Banned Books in Canada

Canada will celebrate Freedom to Read Week February 22-28, 2015.
The latest compilation of Banned Books (2013) can be found here http://www.cla.ca/Content/NavigationMenu/Resources/Resources/cla_2013_challenges_survey_report.pdf


The Annual Challenges Survey is a voluntary survey sponsored by the CLA, so readers are cautioned that the self-reports described here represent a subset of challenges that occur. In fact, the American Library Association (ALA) has estimated that there may be as many as 4 or 5unreported challenges for every challenge that is reported to them (“Frequently Challenged Books,” Office for Intellectual Freedom, on ALA’s website,http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged;
http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/03/bookchallenges.html. This under-reportage
phenomenon is thought to be greater in Canada.


Some of the books listed are:
Individual items – 1 challenge each:

Alligators All Around: An Alphabet ( Juv.S474A)
, by Maurice Sendak
- reasons: racism [The book contains racist caricatures of Indigenous peoples under the 'I'
section. It also reads ‘Imitating Indians’.] [BC]

Daddy's Roommate ( Juv.W715D)
, by Michael Willhoite
- reasons: homosexuality, age inappropriate [Book presents homosexuality as normal,
acceptable and even moral.] [ON]

Docteur Dog
, by Babette Cole
- reasons: age inappropriate[Smoking, teen smoking, including pictures; scratching private areas to describe taking care of one's health, including picture/illustration; bathroom humour,
could be objectionable. Remove or add a label.] [BC]

Hop on Pop
, by Dr. Seuss
- reasons: violence [Children hop on their father, are encouraged to use wanton violence against their fathers.] [ON]

How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets
, by Garth Stein
- reasons: homosexuality [‘alternative sexuality”], sexually explicit [“gross sexuality’],
offensive language, age inappropriate [AB]

If I Ran the Zoo
, by Dr. Seuss
- reasons: racism [BC]

It's a Book
, by Lane Smith
- reasons: age inappropriate,offensive language [A children's book with the last line, 'It's a
book, jackass' is not appropriate for 2-6 year olds . I don't want my 6-year-old to repeat that
line at school and get a detention. The concept and the rest of the language is adorable, funny,
and appropriate, but the subversive twist at the end makes it a picture book for grown-ups.][AB]

Je déteste l'école ( I hate School) ( Juv, W734i)
, by Jeanne Willis
- reasons: age inappropriate [Illustrations scared grade 4 child (and patron herself).] [ON]

Spooky ABC (Juv.811.54 .M568H 2002)
, by Eve Merriam and Lane Smith
- reasons: occult, violence, age inappropriate,religious viewpoint, offensive [Violence and mention of Devil were found to be offensive.Letters ‘D’ and ‘I’ poems not very appropriate for kids to read, and quite honestly the whole book was not ok to read to a child of any age really. I don't know if it woul
d be useful to another child. Many other alphabet books available. This one just seemed

bad all across the board.] [BC] 

The Walking Dead ( Juv.W1868 v.1)
[part of a comic book series], by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and CharlieAdlard]
- reasons: violence, offensive language [profanity], age inappropriate for K-12 school [rated
17+ book] [AB]

More can be found at http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Resources&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=14046
There are also links from past years ( 2006-13).

Also Freedom to Read Week
http://www.freedomtoread.ca/2013/07/canadian-library-association-releases-report-on-challenged-materials/#.VCLT8hb5pm8

2013 Banned Books List

 Banned Books Week 2014  takes place September 21-27th

Each year, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the top ten most frequently challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The ALA condemns censorship and works to ensure free access to information.
A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported.

Here is the list of Frequently Challenged Books for 2013:

1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey(Juv. P638a)
   Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
2. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (PS3563.08749 B55)
   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence)
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (Juv. A3847a)
   Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group)
4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
   Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Juv. C7136)
   Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group
6. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
   Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green (Juv. G7955L)
   Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky (Juv.C513p)
   Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group)
9. Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya  (PS3551. N27 B6)
   Reasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
10. Bone (series), by Jeff Smith (Juv.S6512b)
    Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence 

Tale of our Cities-Book Festival-Jersey City

Authors, illustrators and more at the Tales of Our Cities Book Festival

 

 

 

 

Morristown Festival of Books- September 26-27, 2014

The very first Morristown Festival of Books will be held September 26th & 27th on South Street in Morristown.

Keynote Speaker

The Friday night Key Note speaker is William Cohen, author of The Price of Silence; The Duke Lacrosse Scandal and tickets for this event are $20.00 per person.  All 20 author talks on Saturday are FREE.

Authors
http://MorristownFestivalofBooks.org

Some of the authors will be:

Ishmael Beah ( Radiance of Tomorrow), Miranda Beverly-Whittemore ( Bittersweet),Breena Clarke (Angels Make Their Hope Here) ,Julia Fierro ( Cutting Teeth), Dorothea Benton Frank (Hurricane Sisters),Caroline Leavitt ( Is This Tomorrow),Caroline Campion and Kathy Brennan (Keepers), Dan Fagin (Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation), Allyson Hobbs (A Chosen Exile: A History of  Racial Passing),Marta McDowell (Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life:The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children's Tales), Nancy Krulik (George Brown, Class Clown),Jane O’Connor ( Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century), Elizabeth Eulberg (Better off Friends), Emmy Laybourne (Monument 14,Savage Drift)Kieran Scott ( Only Everything)

Location

 All four venues are within a few minutes walk of each other, with  the Morristown & Morris Township Library right in the middle of all  the action.

Morristown is located in Morris County and is accessible by car, train and bus.  It is a very walkable town with lots of restaurants, hotels and interesting things to do.

For more information
Email
info@MorristownFestivalofBooks.org
 or visit
http://www.morristownfestivalofbooks.org/

Walter Dean Myers passes away

 Esteemed young adult and children's author has passed away.

 Walter Dean Myers, beloved and deeply respected children’s book author, died on July 1, 2014, following a brief illness. He was 76 years old. 
It is a great loss.

http://www.cbcbooks.org/walter-dean-myers-prolific-and-beloved-author-of-award-winning-childrens-books-dies-at-age-76/#.U7RbkpRdW1U

Other web links:
http://walterdeanmyers.net/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/03/328054042/book-news-children-s-author-walter-dean-myers-dies-at-76

http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html


Interviews
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/myersw

http://www.nypl.org/author-chat-walter-dean-myers
(Transcript of Live Chat,July 29, 2004)

http://video.pbs.org/video/2262568011/
(7/31/12- Reading is not optional for kids)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEA9SUhANSI
(8/6/12)

Podcasts
http://www.adlit.org/second_chances/

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/10/144944598/to-do-well-in-life-you-have-to-read-well

http://storycorps.org/listen/walter-myers-and-his-son-christopher-myers/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93699480
(Walter Dean Myers , Bad Boy makes good.)

All white world of children's books question continues with the BookCon controversy-UPDATE

Update

Results

 A conversation about the whitewashed lineup of BookCon guests sparked 22 writers, publishers and bloggers to begin the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign on May 1st. Since then, they’ve reached out to a community of readers, teachers, librarians, authors, booksellers and publishers who want to see more diversity within the publishing industry. Their message has been received: As of May 6th, 2014, the #WeNeedDiverseBooks hashtag on Twitter has garnered 87,520 posts from 23,275 unique users, with over 162 million timeline deliveries.

#WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign took the Internet by storm with more than 160 million impressions in a week’s time, but soon its reach will spread even further—into the conference halls of BookCon on May 31, 2014 in New York City.

New Panels
 The Blockbuster Kids Panel has been enlarged.

A new Blockbuster Kids  Panel includes Rachel Renee Russell author of the Dork Diaries

Here is a picture of the old panel

Publishers Weekly has announced that the campaign members, in conjunction with Lee & Low Books, have secured a diverse panel of acclaimed children’s authors, including Grace Lin, Matt de la Peña and Jacqueline Woodson for

The World Agrees: #WeNeedDiverseBooks panel featuringAisha Saeed, Ellen Oh, Grace Lin, I.W. Gregorio, Jacqueline Woodson, Lamar Giles, Marieke Nijkamp, Matt de la Peña, Mike Jung.

After taking the Internet by storm, the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign is moving forward with brand new initiatives to continue the call for diversity in children's literature. Join the WNDB team as they share highlights of their campaign, discuss the success of grassroots activism, highlight diverse books and how everyone can diversify their shelves and talk next steps for the campaign. Ellen Oh (PROPHECY Series), Aisha Saeed (Written in the Stars, 2015), Marieke Nijkamp, founder of DiversifYA, Lamar Giles (Fake ID) and Mike Jung (Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities). Special Guests include acclaimed Authors Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Matt de la Peña (The Living) and Jacqueline Woodson (Beneath a Meth Moon). Moderated by I.W. Gregorio (None of the Above, 2015).

 More to Come
The #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign will reveal further news and action plans at 10:00 a.m. during the BookCon diversity panel in room 1E02 at the Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan.

View the Campaign Archive
To see the submissions for the we need diverse books campaign, Check out the archive
http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/archive

and some of the submissions below
#WeNeedDiverseBooks because everyone should be able to find a book and say look that’s me!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1Eg5SmX

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because we have to tell our stories and hear the stories of others!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1Eg55oc

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because  we need to share our collective truth!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1Eg4sU-

We are all in this together! We > Me
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1EiaYrp

#Weneeddiversebooks because people from all parts of the world need a story or character to relate to!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1FUOFoy

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because we are not one color!!!

http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1F8ZyZh

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because they speak to us!!

http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1EhDpO8

See also these posts on this blog
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/04/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2013/06/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html

All white world of children's books question continues with the BookCon controversy

The continuing concern over the "all white world of children's books"  continues with the recent announcement of an all white, all male panel of top children's authors authors at BookCon.

BookCon is a production of ReedPop which is behind the very successful ComicCon.

Reaction has included varied blog posts summarized here

http://bookriot.com/2014/04/23/readers-bookcon-diversity-book-expo-america/

The reaction to this has cumulated in a group called We Need DiverseBooks,  online participation/events on May 1 to 3 to show that we need diverse books and that this is something that readers do indeed want! 

WHAT YOU CAN DO!-

On May 1^st at 1pm (EST), there will be a public call for action that will spread over 3 days. We’re starting with a visual social media campaign using the hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks. We want people to tweet, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook, blog, and post anywhere they can to help make the hashtag go viral.

VISUAL CAMPAIGN - TAKE A PICTURE

• Take a photo holding a sign that says “We need diverse books because ___________________________.” Fill in the blank with an important, poignant, funny, and/or personal reason why this campaign is important to you. 
• The photo can be of you or a friend or anyone who wants to support diversity in kids’ lit. It can be a photo of the sign without you if you would prefer not to be in a picture. Be as creative as you want! Pose the sign with your favorite stuffed animal or at your favorite library. Get a bunch of friends to hold a bunch of signs. 

SHARE IT

• However you want to do it, we want to share it! There will be a Tumblr at http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/ that will host all of the photos and messages for the campaign. Please submit your visual component by May 1^st to weneeddiversebooks@yahoo.com with the subject line “photo” or submit it right on our Tumblr page here and it will be posted throughout the first day. 
• Starting at 1:00PM (EST) the Tumblr will start posting and it will be your job to reblog, tweet, Facebook, or share wherever you think will help get the word out. 
• The intent is that from 1pm EST to 3pm EST, there will be a nonstop hashtag party to spread the word. We hope that we’ll get enough people to participate to make the hashtag trend and grab the notice of more media outlets.
• The Tumblr will continue to be active throughout the length of the campaign, and for however long we need to keep this discussion going, so we welcome everyone to keep emailing or sending in submissions even after May 1^st.

TWEET IT!

On May 2^nd, the second part of our campaign will roll out with a Twitter chat scheduled for 2pm (EST) using the same hashtag. Please use #WeNeedDiverseBooks at 2pm on May 2nd and share your thoughts on the issues with diversity in literature and why diversity matters to you.

BUY DIVERSE BOOKS! 

TAKE PHOTOS!

On May 3^rd, 2pm (EST), the third portion of our campaign will begin. There will be a Diversify Your Shelves initiative to encourage people to put their money where their mouth is and buy diverse books and take photos of them. Diversify Your Shelves is all about actively seeking out diverse literature in bookstores and libraries, and there will be some fantastic giveaways for people who participate in the campaign! More details to come!

For some lists of diverse books see:

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/GlobalJuvenileLiterature.pdf

 http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS.pdf

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS.pdf

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/MULTICULTURALSECONDARYBOOKS.pdf

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/LGBTQBooks.pdf

THE RESULTS-

We hope that you will take part in this in any way you can. We need to spread the word far and wide so that it will trend on Twitter. So that media outlets will pick it up as a news item. So that the organizers of BEA and every big conference and festival out there gets the message that diversity is important to everyone. We hope you will help us by being a part of this movement.

All white world of children's books question continues with Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers

Jersey City. NJ  resident and award winning children's author, Walter Dean Myers and his son,also an award winning artist and author tackled the question of representations of children of color in youth literature in the Sunday New York Times  dated March 16. 2014.

Walter Dean Myers article, " Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?"  stressed the need and importance of having protagonists of color in books for youth and recounted his discovery and love of literature as a child and his dissatisfaction as an adolescent when he could not find literature that reflected his life experiences.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/where-are-the-people-of-color-in-childrens-books.html?_r=0

Christopher Myers article, "The Apartheid of Children’s Literature", examined the background reasons for the dearth of youth  literature by and about people of color.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-apartheid-of-childrens-literature.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

Many will remember that these issues have been visited before in the classic article, "The All-White world of children's books" by Nancy Larrick published in the Saturday Review (1965, September 11) that raised many of these issues.

Other books such as the The all-white world of children's books and African American children's literature,  edited by Osayimwense Osa (1995)  [PS153 .N5 A399 1995] and Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature by Rudine Sims Bishop (2007) ,[ PS153 .N5 B526 2007b] also examined these issues.

See also
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2013/06/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html

ALA Book Awards 2014

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:"Locomotive," illustrated by Brian Floca, is the 2014 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Brian Floca and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.Three Caldecott Honor Books also were named: "Journey," written and illustrated by Aaron Becker and published by Candlewick Press; "Flora and the Flamingo," written and illustrated by Molly Idle and published by Chronicle Books LLC; and "Mr. Wuffles!" written and illustrated by David Wiesner and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:"Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures," written by Kate DiCamillo, is the 2014 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press.Four Newbery Honor Books also were named: "Doll Bones," written by Holly Black and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division; "The Year of Billy Miller," written by Kevin Henkes and published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; "One Came Home," written by Amy Timberlake and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; and "Paperboy," written by Vince Vawter and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:"Midwinterblood," written by Marcus Sedgwick, is the 2014 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.Four Printz Honor Books also were named: "Eleanor & Park," written by Rainbow Rowell and published by St. Martin's Griffin (Macmillan); "Kingdom of Little Wounds," written by Susann Cokal and published by Candlewick Press; "Maggot Moon," written by Sally Gardner, illustrated by Julian Crouch and published by Candlewick Press; and "Navigating Early," written by Clare Vanderpool and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House
Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC, Penguin Random House Company.


Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: "P.S. Be Eleven," written by Rita Williams-Garcia, is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Three King Author Honor Books were selected: "March: Book One," written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell, and published by Top Shelf Productions; "Darius & Twig," written by Walter Dean Myers and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; and "Words with Wings," written by Nikki Grimes and published by WordSong, an imprint of Highlights.

Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:"Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me," illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book was written by Daniel Beaty and published by Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group.One King Illustrator Honor Book was selected: " Nelson Mandela," illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

 Coretta Scott King/ John Steptoe New Talent Award:"When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop," illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, is the Steptoe winner. The book is published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement:Authors Patricia and Researcher Fredrick McKissack are the winners of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award is presented in even years to an African American author, illustrator or author/illustrator for a body of his or her published books for children and/or young adults, and who has made a significant and lasting literary contribution.  Patricia McKissack and her late husband Fredrick McKissack, both natives of Tennessee, began their writing and research partnership in the 1980's.Their subject matter from family-based folklore to nonfiction titles, are scholarly researched and written with accurate, authentic text, creating a cultural transmission of history. Their immense range of topics are informative, readable and enjoyable, covering accounts from slavery days to biographical studies of noted men and women in African American history past and present.

Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:"Nino Wrestles the World," illustrated by Yuyi Morales, is the Belpre Illustrator Award winner.  The book was written by Yuyi Morales and published by Roaring Brook Press.Three Belpre Illustrator Honor Books were selected: "Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenia una Llamita," illustrated and written by Angela Dominguez and published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC; " Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo," illustrated by Rafael Lopez, written by Monica Brown and published by Rayo, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; and "Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale," illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

 Pura Belpre (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:"Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass," written by Meg Medina, is the Belpre Author Award winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press.Three Belpre Author Honor Books were named: "The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist," written by Margarita Engle and published by Harcourt, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; "The Living," written by Matt de la Pena and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company; and "Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale," written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.


** Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:"A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin," written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. wins the award for children ages 0 to 10.  "Handbook for Dragon Slayers," written by Merrie Haskell and published by HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, is the winner of the middle-school (ages 11-13) award.The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is "Rose under Fire," written by Elizabeth Wein and published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group. 

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an 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:"Mister Orange" is the 2014 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Dutch in 2011 as "Mister Orange," the book was written by Truus Matti, translated by Laura Watkinson, and published by Enchanted Lion Books.Three Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: "The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life," written by Charlotte Moundlic, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick, and published by Enchanted Lion Books; "My Father's Arms Are a Boat," written by Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Øyvind Torseter, translated by Kari Dickson, and published by Enchanted Lion Books; and "The War Within These Walls," written by Aline Sax, illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki, translated by Laura Watkinson, and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. 

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:"Parrots over Puerto Rico," written by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, and illustrated by Susan L. Roth, is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by LEE & LOW BOOKS, Inc.Four  Sibert Honor Books were named: "A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin," written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; "Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard," written and illustrated by Annette LeBlanc Cate and published by Candlewick Press; "Locomotive," written and illustrated by Brian Floca and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; and "The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius," written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

 Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:"Beautiful Music for Ugly Children," written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills and published by Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd; and "Fat Angie," written by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo and published by Candlewick Press, are the winners of the 2014 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award.Three Honor Books were selected: "Better Nate Than Ever," written by Tim Federle and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division; "Branded by the Pink Triangle," written by Ken Setterington and published by Second Story Press; and "Two Boys Kissing," written by David Levithan and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers:"The Watermelon Seed," written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, is the Geisel Award winner. The book is published by Disney Hyperion Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.Three Geisel Honor Books were named: "Ball," written and illustrated by Mary Sullivan and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; "A Big Guy Took My Ball!" written and illustrated by Mo Willems and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group; and "Penny and Her Marble," written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes and published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:"Charm & Strange," written by Stephanie Kuehn, is the 2014 Morris Award winner. The book is published by St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, a division of Macmillan.Four other books were finalists for the award: "Sex & Violence," written by Carrie Mesrobian and published by Carolrhoda LAB, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group; "Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets," written by Evan Roskos and published by Houghton Mifflin, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; "Belle Epoque," written by Elizabeth Ross and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books; and "In the Shadow of Blackbirds," written by Cat Winters and published by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS.

 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:  "The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi," written by Neal Bascomb, is the 2014 Excellence winner. The book is published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.Four other books were finalists for the award: "G o: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design," written by Chip Kidd and published by Workman Publishing Company; " Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II," written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.; "C ourage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers," written by Tanya Lee Stone and published by Candlewick Press; and "The President Has Been Shot! The Assassination of John F. Kennedy ," written by James L. Swanson and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

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