2015 ALA Banned Books List

Frequently Challenged Books 2015

The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the country. We compile lists of challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship efforts that affect libraries and schools.
The top ten most challenged books of 2015 include:

1. Looking for Alaska, by John Green (Juv.G7955L)Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.
2. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James
   Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and other (“poorly written,” “concerns that a group of teenagers will want to try it”).
3. I Am Jazz, by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings (Juv.306.76 .H574i)
   Reasons: Inaccurate, homosexuality, sex education, religious viewpoint, and unsuited for age group.
4. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, by Susan Kuklin (Juv.306.76 .K965)
   Reasons: Anti-family, offensive language, homosexuality, sex education, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“wants to remove from collection to ward off complaints”).
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon (PR6058.A245 C87 2003)
   Reasons: Offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“profanity and atheism”).
6. The Holy Bible (BS185 1980 .N48)
   Reasons: Religious viewpoint.
7. Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (PN6727 .B3757 Z46 2006)
   Reasons: Violence and other (“graphic images”).
8. Habibi, by Craig Thompson
   Reasons: Nudity, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.
9. Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter ( Juv. 371.82.W785n)
   Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence.
10. Two Boys Kissing, by David Levithan (Juv.6662t)
    Reasons: Homosexuality and other (“condones public displays of affection”).

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 

2012 ALA Banned Books List

2012 Most FrequentlyChallenged Books from the American Library Association

(Out of 464 challenges as reported by the Office for Intellectual Freedom)

1.Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group

2.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.
Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

3.Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group

4.Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

5.And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group

6.The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit

7.Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

8.Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence

9.The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

10.Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence

For more information see http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged
For theLibrary Bill of Rights see http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill
For support for dealing with challenges see http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/challengeslibrarymaterials/copingwithchallenges

ALA Book Media Awards announced 1/28/13

Caldecott:

Award:
Jon Klassen, illustrator and author  of” This Is Not My Hat” ( juv.K635t)

Honor:
“Creepy Carrots!” illustrated by Peter Brown and  written by Aaron Reynolds
“Extra Yarn,” illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett
“Green,” illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
“One Cool Friend,” illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo
Sleep Like a Tiger,” illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue

Newbery

Award:
Katherine Applegate, author of “The One and Only Ivan, illustrated byPatricia Castelaoand

Honor:
“Splendors and Glooms” by Laura Amy Schlitz
"Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon” by Steve Sheinkin
“Three Times Lucky” by Sheila Turnage

Printz

Award:
 “In Darkness,” written by Nick Lake

Honor:
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“Code Name Verity,” written by Elizabeth Wein
Dodger,” written by Terry Pratchet
“The White Bicycle,” written by Beverley Brenna

Pura Belpre Awards

Author  (Narrative)Award
Benjamín Alire Sáenz, author of “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Author (Narrative) Honor:
“The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano” by Sonia Manzano

Illustrator Award:
David Díaz, illustrator of “Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert written by Gary D. Schmidt

There were no Illustrator Honor awards

Coretta Scott King Awards

Author Award:
Andrea Davis Pinkney, author of “Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America,”

Author Honor awards:
"Each Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
“No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller” by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Illustrator Award:
Bryan Collier, illustrator of “I, Too, Am America written by Langston Hughes ( juv.811.52.H893i)

Illustrator Honor:
“Ellen’s Broom” illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons (juv. L9913e)
"H. O. R. S. E.” illustrated and written by Christopher Myers
“I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.” illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Martin Luther King, Jr

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

Award:
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin,
Honor:
“Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin,” written and illustrated by Robert Byrd  “Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,” written by Phillip M. Hoose
“Titanic: Voices from the Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:

Winner:
“Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin,

Finalists:
 “Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different,” written by Karen Blumenthal,
“Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,” written by Phillip Hoose ( Juv.598.072 H789m)
“Titanic: Voices from the Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson, published by Scholastic Press,
“We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March,” written by Cynthia Levinson,

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book

Award:
Up, Tall and High!” written and illustrated by Ethan Long

Honor:
“Let’s Go for a Drive!” written and illustrated by Mo Willems,
“Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” by Eric Litwin, created and illustrated by James Dean
 “Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover,” written and illustrated by Cece Bell .

Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:

Children ages 0 to 10.

“Back to Front and Upside Down!” written and illustrated by Claire Alexander

Middle-school (ages 11-13)
“A Dog Called Homeless” written by Sarah Lean

Teen (ages 13-18)
“Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am,” written by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis

Stonewall Book Award  for English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:

Award:
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Honor:
Drama,” written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier ( Juv.T2714d)
Gone, Gone, Gone,” written by Hannah Moskowitz
“October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard,” written by Lesléa Newman
“Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie,” written by S. J. Adams

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:


Winner:
“My Family for the War” (originally published in Germany in 2007 as “Liverpool Street)” written by Anne C. Voorhoeve, translated by Tammi Reichel and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

Honor:
 “A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return,” written and illustrated by Zeina Abirached, translated by Edward Gauvin and published by Graphic Universe,
“Son of a Gun,” written and translated by Anne de Graaf, and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

An archived webcast of the awards is available here:
http://cdnlive.webcastinc.com/ala/2013/live/

New Jersey Library System Holds Mock ALA Awards

On Friday, January 11 the BCCLS  (Bergen County Cooperative Library System in New Jersey )Youth Services Committee held its annual mock awards program.  Reportedly after some spirited discussion, the following books were chosen.

Printz:

Award: Code Name Verity/ Elizabeth Wein

Honors: The Fault in our Stars/ John Green

        October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard/ Leslea Newman

Newbery:

Winner: Wonder/ R.J. Palacio

Award: Temple Grandin/ Sy Montgomery

       Splendors and Glooms/ Laura Amy Schlitz

       Same Sun Here/ Silas House

Caldecott:

Winner: Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad/ Henry Cole

Award: Extra Yarn, written by Mac Barnett; illustrated by Jon Klassen

             One Special Day/ Lola Schaeffer

(Thanks to Sharon Kalman for sharing this information)

How close  did the BCCLS Mock Awards come to the actual youth media awards of the American Library Association? You'll have to wait until January 28th, 2013  to find out.

2013 American Library association book and Media Awards

The Book and Media Awards of the American Library Association will be held on January 28, 2013 at 8 a.m. PT (11am EST) on Jan. 28, from the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. 

Webcast
Approximately 12,500 webcast viewers will join more than 1,300 onsite audience members for the 2013 announcements. Virtual seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  

Facebook and Twitter
Those that are not able to join the webcast can still follow results in real-time by logging on to the ALA Youth Media Awards Facebook page, or via Twitter by following hashtag #ALAyma.

2011 ALA Banned Books List

Celebrating Banned Books Week this week?
Read a Banned?Frequently Challenged Book!

2011 Most frequently Challenged Books

1.ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Juv. M9975tt
Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

2.The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
(On order)
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

3.The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Juv. C7136
Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence

4.My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
(On order)
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

5.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Juv. A387a
Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

6.Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Juv. N333
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint

7.Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
PR6015.U9 B65 1999
Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit

8.What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Juv. S 698w
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit

9.Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Juv. V9489w
Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit

10.To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
PS 3562.E353 T6 1995
Reasons: offensive language; racism

For more information see http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged

ALA Book Awards 2012

(Note- Starred books are in the Guarini Library, others are on order. )

Coretta Scott King:
Illustrator Award Kadir Nelson Heart and Soul:The Story of America and African Americans*
Illustrator Winner: Shane W. Evans Underground:Finding the Light to Freedom

Author Honor: Eloise Greenfeld Great Migration: The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Author Honor: Patricia McKissack Never Forgotten
Author Award: Kadir Nelson Heart and Soul*

Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Award: Ashley Bryan*
May Hill Arbuthnot Winner: Michael Morpurgo*

Pura Belpre:
Illustrator Honor: Samantha R, Vamos Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred*
Illustrator Honor: Monica Brown Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match
Illustrator Winner: Duncan Tonatiuh Diego Rivera : His World and Ours

Author Honor:  Xavier Garcia Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel:A Lucha Libre Mystery
Author Honor: Margarita Engle: Hurricane Dancers
Author Award: Guadelupe Garcia McCall Under the Mesquite Tree

Printz Award:
Honor:
Daniel Handler & Maira Kalman:Why We Broke Up
Christine Hinwood: Returning
Craig Silvey Jasper Jones
 Maggie Stiefvater Scorpio Races
John Corey Whaley Where Things Come Back

Newbery Award:
Honor:
Thanha Lai Inside Out and Back Again
Eugene Yelchin Breaking Stalin's Nose

Medal:
Jack Gantos Dead End in Norvelt

Caldecott
Honor
John Rocco Blackout
Lane Smith Grandpa Green
Patrick McConnell Me -Jane

Medal:
Chris Rachska Ball for Daisy

Complete list at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/american-library-association-announces-2012-youth-media-award-winners)

2010 ALA "Banned Books List"

The ALA’s Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010 include the following titles; each title is followed by the reasons given for challenging the book:

1. "And Tango Makes Three" by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

2. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language, Racism, Sex Education, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group, Violence

3. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity, Offensive Language, Racism, Sexually Explicit

4. "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit

5. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group, Violence

6. "Lush" by Natasha Friend
Reasons: Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group

7. "What My Mother Doesn’t Know" by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Sexism, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group

8. "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: Drugs, Inaccurate, Offensive Language, Political Viewpoint, Religious Viewpoint

9. "Revolutionary Voices" edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit

10. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint, Violence

For more information on book challenges and censorship, please visit the Office for Intellectual Freedom’s Banned Books Week Web site at www.ala.org/bbooks.

ALA Book awards-2010

The winners have been announced!

Newbery
Award: When You Reach Me (Random) by Rebecca Stead (Juv.S7997w)

Honors:
Phillip Hoose’s Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Farrar, Strauss), which won the National Book Award for young people’s literature for his true story of a teen who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL, in 1955, was named one of four Newbery honor books, along with The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Holt) by Jacqueline Kelly, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown) by Grace Lin, and The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Scholastic) by Rodman Philbrick.

Caldecott
Award: Jerry Pinkney’s The Lion & the Mouse (Little, Brown) wins the Caldecott Medal.
(Juv.398.21 .P655Lm)

The two Caldecott Honor Books were: All the World (Beach Lane Bks.) (Juv.811.6.S284a), illustrated by Marla Frazee and written by Liz Garton Scanlon and Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (Houghton), illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski and written by Joyce Sidman(Juv.811.54 .S568r).

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction
This year’s youth media awards had two new additions one of which
—the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, which went to Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Holt) by Deborah Heiligman.

Coretta Scott King-Virgina Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
The other new award-the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, which went to Jersey City local author, Walter Dean Myers, author of Amiri & Odette: A Love Story, Fallen Angels, Sunrise Over Fallujah (all Scholastic), and Monster (HarperCollins).

Coretta Scott King
Award: Youth services librarian Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal (Juv.920.9.R332n)(Lerner) is winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Book Award, which recognizes an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.

The King Author Honor Book was Mare’s War (Random) by tanita s. davis.

The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award went to My People (Juv.811.52.H893m)(Atheneum), illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr. and written by Langston Hughes.

The King Illustrator Honor Book was The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Juv.811.52.H893n)(Jump at the Sun), illustrated by E. B. Lewis and written by Langston Hughes.

The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award winner was The Rock and the River (S & S) by kekla magoon.

Robert F. Siebert Award
The Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children went to Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Candlewick) by Tanya Lee Stone. The other two Sibert Honor Books were: The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors (Charlesbridge) by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani, and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson/Atheneum Bks) written and illustrated by Brian Floca.

Michael L. Printz
The other surprise was the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults, which went to Going Bovine (Juv.B8275g (Delacorte) by Libba Bray.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named: Heiligman’s Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith, along with The Monstrumologist (S & S) by Rick Yancey, Punkzilla (Candlewick) by Adam Rapp (Juv398.21 .P655Lm), and Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 (Penguin) by John Barnes.


Schneider Award Winner
Marcelo in the Real World (Scholastic) by Francisco X. Stork, took home a Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. Other Schneider award winners were Django (Roaring Brook) written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen and Anything but Typical (S & S) by Nora Raleigh Baskin.

Pura Belpre
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros (HarperCollins), illustrated by Rafael López and written by Pat Mora.
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Diego: Bigger Than Life (Marshall Cavendish), illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand.
My Abuelita (Harcourt) illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Tony Johnston (Juv.J73m).
Gracias Thanks,(Lee & Low), illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora (Juv. M83g).

Pura Belpré (Author) Award
Return to Sender (Knopf) by Julia Alvarez

Belpré Author Honor Books
Diego: Bigger Than Life
Federico García Lorca (Lectorum) by Georgina Lázaro, illustrated by Enrique S. Moreiro.


Other Awards

William C. Morris Award honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults Flash Burnout (Houghton) by L.K. Madigan.

Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production
Live Oak Media, producer of the audiobook Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo and narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber, produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc., written by L. A. Meyer and narrated by Katherine Kellgren;
Peace, Locomotion, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Jacqueline Woodson and narrated by Dion Graham
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Kadir Nelson and narrated by Dion Graham.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for most distinguished beginning reader book
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! (TOON) written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes.
Geisel Honor Books
I Spy Fly Guy! (Scholastic) written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold
Little Mouse Gets Ready (TOON) written and illustrated by Jeff Smith
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends (Houghton) written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day (Dial) written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by R. W. Alley.

Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
Jim Murphy is the 2010 Edwards Award winner. His books include: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Clarion); Blizzard! The Storm That Changed American; The Great Fire (both Scholastic); The Long Road to Gettysburg ; A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy (both Clarion).

Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children’s video
Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods, producers of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!. The video is based on the book of the same name written and illustrated by Willems; it was narrated by Willems and Jon Scieszka with animation by Pete List.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children’s book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States
A Faraway Island, originally published in Swedish in 1996 as “En ö i havet,” the book was written by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck, and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books.

Batchelder Honor Books
Big Wolf and Little Wolf, written by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Bedrick and published by Enchanted Lion Books
Eidi, written by Bodil Bredsdorff, translated by Kathryn Mahaffy and published by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness, written by Nahoko Uehashi, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, translated by Cathy Hirano and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (HarperCollins) by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.
The Bride’s Farewell (Penguin) by Meg Rosoff
Everything Matters! (Penguin) by Ron Currie, Jr.
The Good Soldiers (Farrar, Srauss) by David Finkel.
The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir (Random) by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch.
The Magicians (Penguin) by Lev Grossman.
My Abandonment (Harcourt) by Peter Rock
Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel (Hachette) by Gail Carriger.
Stitches: A Memoir (Norton) by David Small
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth (HarperCollins) by Kevin Wilson.


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.
Lois Lowry will deliver the 2011 lecture. The internationally acclaimed author’s career spans more than 30 years. She is a two-time recipient of the Newbery Medal, in 1990 for Number the Stars, set in Denmark during World War II, and in 1994 for the eerily dystopian The Giver (both Houghton).

Source :http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6715435.html?desc=topstory
SLJ/BookLife Blog

ALA Youth Media Awards

Watch the Video (a list of winners is below):





And the winners are:

Newbery Medal

"The Graveyard Book" (Juv.G966g) by Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Children's Books

Newbery Honor Books

"The Underneath" by Kathi Appelt,(Juv.A646u) illustrated by David Small, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, Henry Holt and Company, LLC

"Savvy"(Juv.L4153s)by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC

"After Tupac and D Foster" (Juv.W898a) by Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers

Caldecott Medal

"The House in the Night," illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin Co.

Caldecott Honor Books

"A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever"(Juv.F8485c)by Marla Frazee, Harcourt, Inc.

"How I Learned Geography" by Uri Shulevitz,(Juv.S5622h) Farrar Straus Giroux

"A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams,"(Juv.928.1W728b) illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Michael L. Printz Award
Melina Marchetta, author of "Jellicoe Road,"(Juv.M317j) is the 2009 Printz Award winner. The book is published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Printz Honor Books
"The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves," (Juv.A5448 v.2) by M.T. Anderson, published by Candlewick Press;

"The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks,"(Juv.L8164d) by E. Lockhart, published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group;

"Nation," (Juv.P912n) by Terry Pratchett, published by HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers;

"Tender Morsels,"(Juv.L243t) by Margo Lanagan, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

Pura Belpre

Belpré Author Award

"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt

Belpré Author Honor Books

"Just in Case" by Yuyi Morales, a Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership

"Reaching Out" (Juv.J598r) by Francisco Jiménez, Houghton Mifflin Co.

"The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos" (Juv.G6434s)
0by Lucia Gonzalez, illustrated by Lulu Delacre, Children's Book Press

Belpré Illustrator Award

"Just in Case" by Yuyi Morales, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership Press

Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
"Papa and Me" ,(Juv. D716d) illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Arthur Dorrosan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

"The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos" (Juv.G6434s) illustrated by Lulu Delacre, written by Lucia Gonzalez, Children's Book Press

"What Can You Do with a Rebozo" (Juv.T1246w)illustrated by Amy Cordova, written by Carmen Tafolla, Tricycle Press, an imprint of Ten Speed Press

Coretta Scott King Awards

Author Award
"We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball," (Juv.796.357.N427w) written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, The book is published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group.

Author Honor Books
"The Blacker the Berry," by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers;

"Keeping the Night Watch," by Hope Anita Smith, illustrated by E.B. Lewis and published by Henry Holt and Company; and

"Becoming Billie Holiday," (Juv.W3625b) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper and published by Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.

Illustrator Award
"The Blacker the Berry," illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is the King Illustrator Book winner.

Illustrator Honor
"We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball," (Juv.796.357.N427w) written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group

"Before John Was a Jazz Giant," by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls, published by Henry Holt and Company;

"The Moon Over Star" by Dianna Hutts Aston,(Juv.A8563m) illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.


Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award.
Shadra Strickland, illustrator of "Bird," (Juv.E4669b) written by Zetta Elliott, is the Steptoe winner. The book is published by Lee & Low Books.


2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer

Kathleen T. Horning, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Batchelder Award

Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., publisher of "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit" by Nahoko Uehashi, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano

Batchelder Honor Books

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., publisher of "Garmann's Summer" written and illustrated by Stian Hole, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett

Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publisher of "Tiger Moon" written by Antonia Michaelis, translated from the German by Anthea Bell

Carnegie Medal

Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly, Weston Woods Studios, producers of "March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World"

Geisel Award
"Are You Ready to Play Outside?" (Juv.W699a) written and illustrated by Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group

Geisel Honor Books

"Chicken Said, 'Cluck!'" written by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell, HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers

"One Boy" (Juv.S4516o )written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, a Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership

"Stinky" (Juv.D2617s) written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis, The Little Lit Library, a division of RAW Junior, LLC

"Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator" (Juv.594.38 .C191w) written by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell, Boyds Mills Press

Odyssey Award

"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," written and narrated by Sherman Alexie, produced by Recorded Books, LLC

Odyssey Honor Audiobooks

"Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady," written by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, produced by Listen and Live Audio, Inc.

"Elijah of Buxton" written by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by Mirron Willis, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

"I'm Dirty" written by Kate and Jim McMullan, narrated by Steve Buscemi, produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc./Scholastic

"Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale" written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy, produced by Peachtree Publishers

"Nation" written by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Stephen Briggs, produced by Harper Children's Audio/HarperCollins Publishers

Sibert Medal

"We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball" (Juv.796.357.N427w) written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group

Sibert Honor Books

"Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Rediscovery of the Past" written by James M. Deem, Houghton Mifflin Company

"What to Do about Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!" (Juv.923.2.L859k) written by Barbara Kerley, illusrated by Edwin Fotheringham, Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Wilder Medal

Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator of numerous books, including "Dancing Granny," "Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum" and "Beautiful Blackbird."