Banned Books Week- Top Ten Banned/Challenged Books- 9/23-29/18

Top Ten for 2017

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 354 challenges to library, school and university materials in 2017. Of the 416 books challenged or banned in 2017, the Top 10 Most Challenged Books are:

1. Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher   Juv.A8254t
   Originally published in 2007, this New York Times bestseller has resurfaced as a controversial book after Netflix aired a TV series by the same name. This YA novel was challenged and banned in multiple school districts because it discusses suicide.
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by Sherman Alexie  Juv.A3847a
   Consistently challenged since its publication in 2007 for acknowledging issues such as poverty, alcoholism, and sexuality, this National Book Award winner was challenged in school curriculums because of profanity and situations that were deemed sexually explicit.
3. Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier   Juv.T2714d
   This Stonewall Honor Award-winning, 2012 graphic novel from an acclaimed cartoonist was challenged and banned in school libraries because it includes LGBT characters and was considered “confusing.”
4. The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini  
   This critically acclaimed, multigenerational novel was challenged and banned because it includes sexual violence and was thought to “lead to terrorism” and “promote Islam.”
5. George written by Alex Gino  Juv.G4932g
   Written for elementary-age children, this Lambda Literary Award winner was challenged and banned because it includes a transgender child.
6. Sex is a Funny Word written by Cory Silverberg and illustrated by Fiona Smyth Juv. 613.9.S587s
   This 2015 informational children’s book written by a certified sex educator was challenged because it addresses sex educationand is believed to lead children to “want to have sex or ask questions about sex.”
7. To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee
   This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, considered an American classic, was challenged and banned because of violence and its use of the N-word.
8. The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas
   Despite winning multiple awards and being the most searched-for book on Goodreads during its debut year, this YA novel was challenged and banned in school libraries and curriculums because it was considered “pervasively vulgar” and because of drug use, profanity, and offensive language.
9. And Tango Makes Three written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson and illustrated by Henry Cole
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10. I Am Jazz written by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas                      Juv. 306.76H5474i
    This autobiographical picture book co-written by the 13-year-old protagonist was challenged because it addresses gender identity.

Source: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10#2017

and not to forget Graphic Novels

Banned and Challenged Comics

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund keeps lists and case studies of banned and challenged comics. They have many other resources as well 

For information and case studies of banned and challenged comics and graphic novels see http://cbldf.org/banned-challenged-comics/

The list includes these; reasons for the challenges are in parenthesis:

Amazing Spider-Man: Revelations by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita, Jr., and Scott Hanna

(Sexual overtones)

Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa  

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(Violence, discrimination)

Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again  by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley

(Sexism, offensive language, and unsuited to age group)

Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Boland

(Advocates rape and violence)

Blankets by Craig Thompson

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(Obscene images)

Bone by Jeff Smith

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(Promotion of smoking and drinking)

The Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner

(Sexual content)

Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama

(Violence and nudity)

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

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(Sexual content)

The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa

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(Nudity, sexual content, and unsuited to age group)

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

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(Obscene images)

The Graveyard Book ( Graphic Novel)by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell

(Violent imagery)

Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes

(Profanity, coarse language, and brief non-sexual nudity)

In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

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(Nudity)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill

(Sex scenes)

Maus by Art Spiegelman

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(Anti-ethnic and unsuited for age group)

Neonomicon by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows

(Sexual content)

Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez

(Sexual content, child pornography)

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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(Profanity, violent content)

Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon

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(Sexual content)

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

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(Sexual content, anti-family, nudity, offensive language, and unsuited for age group.) 

Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists

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(Anti-family themes, offensive language, and unsuited for age group)

SideScrollers by Matthew Loux

(Profanity and sexual references)

Stuck in the Middle, edited by Ariel Schrag

(Language, sexual content, and drug references)

Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse

(Depiction of homosexuality)

Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett

(Nudity and violence)

This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

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(Sexual content, unsuited to age group)

Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

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(Unsuited to age group)

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra

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(Sexual content)

AND
Take the New York Times Banned Books Week Quiz!
https://www.nypl.org/bannedbooks

September is Library Card Signup Month!

Here are a few books to read:

Lottie Paris and the best place

Johnson, Angela

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Waiting for the Biblioburro

Brown, Monica

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Librarians in our community

Ames, Michelle

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The storyteller's candle = La velita de los cuentos

González, Lucía M. 

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The best book to read

Bertram, Debbie

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We're going on a book hunt

Miller, Pat

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Great American Read-5/22/18-10/18/18

Here is your chance to vote for your favorite book! 


Everyone will have their chance to select and vote on their favorites 

Here's how:

Beginning May 22, 2018 at 8pm ET through October 18, 2018 at midnight PT, there are two methods of voting, which include:

·     By using the voting app on The Great American Read website. You’ll have to register before your first vote, using either your email address or a Facebook login, but after that you’ll be able to vote with just a few clicks.

·      By posting an original post to Facebook or Twitter using the official hashtag for your favorite book. The hashtags for each book can be found on the individual book pages in the READ THE LIST section. You can also download a PDF of the hashtag list here.

You can place one vote for each book every day, so go ahead and vote for all of your favorite books

THEN

When the full series of The Great American Read launches on September 11, 2018, we’ll launch two extra ways to vote for your favorite book, alongside the existing online and hashtag voting:

·    By calling a Toll-Free phone number for each book. We’ll add the phone numbers for each book to the  READ THE LIST section when Toll-Free voting goes live on September 11, 2018.

·    By sending an SMS with a unique code for your favorite book. We’ll add the SMS number and unique codes for each book to the site when SMS voting goes live on September 11, 2018.

All voting methods will close on October 18, 2018 at midnight PT. The results will be revealed and The Great American Read winner will be announced in the Grand Finale show.

For more information see http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/home/

and watch the shows:

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey).  It investigates how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how we as readers are affected by these stories, and what these 100 different books have to say about our diverse nation and our shared human experience.  

The television series features entertaining and informative documentary segments, with compelling testimonials from celebrities, authors, notable Americans and book lovers across the country.

National Poetry Month: Renee Watson and Langston Hughes

Award-winning Children's  and YA Author Renee Watson establishes a museum and arts center in the former home of Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes.



Renee Watson author of the
Newbery Honor book/ Coretta Scott King Award , Piecing Me Together
Harlem's Little Blackbird, and A Place Where Hurricanes Happen is working to continue the community work of Langston Hughes

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ALA Youth Media Awards 2018- 2/12/18

The 2018 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Feb. 12, at 8 a.m. MT (10 a.m.Eastern)  from the Colorado Convention Center. Fans can follow 2018 results in real-time via live webcast at http://ala.unikron.com/2018 , or follow hashtag #alayma.     

Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards (YMAs), including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the best materials for youth.

For information regarding this year's presentation, please visitwww.ilovelibraries.org/yma

Winners list from https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-news-wire/PRNews_20180212DC11934/american-library-association-announces-2018-youth-media-award-winners.html

DENVER, Feb. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards—at its Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

A list of all the 2018 award winners follows:

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
2018 Newbery Medal winner

• "Hello, Universe" written by Erin Entrada Kelly. The book is published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

 Newbery Honor Books also were named: 

• "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," written by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James and published by Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner Book; 
• "Long Way Down," written by Jason Reynolds and published by Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book
•  "Piecing Me Together," written by Renée Watson and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
2018 Caldecott Medal winner:

• "Wolf in the Snow," illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell. The book was published by Feiwel and Friends, an Imprint of Macmillan.

Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: 

• "Big Cat, Little Cat," illustrated and written by Elisha Cooper and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership; 
• "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes, and published by Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner Book; 
• "A Different Pond," illustrated by Thi Bui, written by Bao Phi and published by Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint.
•  "Grand Canyon," illustrated and written by Jason Chin, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.

Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults:

King Author Award winner;

• "Piecing Me Together," written by Renée Watson, is the K. The book is published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 

 King Author Honor Books also were named: 

• "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," written by Derrick Barnes, published by Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner Book;  
• "Long Way Down," written by Jason Reynolds, published by Atheneum, an Imprint of Simon &; Schuster Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book 
• "The Hate U Give," written by Angie Thomas, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

King Illustrator Award winner;

•  "Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets," illustrated by Ekua Holmes, is the . The book is written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth and published by Candlewick Press.

Two King Illustrator Honor Books:

•  "Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut," illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes and published by Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner Book 
•  "Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman," illustrated by James E. Ransome, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House.  

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award to affirm new talent:

• "The Stars Beneath Our Feet," written by David Barclay Moore, is the Steptoe Author Award winner. The book is published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
• "Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song," illustrated by Charly Palmer, is the Steptoe Illustrator Award winner. The book is written by Kathryn Erskine and published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.

Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement:

Eloise Greenfield is the winner of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children's author Virginia Hamilton. 

Eloise Greenfield was born in Parmele, North Carolina, and currently resides in Washington, D.C. Early in life, she discovered a love of reading and writing and realized there were few books that showed the fullness of African American life. She published her first book in 1972 and went on to write and publish more than 40 books. From "Honey, I Love" to "The Great Migration," this multiple award-winning author has captivated audiences through the years.

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
2018 Printz Award winner.

• "We Are Okay," written by Nina LaCour, is the  The book is published by Dutton Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers.

Four Printz Honor Books also were named: 

• "The Hate U Give," written by Angie Thomas and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;
•  "Long Way Down," written by Jason Reynolds and published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing;
•  "Strange the Dreamer," written by Laini Taylor and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group and 
• "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers," written by Deborah Heiligman and published by Godwin Books/Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.

Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
Award for young children (ages 0 to 8).;

• "Silent Days, Silent Dreams," written and illustrated by Allen Say and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 

Award for middle grades (ages 9-13).

• "Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess," written by Shari Green and published by Pajama Press Inc.

Award for teens (ages 14-18):

• "You're Welcome, Universe," written and illustrated by Whitney Gardner and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC is the 

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

• "All Systems Red," by Martha Wells, a Tor.com Book, published by Thomas Doherty Associates; 
• "The Clockwork Dynasty," by Daniel H. Wilson, published by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC; 
• "Down Among the Sticks and Bones," by Seanan McGuire, a Tor.com Book, published by Thomas Doherty Associates; 
• "Electric Arches," by Eve L. Ewing, published by Haymarket Books; 
• "A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea," by Melissa Fleming, published by Flatiron Books; 
• "Malagash," by Joey Comeau, published by ECW Press; 
• "Roughneck," by Jeff Lemire, published by Gallery 13, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.;
•  "She Rides Shotgun," by Jordan Harper, published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;
•  "Things We Have in Common," by Tasha Kavanagh, published by MIRA Books 
• "An Unkindness of Magicians," by Kat Howard, published by SAGA Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors 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. 

The 2018 winner is Jacqueline Woodson, whose award-winning works include "Brown Girl Dreaming," "After Tupac & D Foster," "Locomotion" and "Show Way."  

Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:

The 2018 winner is Angela Johnson. Her books include "Heaven," "Looking for Red," "The First Part Last" and "Sweet, Hereafter," all published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; "Bird," published by Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers and "Toning the Sweep," published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

2019 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site. 

Debbie Reese will deliver the 2019 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Dr. Reese is a longtime advocate for Native representation and is a former teacher and university professor. She earned her PhD in Education from the University of Illinois, where she also helped establish the Native American House and American Indian Studies program. Dr. Reese also holds an M.Ed degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She is tribally enrolled at Nambe Owingeh Pueblo in New Mexico.

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:

• "The Murderer's Ape" is the 2018 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Sweden as "Mördarens Apa," the book was written and illustrated by Jakob Wegelius, translated from Swedish by Peter Graves and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

 Batchelder Honor Books also were named: 

• "Malala: Activist for Girls' Education," published by Charlesbridge Publishing, written by Raphaële Frier, illustrated by Aurélia Fronty and translated from French by Julie Cormier; 
• "When a Wolf is Hungry," published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, written by Christine Naumann-Villemin, illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo and translated from French by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 
• "You Can't Be Too Careful!," published by Elsewhere Editions, written and illustrated by Roger Mello, and translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.

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

• "The Hate U Give," produced by HarperAudio, is the 2018 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by Angie Thomasand narrated by Bahni Turpin.

Five Odyssey Honor Audiobooks also were named: 

• "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage," produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Philip Pullman and narrated by Michael Sheen; 
• "A Boy Called Christmas," produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Matt Haig and narrated by Stephen Fry; 
• "Long Way Down," produced by Simon & Schuster Audio and written and narrated by Jason Reynolds;
•  "Trombone Shorty" produced by Live Oak Media, written by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and narrated by Dion Graham
• "The Wizards of Once" produced by Hachette Audio, written by Cressida Cowell and narrated by David Tennant.  

Pura Belpré Awards honoring Latino writers and illustrators whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:
Belpré Illustrator Award winner:

• "La Princesa and the Pea," illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, is the . The book was written by Susan Middleton Elya and published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Two Belpré Illustrator Honor Books also were named:

• "All Around Us," illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia, written by Xelena González and published by Cinco Puntos Press and "Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos," illustrated by John Parra, written by Monica Brown and published by NorthSouth Books, Inc., an imprint of NordSüd Verlag AG.
• "Lucky Broken Girl," written by Ruth Behar, is the Pura Belpré Author Award winner. The book is published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. 

Two Belpré Author Honor Books also were named: "

• "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora," written by Pablo Cartaya and published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 
•  "The First Rule of Punk," written by Celia C. Pérez and published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:
Sibert Award winner.

• "Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961," written by Larry Dane Brimner, is the  The book is published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights.

Four Sibert Honor Books also were named: 

• "Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix," written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee, illustrated by Man One and published by Readers to Eaters Books; 
• "Grand Canyon," written and illustrated by Jason Chin and published by Roaring Book Press, a Neal Porter Book; 
• "Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability," written by Shane Burcaw, illustrated by Matt Carr and published by Roaring Brook Press 
• "Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem," written by Patricia Newman and published by Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Stonewall Book Award–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children's and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:

2018 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards–

• "Little & Lion," written by Brandy Colbert and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group Inc. 
•  "The 57 Bus," written by Dashka Slater and published by Farrar Straus Giroux for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC are the 2018 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award.

 Stonewall Honor Books were also named: 

• "As the Crow Flies," written and illustrated by Melanie Gillman and published by Iron Circus Comics 
• "The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue," written by Mackenzi Lee and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.  

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers is:

Geisel Award:

• "Charlie & Mouse," written by Laurel Snyder and illustrated by Emily Hughes. The book is published by Chronicle Books.

Geisel Honor Books: 

• "I See a Cat," written and illustrated by Paul Meisel and published by Holiday House;
•  "King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats," written by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Nancy Meyers and published by Peachtree Publishers; 
• "My Kite Is Stuck! And Other Stories," written and illustrated by Salina Yoon and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books;
•  "Noodleheads See the Future," written by Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, illustrated by Tedd Arnold and published by Holiday House
• "Snail &Worm Again," written and illustrated by Tina Kügler and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
2018 Morris Award winner

• "The Hate U Give," written by Angie Thomas, is the . The book is published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

•  "Dear Martin," written by Nic Stone and published by Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC; 
• "Devils Within," written by S. F. Henson and published by Sky Pony Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing; 
• "Saints and Misfits," written by S. K. Ali and published by Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 
•  "Starfish," written by Akemi Dawn Bowman and published by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
2018 Excellence winner. 

•   "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers," written by Deborah Heiligman, The book is published by Godwin Books/Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. 

Four other books were finalists for the award: 

• "#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women," edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy and published by Annick Press; "
• "Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, The Invention of Modern Photojournalism," written by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos and published by Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group; 
• "The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives," written by Dashka Slater and published by Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group 
• "The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found," written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Candlewick Press.

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 experts, the awards encourage original and creative work.  For more information on the ALA Youth Media Awards and notables, please visit www.ala.org/yma.

SOURCE American Library Association