Youth Media Awards
Aka, the Newbery, Caldecott, etc.
These were culled from twitter, and are posted as is, so that people can see the list quickly. Note that they didn't announce Honor Books on Twitter. The press release will be up at the YMA page soon.
* = books I read. I did not finish Going Bovine - the hallucinations defeated me. Most of these titles were pretty predictable in retrospect.
^ = books I've been meaning to read.
The fact that I've read two books on the Alex (Adult books for YA readers) top ten astounds me.
*Newbery 2010: “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead
*Caldecott 2010: “The Lion & the Mouse” by Jerry Pinkney (reading is an abstract concept here - wordless picture book)
Geisel 2010: “Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!,” written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes
*Carnegie 2010: “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,” produced by Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods (haven't seen the video, though)
^Sibert 2010: “Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream” by Tanya Lee Stone
Batchelder 2010: “A Faraway Island” published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books
Arbuthnot 2010: Lois Lowry to deliver 2011 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
^Belpré Author 2010: “Return to Sender” by Julia Alvarez
Belpré Illustrator 2010 is “Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros,” illustrated by Rafael López
*Odyssey 2010: “Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken,” produced by Live Oak Media
Printz 2010: “Going Bovine” by Libba Bray
^YALSA Nonfiction 2010: “Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith” by Deborah Heiligman
Morris Award 2010: “Flash Burnout” by L.K. Madigan
^CSK Author 2010: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, author of “Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal”
*CSK Illustrator 2010: Charles R. Smith Jr., for “My People”
CSK Steptoe 2010: Kekla Magoon, author of “The Rock and the River”
CSK Virginia Hamilton 2010: Walter Dean Myers
^Schneider 2010 Teen: “Marcelo in the Real World” by Francisco X. Stork
*Schneider 2010 Middle: “Anything but Typical” by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Schneider 2010 Children’s: “Django,” written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
Alex 2010: “Tunneling to the Center of the Earth” by Kevin Wilson
*Alex 2010: “Stitches: A Memoir” by David Small
*Alex 2010: “Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel” by Gail Carriger
Alex 2010: “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock
Alex 2010: “The Magicians” by By Lev Grossman
Alex 2010: “The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir” by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
Alex 2010: “The Good Soldiers” by David Finkel
Alex 2010: “Everything Matters!” by Ron Currie, Jr.
Alex 2010: “The Bride’s Farewell” by Meg Rosoff
Alex 2010: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
These were culled from twitter, and are posted as is, so that people can see the list quickly. Note that they didn't announce Honor Books on Twitter. The press release will be up at the YMA page soon.
* = books I read. I did not finish Going Bovine - the hallucinations defeated me. Most of these titles were pretty predictable in retrospect.
^ = books I've been meaning to read.
The fact that I've read two books on the Alex (Adult books for YA readers) top ten astounds me.
*Newbery 2010: “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead
*Caldecott 2010: “The Lion & the Mouse” by Jerry Pinkney (reading is an abstract concept here - wordless picture book)
Geisel 2010: “Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!,” written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes
*Carnegie 2010: “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,” produced by Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods (haven't seen the video, though)
^Sibert 2010: “Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream” by Tanya Lee Stone
Batchelder 2010: “A Faraway Island” published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books
Arbuthnot 2010: Lois Lowry to deliver 2011 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
^Belpré Author 2010: “Return to Sender” by Julia Alvarez
Belpré Illustrator 2010 is “Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros,” illustrated by Rafael López
*Odyssey 2010: “Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken,” produced by Live Oak Media
Printz 2010: “Going Bovine” by Libba Bray
^YALSA Nonfiction 2010: “Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith” by Deborah Heiligman
Morris Award 2010: “Flash Burnout” by L.K. Madigan
^CSK Author 2010: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, author of “Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal”
*CSK Illustrator 2010: Charles R. Smith Jr., for “My People”
CSK Steptoe 2010: Kekla Magoon, author of “The Rock and the River”
CSK Virginia Hamilton 2010: Walter Dean Myers
^Schneider 2010 Teen: “Marcelo in the Real World” by Francisco X. Stork
*Schneider 2010 Middle: “Anything but Typical” by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Schneider 2010 Children’s: “Django,” written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
Alex 2010: “Tunneling to the Center of the Earth” by Kevin Wilson
*Alex 2010: “Stitches: A Memoir” by David Small
*Alex 2010: “Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel” by Gail Carriger
Alex 2010: “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock
Alex 2010: “The Magicians” by By Lev Grossman
Alex 2010: “The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir” by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
Alex 2010: “The Good Soldiers” by David Finkel
Alex 2010: “Everything Matters!” by Ron Currie, Jr.
Alex 2010: “The Bride’s Farewell” by Meg Rosoff
Alex 2010: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer