Award Winners

A list of nationally recognized awards for children’s literature. Each list contains the winners of the last five years that are available at the

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Boston Globe -- Horn Book Award

Presented annually for excellence in literature for children and young adults. 

 

2005       E Grey                            Traction Man is Here

               YA Shusterman               The Schwa Was Here

               YA 598.7 Hoose             The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

2004       E Gerstein                       The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

               YA Almond                     The Fire-Eaters

               YA 614.541                    An American Plague

2003       E Root                            Big Momma Makes the World

               J FIC Fine                       The Jamie and Angus Stories

               J 947.7 Kalman               Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

2002       E Graham                        “Lets Get a Pup!” Said Kate

               YA Salisbury                   Lord of the Deep

               JB Guthrie                       This Land Was Made for You and Me

2001       E DeFelice                      Cold Feet 

               J 811.54 Carver              Carver: A Life in Poems

               JB Harrison                     The Longitude Prize

2000       E Johnson                        Henry Hikes to Fitchburg

               YA Billingsley                  The Folk Keeper             

               JB Ralegh                        Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

 

 

Carter G. Woodson Award

Presented by the National Council for the Social Studies for the most distinguished children’s social science books depicting ethnicity in the United States. http://www.christophers.org/awardsmm.html

 

2005       YA B Anderson              The Voice that Challenged a Nation

               dnh                                  Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

               dnh                                  The Civil Rights Act of 1964

2004       J 940.5317 Komatsu       In America’s Shadow

               JB Sacagawea                 Sacagawea

2003       JB Chevez, C.                 Cesar Chevez:  The Struggle for Justice

2002       J 305.23 Cruz                 Multiethnic Teens and Cultural Identity           

               J 973.331 Hinkle             Prince Estabrook: Slave and Soldier

               JB Bibson                        Coming Home: Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Homerun Hitter

2001       E Weatherford                 The Sound That Jazz Makes

               J 923.6 Pinkney               Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

               JB Sitting                         Sitting Bull and His World

2000       JB Bridges                       Through My Eyes

               JB Kaiulani                      Princess Ka’iulani

The Christopher Award

Presented annually to writers and illustrators whose work  “affirms the highest values of the human spirit.”

 http://www.christophers.org/awardsmm.html

 

2006    dnh                                     Am I a Color Too?

            E Barber                            Game Day

            B Morris                            I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets the Vote

            J Fic Birney                        Friendship According to Humphrey       

            dnh                                     Hitch

 

2005    E Wilson                            Never, Ever Shout in a Zoo

            J FIC Peck                         The Teacher’s Funeral:  A Comedy in Three Parts

            J FIC VanDraanen             Shredderman:  Secret Identity

            YA B Al-Windawi              Thura’s Diary:  My Life in Wartime Iraq

            J 398.209561 Demi            The Hungry Coat:  A Tale from Turkey

2004    E Bunting                            Little Bear’s Little Boat

            E Reynolds                         The Dot

            JB Chavez                          Harvesting Hope:  The Story of Cesar Chavez

            J FIC D’Adamo                 Iqbal

            J FIC Lowry                      The Silent Boy

2003    E Newman                         Mole and the Baby Bird

            E Teague                            Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School

            J FIC Gray                         The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool

            YA Giff                              Pictures of Hollis Woods

            J 940.5459                         Left for Dead

2002    E Hest                                Kiss Good Night

            E McBrier Beatrice’s Goat

            J FIC Creech                     Love That Dog

            J FIC Fletcher                    Uncle Daddy

            YA Wulffson                      Soldier X

            YA Hesse                          Witness

 

The Edgar Award

Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to authors of distinguished work in the Best Juvenile Mystery category.  http://www.mysterywriters.org/

 

2006    J FIC Smith                        The Boys of San Joaquin

            YA FIC Feinstein               Last Shot 

2005    J Balliett                             Chasing Vermeer

            J Hoobler                           In Darkness, Death

2004    JPB Naylor                        Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry

            YA McNamee                   Acceleration

2003    YA Ericson                        Harriet Spies Again

            YA Parker                         The Wessex Papers, Vol. 1-3

2002    J FIC Eige                          Dangling

            YA Wynne-Jones               The Boy in the Burning House

2001    J FIC Dowell                      Dovey Coe

            YA Alphin                          Counterfeit Son

2000    JPB Jones                          Night Flyers

            YA Vande                          Never Trust a Dead Man                                               

 

 

The Golden Kite Award

Awarded by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for the best fiction, nonfiction, and picture book.  http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm

 

2005    YA Pearson                       A Room on Lorelei Street

            J 305.23 Freedman            Children of the Great Depression

            E Mora                              Doña Flor

2004    E Hopkinson                      Apples to Oregon

            YA Curtis                           Bucking the Sarge

            J 973.917 Cooper              Dust to Eat:  Drought and Depression in the 1930’s

2003    E Timberlake                      The Dirty Cowboy

            YA Spinelli                         Milkweed

            J 759.5 Byrd                      Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer

2002    E Wilson                            George Hogglesberry: Grade School Alien

            YA Placide                         Fresh Girl

            JB Guthrie                          This Land Was Made for You and Me  

2001    E Lewis                              The Shoe Tree of Chagrin

            YA Wolff                           True Believer

            J 941.5 Bartoletti                Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine

2000    E Kurtz                              River Friendly River Wild

            J FIC Karr                         The Boxer           

            J 940.5318 Levine              Darkness Over Denmark                                                                                   

 


Jane Addams Book Award

Presented annually since 1953 by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children’s book that most effectively promotes the causes of peace, social justice and world community.  http://www.janeaddamspeace.org/index.asp

 

2005    E Landowne                       Sélavi, That is Life:  A Haitian Story of Hope

            J 624.623 Bausum              With Courage and Cloth:  Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote

2004    JB Chavez, C.                    Harvesting Hope:  The Story of Cesar Chavez

2003    J FIC Myers                       Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam

            YA Ellis                              Parvana’s Journey

2002    E Rappaport                       Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

            YA Naidoo                        Other Side of Truth

2001    J FIC Ryan                         Esperanza Rising

            J FIC Skarmeta                  The Composition                                     

 

 

Michael L. Printz Award

Presented annually for excellence in literature for young adults. http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm

 

2006    YA Green                          Looking for Alaska

2005    YA Rosoff                          How I Live Now

2004    YA Johnson                       The First Part Last

2003    FIC Chambers                   Postcards from No Man’s Land

2002    YA Na                               A Step from Heaven

2001    YA Almond                        Kit’s Wilderness

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Awarded by the American Library Association for outstanding translated book for children.

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm

 

2006    YA FIC Holub                   An Innocent Soldier

2005    J FIC Stolz                         The Shadows of Ghadamès

2004    YA Halkin                          Run, Boy, Run

2003    J FIC Funke                       The Thief Lord

2002    J FIC Gundisch                  How I Became an American

2001    J FIC Carmi                       Samir and Yonatan                                                          

 

 

The Orbis Pictus Award

Awarded since 1990 by the National Council of Teacher of English to promote and recognize excellence in nonfiction writing.  http://www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus

 

2006    305.23 Freedman               Children of the Great Depression

2005    JB York                            York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark:  An African American’s Part

2004    YA 614.541 Murphy         An American Plague

2003    JB Anderson                     When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson    

2002    J 941.5 Bartoletti              Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine

2001    J 979.4 Stanley                   Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California

 

 

Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award

Presented annually for a work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher and set in the New World.

http://www.scottodell.com/sosoaward.html

 

2006    J FIC Erdrich                     The Game of Silence      

2005    J FIC LaFaye                     Worth

2004    YA Peck                            A River Between Us

2003    J Pearsall                            Trouble Don’t Last

2002   YA Taylor                           The Land

2001    J FIC Lisle                         The Art of Keeping Cool

 

 

Sibert Informational Book Medal

Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceding year.  http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm

 

2006    J 973.757                           Secrets of a civil war submarine                        

2005   YA B Anderson                  The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson

2004   YA 614.541 Murphy           An American Plague

2003   YA B Hitler                         Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

2002    J 941.5081 Bartoletti         Black Potatoes:  The Story of the Great Irish Famine

2001    JB Ralegh                           Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado

 

 

 

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