Each January the American Library Association names several Award and Honor-winning books, published within the last year. IFPL owns most of the winners - the rest are coming in. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book:
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Call# P Raschka Chris Ball)
Honor Books: Blackout by John Rocco (Call# P Rocco John Blackout)
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith (Call# Smith Lane Grandpa)
Me ... Jane by Patrick McDonnell (Call # McDonnell Patrick Me)
Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Call# J Gantos Jack Dead)
Honor Books: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Call# J Lai Thanhha Inside)
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Call# J Yelchin Eugene Breaking)
Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider (on order; Intermediate Fiction)
Honor Books: I Broke My Trunk! by Mo Willems (Call# E Willems Mo I)
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Call# P Klassen Jon I)
See Me Run by Paul Meisel (Call# P Meisel Paul See)
Seibert Award for the most distinguished informational book for children:
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet (Call# J 791.53 Sweet)
Honor Books: Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor by Larry Dane Brimner (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Call# 921 Say Allen)
The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connor (Call# J 599.67 O'Connell)
Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
King Author Award for an outstanding book by an African American author:
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (Call# J973.0496 Nelson)
Honor Books: The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield(on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack (Call# P McKissack Patricia Never)
King Illustrator Award for an outstanding book by an African American illustrator:
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans (on order; Picture Book)
Honor Book: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (Call#
J973.0496 Nelson)
Belpré Author Award for an outstanding book by a Latino author:
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall (on order; Young Adult Fiction)
Honor Books:
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel (on order; Junior Fiction)
Belpré Illustrator Award for an outstanding book by a Latino illustrator:
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Honor Books:
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred illustrated by Rafael Lopez (Call# P Vamos Samantha Cazuela)
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina illustrated by Sara Palacios (on order; Picture Book)
