred L. Batchelder Award May Hill Honor Lecture Award Coretta Scott King Award Margaret E. Edwards Award

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The WOW Factor

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  1. The WOW Factor Awards in Children’s Literature for Outstanding Quality

  2. The 20th Century John Newbery Medal Randolph Caldecott Medal Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Mildred L. Batchelder Award May Hill Honor Lecture Award Coretta Scott King Award Margaret E. Edwards Award Andrew Carnegie Medal Alex Awards The 21st Century Michael L. Printz Award Robert F. Sibert Medal Schneider Family Book Award Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Chronological Creation of Awards

  3. JohnNewbery Medal 19221st Children’s Book Award in the World • Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published by an American publisher in the U. S during the preceding year. • Recipient book may be fiction, non-fiction or poetry, written for children through age 14, and an original work that is not a compilation and was published in America first.

  4. Recent RecipentsJohn Newbery Medal 2010 • When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 2009 • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 2008 • Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from aMedieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz

  5. Randolph Caldecott Medal - 1938 • Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture book for children. • The recipient book must be published in the U.S. and the artist must be a citizen or resident of the United States.

  6. Recent RecipientsRandolph Caldecott Medal 2010 • The Lion and the Mouse illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, published by Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers 2009 • The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson, published by Houghton Mifflin 2008 • The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, published by Scholastic Press

  7. Laura Ingalls Wilder Award1954 • Awarded to an author orillustrator who has made numerous and lasting contributions to children’s literature over a period of years. • The recipient book must be published in the United States, but citizenship of the author or illustrator is not limited.

  8. Recent RecipientsLaura Ingalls Wilder Award 2009 Ashley Bryan 2007 Laurence Yep 2005 Eric Carle

  9. Mildred Batchelder Award-1966 • Awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and later translated into English and published in the United States.

  10. Recent RecipientsMildred L. Batchelder Award 2010 • A Faraway Island written by Annika Thor and translated by Linda Schenck 2009 • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit written by Nahoko Uehashi, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano 2008 • Brave Story written by Miyuki Miyabe and translated from the Japanese by Alexander Smith

  11. May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award - 1969 • Awarded for a unique collaboration among several groups of people, resulting in an exciting lecture that becomes published in The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children. • Winning lecturer may be a significant author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature of any country.

  12. Recent PresentersArbuthnot Lecture Award 2011 Lois Lowry 2010 Kathleen T Horning 2009 Walter Dean Myers

  13. Coretta Scott King Book Award1969 • Awarded annually to honor an African-American author and illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. • Recipients reflect the African American experience and the biographical, social and historical treatments of that same race.

  14. Author Awards 2010: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves by Vanda Micheaux Nelson 2009: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson 2008: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Illustrator Awards 2010: My People illustrated by Charles R. Smith 2009: The Blacker the Berry illustrated by Floyd Cooper 2008: Let it Shine by Ashley Bryan Recent RecipientsCoretta Scott King Book Award

  15. Honors an author and a specific body of his work, that have been popular over a period of time to young adult literature. Recognizes an author’s work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world. 2010 Jim Murphy 2009 Laurie Halse Anderson 2008 Orson Scott Card Margaret A. Edwards Award- 1988 Recent Recipients

  16. Awarded to the producer of the selected, outstanding video production for children released during the previous year. Videos must show respect for a child’s intelligence, encourage children’s interests, and make supreme use of visuals, voices, music, language and sound effects. 2010 Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus produced by Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems 2009 March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World produced by Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly 2008 Jump In! Freestyle Edition produced by Kevin Lafferty Andrew Carnegie Medal - 1991

  17. Alex Awards - 1998 • Awarded to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. • Selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association to recognize that many teens enjoy and prefer books written for adults, and to assist librarians in recommending young adults books.

  18. My Abandonment by Peter Rock, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger, published by Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group Stitches: A Memoir by David Small, published by W.W. Norton & Company Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson, published by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Alex Award Recipients -2010

  19. The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr., published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group The Good Soldiers by David Finkel, published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux The Kid's Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch, published by Harmony , an imprint of the Crown Publishing group, a division of Random House

  20. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins The Magicians by Lev Grossman, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group

  21. Michael L. Printz Award – 2000 • Awarded for excellence in young adult literature for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. • Young adult is defined as the age range of 12-18 years.

  22. Michael L. Printz Recipients 2010 Going Bovine by Libba Bray 2009 Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta 2008 The White DarknessBy Geraldine McCaughrean

  23. Robert F. Sibert Medal - 2001 • Honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature. • Presentation is made to the author, co-authors, or author and illustrator named on the title page of that book.

  24. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winners 2010: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream written by Tanya Lee Stone, and published by Candlewick Press Women in space—not a big deal now, but it took over 20 years for NASA to recognize that women have the Right Stuff . “Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream,” tells the story of the women aviators and aspiring astronauts known as the “Mercury 13” who, in the early 1960’s repeatedly proved themselves capable but could not overcome prevailing prejudices. 2009:We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group) Kadir Nelson scores a homerun with this fascinating and well-documented history of Negro League Baseball told in the voice of an "everyman" narrator. Dignified, riveting full-page illustrations capture the spirit of these larger-than-life men who loved the game, despite the prejudice they faced. 2008: The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis(Farrar/Frances Foster)

  25. Schneider Family Book Award 2003 • Honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. • Three awards are given annually. One in each category: middle school, teen and young children.

  26. Schneider Family Book Awards 2010 Middle School Anything but Typical written by Nora Raleigh Baskin; published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers  While Jason Blake who has autism, considers himself to be anything but typical, his life is that of a conventional 12-year-old boy. He wants a girlfriend, to fit in and to be recognized for his creative writing. Teen Book Marcelo in the Real World written by Francisco X. Stork; published by Arthur A. Levine Books, and Imprint of Scholastic, Inc.  “Marcelo in the Real World” tells the story of Marcelo Sandoval who has Asperger Syndrome. Marcelo is pushed beyond his comfort zone when he is forced to take a job in his father’s law firm. Over the course of a tumultuous summer, Marcelo learns what it is to be a friend, to stand up for what he believes in and that he can create a place for himself in the real world. Young Children's Book Django written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen, published by Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press “Django” is the biography of musician Django Reinhardt, who was in an accident that severely burned his hands and threatened to end his career. Through perseverance he went on to become one of the world’s most recognized and appreciated jazz guitarists.

  27. Theodor Seuss Geisel Award2006 • Awarded annually to the author and illustrator of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year. • Theodor Geisel is known to generations of children and their families as Dr. Suess.

  28. “A person’s a person no matter how small. Children want the same things we want: to laugh, to be challenged to be entertained and delighted.” Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Suess

  29. Theodor Suess Geisel Awards 2010: Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes, and published by TOON BOOKS, a division of RAW Junior, LLC  readers with an exciting new tale. Siblings Benny and Penny encounter trouble when curiosity about a mysterious neighbor leads them into unexpected adventures. 2009: Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group) Willems has created a masterpiece for beginning readers that is simply told through the use of dialogue, which melds perfectly with uncluttered pink and grey cartoon-style illustrations. 2008: There Is a Bird on Your Head By Mo Willems (Hyperion)

  30. Works Cited • Andrew Carnegie Award for Excellence in Children’s Video. Retrieved from: http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/kids/bookplanet/carnegie.cfm • Awards and Grants. (2007). American Library Association (ALA). Retrieved from: http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/index.cfm. • Black, P.(2007). The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A guide to the Medal and Honor Books.Reference & User Services Quarterly. 46(3). 105. (Document ID: 1259612301) • Kennedy, E. (2010) The 2010 Michael L. Printz Award Winner and Honor Books. About.com Retrieved from: http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/awardwinners/a/2010-Printz.htm • Margaret A. Edwards Awards. (2010). Bookspot. Retrieved from: http://www.bookspot.com/awards/edwards.htm • Petso, C.The Schneider Family Book Award Honors Authors with Disability Subject- Matter. Disaboom. Retrieved from: • http://www.disaboom.com/disability-books/the-schneider-family-book- award

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