ALA Announces 2006 Newbery, Caldecott Winners
Here is a list of the winners of the 2006 John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, along with other award winners and honor books, announced today at the 2006 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio.
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Newbery Medal:
Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins)
Newbery Honor Books:
Whittington, by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Random House)
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
Show Way, by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Caldecott Medal:
The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
Caldecott Honor Books:
Rosa, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
Zen Shorts, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman (An Anne Schwartz Book from Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
ALA Announces 2006 Newbery, Caldecott Winners
Here is a list of the winners of the 2006 John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, along with other award winners and honor books, announced today at the 2006 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio.
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Newbery Medal:
Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins)
Newbery Honor Books:
Whittington, by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Random House)
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
Show Way, by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Caldecott Medal:
The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
Caldecott Honor Books:
Rosa, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
Zen Shorts, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman (An Anne Schwartz Book from Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Batchelder Award:
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. for An Innocent Soldier, written by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann
Batchelder Honor Books:
Phaidon Press Limited for Nicholas, written by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell
Bloomsbury Children’s Books for When I Was a Soldier, written by Valerie Zenatti and translated from the French by Adriana Hunter
Sibert Medal:
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, written by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda Books, Inc., a division of Lerner Publishing Group)
Sibert Honor Book:
Hilter Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)
Belpre Author Medal:
The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House)
Belpre Illustrator Medal:
Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart, illustrated by Raul Colon, written by Pat Mora (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House)
Belpre Author Honor Books:
Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish)
Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart, written by Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colon (Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House)
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic Press)
Belpre Illustrator Honor Books:
Arrorro, Mi Nino: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games, selected and illustrated by Lulu Delacre (Lee & Low Books, Inc.)
Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand (Marshall Cavendish)
My Name Is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La Vida de Celia Cruz, illustrated by Rafael Lopez, written by Monica Brown (Luna Rising, a bilingual imprint of Rising Moon)
Carnegie Medal:
Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. and Paul Gagne and Melissa Reilly, Weston Woods Studio, producers of the video The Man Who Walked Between the Towers written by Mordicai Gerstein
2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer:
Kevin Henkes
Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal:
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas, written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Sucie Stevenson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books:
Hi! Fly Guy, by Tedd Arnold (Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.)
A Splendid Friend, Indeed, by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mills Press)
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, written by Erica Silverman and illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Harcourt, Inc.)
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day, written by Jean Van Leeuwen and illustrated by Ann Schweninger (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Coretta Scott King Award:
Julius Lester, author of Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
Bryan Collier, illustrator of Rosa (Henry Holt and Company)
King Author Honor Books:
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, by Tonya Bolden (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers)
Dark Sons, by Nikki Grimes (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy (Houghton Mifflin Company)
King Illustrator Honor Book:
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, by R. Gregory Christie (Lee and Low Books)
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Jaime Adoff, author of Jimi & Me (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
Michael L. Printz Award:
Looking for Alaska, written by John Green (Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group USA, Inc.)
Printz Honor Books:
Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan (EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins)
I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking, a member of Penguin Group USA, Inc.)
A Wreath for Emmett Till, written by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Schneider Family Book Award:
Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg, illustrated by Colin Bootman (Peachtree Press) — for children ages 0 to 10.
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