ACL BayNews - January 2011

January 2011

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Upcoming Events for Children's Librarians

Sun, Jan 30, 2011 Distinguished Books 12 - 4pm Penny Peck's
Sat, Feb 5, 2010 Performers' Showcase 9am Fremont PL
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 ACL Meeting 9 am Oakland PL
Fri, March 11, 2011 ACL Meeting 9 am Oakland PL

NEWS AND NOTES

ACL Meetings in 2011:
We will meet at Oakland Main beginning in January 2011. We plan to meet in Oakland regularly for 2011. Thanks to Berkeley Public for hosting our meetings this past year.

Performers' Showcase February 5:
ACL's annual Performer Showcase will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. There was a typo in last month's BayNews with the wrong date; be sure to mark your calendars for February 5. Check out the registration form here: www.bayviews.org/showcase.html

Author Dick King-Smith Dies :
Although he didn't publish his first book until he was 57 years of age, Dick King-Smith was a prolific and successful author of children's books. He died at age 88 on January 4, 2011. His most successful book, Babe the Gallant Pig, was made into an award-winning film in 1995; the film was the rare children's film nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Most of his books take place on farms and/or involved animals as major characters - King-Smith was a farmer. A few of his most popular books are The Fox Busters, Harry's Mad, and Lady Lollipop. In 2010, King-Smith was made an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).

Amelia Bloomer List:
Check out the website ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-amelia-bloomer-project-is-pleased-to-announce-our-recommended-titles-for-2011/ for this year's books for children and teens with a feminist perspective.

AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Scott O'Dell / ALA - Youth Awards / Sydney Taylor

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction:
RitaWilliams Garcia's novel One Crazy Summer has been named the winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for books published in 2010, given for a distinguished work of historical fiction for young people. One Crazy Summer tells the story of three sisters sent to live with their mother in Oakland, California in the late 1960's, for summer vacation. The mother is involved in the Black Panther efforts for equal rights for African-Americans.

2010 ALA BOOK AWARDS

The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults - including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards - at its Midwinter Meeting in San Diego.

A list of all the 2011 literary award winners follows:

Newbery / Caldecott / Printz / Coretta Scott King / Steptoe
Virginia Hamilton / Schneider Family / Theodor Seuss Geisel / Margaret A. Edwards / Pura Belpré /
Robert F. Sibert Andrew Carnegie / Mildred L. Batchelder / Odyssey / Morris
Alex / YALSA Excellence in Non Fiction / Stonewall / Laura Ingalls Wilder / May Hill Arbuthnot

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature.

Moon over Manifest, written by Clare Vanderpool, is the 2011 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Four Newbery Honor Books were named:

Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm and published by Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Heart of a Samurai, written by Margi Preus and published by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children.

A Sick Day for Amos McGee,iillustrated by Erin E. Stead, is the 2011 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Philip C. Stead, and is a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing.

Two Caldecott Honor Books were named:

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, iillustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein and published by Candlewick Press.

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults.

Ship Breaker, written by Paolo Bacigalupi, is the 2011 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Four Printz Honor Books were named:

Stolen, by Lucy Christopher and published by Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Please Ignore Vera Dietz, by A.S. King and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Revolver, by Marcus Sedgwick and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.

Nothing, by Janne Teller and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.

One Crazy Summer, written by Rita Williams-Garcia is the 2011 King Author Book winner. The book is published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Three King Author Honor Book were selected:

Lockdown,by Walter Dean Myers and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Ninth Ward,by Jewell Parker Rhodes and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, written by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke and published by Lee & Low Books Inc.

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the 2011 King Illustrator Book Book winner. The book was written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

One King Illustrator Honor Book was selected:

Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by Gary Golio and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award

Zora and Me, written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon is the 2011 Steptoe Author winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press.

Seeds of Change, illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler is the 2011 Steptoe Illustrator winner. The book is written by Jen Cullerton Johnson and published by Lee & Low Books Inc.

Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith is the winner of the 2011 Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Practitioner Award for Lifetime achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children's author Virginia Hamilton's contributions through her literature and advocacy for children and youth.

Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

The Pirate of Kindergarten, written by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Lynne Avril and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division wins the award for young children (age 0 to 10).

After Ever After, written by Jordan Sonnenblick and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc is the winner in the middle grades category (age 11-13).

Five Flavors of Dumb, written by Antony John and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., is the winner in the teen category (age 13-18).

Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel by Alden Bell, published by Holt Paperbacks, a division of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel by Aimee Bender, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni, published by Amy Einhorn Books, an imprint of G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of the Penguin Group

Room: A Novel , by Emma Donoghue, published by Little, Brown and Company a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel by Helen Grant, published by Delacorte, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

The Radleys by Matt Haig, published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton, published by Thomas Dunne Books for Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press.

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group.

Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray, published by Hyperion

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had Toby DC Pierson, published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video.

Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods, producers of The Curious Garden are the 2011 recipients of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video. The video is based on the book of the same name written and illustrated by Peter Brown, and is narrated by Katherine Kellgren, with music by David Mansfield.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Awardhonors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.

Tomie dePaola author and illustrator of over 200 books, including: 26 Fairmont Avenue (Putnam, 1999), The Legend of the Poinsettia (Putnam, 1994), Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Harcourt, 1979) and Strega Nona (Prentice-Hall, 1975) is the 2011 winner.

Margaret A. Edwards Award honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.

Sir Terry Pratchett is the 2011 Edwards Award winner. His books include: The amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, The Wee Free Men, and A Hat Full of Sky published by HarperCollins Children's Books; and The Color of Magic, Guards! Guards!, Equal Rites, Going Postal, Small Gods, and Mort all published by HarperCollins Publishers.

May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.

Peter Sís , will deliver the 2012 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1949, Sís attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London. He has lived in the United States since 1982. Sís was awarded the 2008 Robert F. Sibert Medal and has illustrated three Caldecott Honor books. Sís' work is admired throughout the world, and in 2003 he was named MacArthur Fellow, an honor bestowed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding children's book translated from a language other than English and subsequently published in the United States.

A Time of Miracles is the winner of the 2011 Mildred L. Batchelder Award. Originally published in French in 2009 as "Le Temps des Miracles," the book was written by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet, and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Two Batchelder Honor Books also were selected:

Departure Time, published by Namelos, written by Truus Matti and translated by Nancy Forest-Flier.

Nothing, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, written by Janne Teller and translated by Martin Aitken.

Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States

The True Meaning of Smekday, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, is the 2011 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by Adam Rex and narrated by Bahni Turpin.

Four honor titles were named:

Alchemy and Meggy Swann, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Karen Cushman and narrated by Katherine Kellgren

The Knife of Never Letting Go, produced by Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, an imprint of Brilliance Audio, written by Patrick Ness and narrated by Nick Podehl

Revolution, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Jennifer Donnelly and narrated by Emily Janice Card and Emma Bering

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by John Green and David Levithan, and narrated by MacLeod Andrews and Nick Podehl.

The Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.

The Dreamer, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan, is the 2011 Belpré Author Award winner. The book is illustrated by Peter Sís and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Three Belpré Author Honor Books were named:

¡Olé! Flamenco, written and illustrated by George Ancona and published by Lee & Low Books Inc.

The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba, written by Margarita Engle and published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

90 Miles to Havana, written by Enrique Flores-Galbis and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing.

The Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.

Grandma's Gift, illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez, is the 2011 Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book is published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.

Three Belpré Author Honor Books were named:

Fiesta Babies, illustrated by Amy Córdova, written by Carmen Tafolla and published by Tricycle Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

Me, Frida, illustrated by David Diaz, written by Amy Novesky and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS

Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children.

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot, written by Sy Montgomery, is the 2011 Sibert Award winner. The book features photographs by Nic Bishop and is published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company..

Two Sibert Honor Books were named:

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca, a Neal Porter Book, published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing.

Lafayette and the American Revolution, written by Russell Freedman and published by Holiday House.

Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award is given annually to English-language children's and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered experience.

Almost Perfect, written by Brian Katcher, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. is the winner of the 2011 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

will grayson, will grayson, written by John Green and David Levithan and published by Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

Love Drugged,written by James Klise and published by Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd.

Freaks and Revelations,written by Davida Willis Hurwin and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

The Boy in the Dress, written by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake and published by Penguin Young Readers Group.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award the most distinguished book for beginning readers.

Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile is the 2011 Geisel Award winner, published by Candlewick Press

Two Geisel Honor Books were named:

"Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!, written and illustrated by Grace Lin and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

We Are in a Book!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group.

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens

The Freak Observer, written by Blythe Woolston is the 2011 Morris Award winner. The book is published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

Hush, by Eishes Chayil and published by Walker Publishing Company, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.

Guardian of the Dead, by Karen Healey and published by Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group.

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer,by Lish McBride and published by Henry Holt.

Crossing the Tracks, by Barbara Stuber and published by Margaret McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Awardhonors the best nonfiction book published for young adults during a November 1 - October 31 publishing year.

Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing

written by Ann Angel, is the 2011 Excellence winner. The book is published by Amulet/Abrams.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement, by Rick Bowers and published by National Geographic Society

The Dark Game: True Spy Stories,by Paul Janeczko and published by Candlewick Press.

Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates, y Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw and published by Charlesbridge.

Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, ALA awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by judging committees of librarians and other children's literature experts, the awards encourage original and creative work. For more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables, please visit the ALA Web site at www.ala.org .

The 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers:

Gathering Sparks by Howard Schwartz with illustrations by Kristina Swarner, (Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group).

The Sydney Taylor Honor Books for Younger Readers:

Modeh Ani: A Good Morning Book by Sarah Gershman with illustrations by Kristina Swarner, (EKS Publishing).

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser with illustrations by Claire A. Nivola, (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children).

Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin with illustrations by Jaime Zollars, (Marshall Cavendish Children).

The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers:

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch, (Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams).

The Sydney Taylor Honor Books for Older Readers:

Resistance by Carla Jablonski with illustrations by Leland Purvis, (First Second, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group).

One Is Not a Lonely Number by Evelyn Krieger, (YM Books, an imprint of YALDAH Media, Inc.).

Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer, (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books).

The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers:

The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt, (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books).

The Sydney Taylor Honor Books for Teen Readers:

Hushby Eishes Chayil, (Walker & Company, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing).

Once by Morris Glietzman, (Henry Holt and Company).

Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman, (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.).

Notable Books for Younger Readers:

Engineer Ari and the Sukkah Express by Deborah Bodin Cohen with illustrations by Shahar Kober, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

Feivel's Flying Horses by Heidi Smith Hyde with illustrations by Johanna van der Sterre, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

Miriam in the Desert by Jacqueline Jules with illustrations by Natascia Ugliano, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah by Leslie Kimmelman with illustrations by Paul Meisel, (Holiday House).

Say Hello, Lily by Deborah Lakritz with illustrations by Martha Aviles, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

Beautiful Yetta, The Yiddish Chicken by Daniel Pinkwater with illustrations by Jill Pinkwater, (Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group).

A Tale of Two Seders by Mindy Avra Portnoy with illustrations by Valeria Cis, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

Jackie's Gift by Sharon Robinson with illustrations by E.B. Lewis, (The Viking Press, an imprint of Penguin).

Zishe the Strong Man by Robert Rubenstein with illustrations by Woody Miller, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

Sara Finds a Mitzva by Rebeka Simhaee with illustrations by Michael Weber, (Hachai Publishing).

Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher by Laurel Snyder with illustrations by David Goldin, (Tricycle Press, an imprint of The Crown Trade Group/Random House).

The Rooster Prince of Breslov by Ann Stampler with illustrations by Eugene Yelchin, (Clarion, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Dear Tree by Doba Rivka Weber with illustrations by Phyllis Saroff, (Hachai Publishing).

Notable Books for Older Readers:

Is It Night or Day? by Fern Schumer Chapman, (Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group).

Kings and Carpenters: One Hundred Bible Land Jobs You Might Have Praised or Panned by Laurie Coulter with illustrations by Mary Newbigging, (Annick Press).

Hot Pursuit: Murder in Mississippi by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon with illustrations by Craig Orback, (Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner).

The Orphan Rescue by Anne Dublin with illustrations by Qin Leng, (Second Story Press).

The Year of Goodbyes by Debbie Levy, (Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group).

Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp by Trisha Marx with photographs by Cindy Karp, (Lee & Low Books).

Mitzvah the Mutt by Sylvia Rouss with illustrations by Martha Rast, (Yaldah Publishing).

Notable Books for Teens:

An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank by Elaine Marie Alphin, (Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner).

Annexed by Sharon Dogar, (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children).

Inconvenient by Margie Gelbwasser, (Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd.).

Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon, (Hill and Wang).

Queen of Secrets by Jenny Meyerhoff, (Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan).

Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania by Haya Leah Molnar, (Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan).

Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron, (Annick Press).

Notable titles, and more information about the Sydney Taylor Book Award, may be found online at www.SydneyTaylorBookAward.org .

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