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Children’s Book Award Winners, 2014

Children’s Book Award Winners, 2014. By Donna Bulatowicz. Orbis Pictus Award. This award “recogniz[es] excellence in nonfiction writing for children.” http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus. Winner 2014.

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Children’s Book Award Winners, 2014

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  1. Children’s Book Award Winners, 2014 By Donna Bulatowicz

  2. Orbis Pictus Award • This award “recogniz[es] excellence in nonfiction writing for children.” • http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus

  3. Winner 2014 • A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jan Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet • http://asplashofredbook.com/

  4. NewBery Award • This award is given “to the author for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.” • http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal

  5. Winner 2014 • Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo. • http://www.katedicamillo.com/books/flora.html

  6. Caldecott award • This award is given “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.” • http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal

  7. Winner 2014 • Locomotive by Brian Floca (author and illustrator) • http://www.brianfloca.com/Locomotive.html

  8. Coretta Scott King Book Award • 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.” • http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards

  9. Author Winner • P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia • http://www.ritawg.com/new-p-s-be-eleven/

  10. Illustrator Award • Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me illustrated by Bryan Collier (written by Daniel Beaty) • http://danielbeaty.com/wordpress/knock-knock-my-dads-dream-for-me-hardcover/ • http://www.bryancollier.com/index.php

  11. Schneider Family book Award • 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.” • http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/schneider-family-book-award

  12. Winner 2014 • A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jan Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet • http://asplashofredbook.com/

  13. Batchelder Award • 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.” • http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward

  14. Winner 2014 • Mister Orange by TruusMatti, translated by Laura Watkinson • http://www.laurawatkinson.com/2013/01/31/mister-orange/

  15. Pura Belpre Award • 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.” • http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal

  16. Winner 2014 • Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina • http://megmedina.com/booksandreviews/

  17. Theodor Seuss Geisel Award • 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.” • http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward

  18. 2014 Winner • The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli (author and illustrator) • http://gregpizzoli.blogspot.com/2013/07/making-my-first-picture-book-watermelon.html

  19. American Indian Youth Literature Award • 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.” • http://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/

  20. 2014 Picture Book • Caribou Song: AtikhoNikamonby Tomson Highway and illustrated by John Rombough • http://www.tomsonhighway.com/ • http://www.redskyperformance.com/videos-tomson-highway

  21. 2014 Middle Grades Winner • How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle • http://www.timtingle.com/bio.html

  22. Scott O’Dell Award • This award is given “to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults.” • http://www.scottodell.com/pages/ScottO'DellAwardforHistoricalFiction.aspx

  23. 2014 Winner • Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill and illustrated by Leuyen Pham • http://kirkpatrickhill.com/books/bo-at-ballard-creek/

  24. Important Notes • 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-library-association-announces-2014-youth-media-award-winners • All quotations are taken from the award websites listed on the slides for each award. • These are the awards given as of January 27, 2014.

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