ALA 2007 Award Winners

On January 22, 2007, the American Library Association announced the 2007 award winners. Call numbers are enclosed in brackets for the titles FPL owns:

The John Newbery Medal

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illustrated by Matt Phelan (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson)

Newbery Honor Books

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm (Random House)
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Delacorte Press)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic)

Randolph 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) [E/ Juster]

Caldecott Honor Books

Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company) [FCM/ FNF JB/Parks, R./ Gi]

Zen Shorts written and illustrated by Jon J Muth (Scholastic Press) [2 FCM/FNF/FBM E/ Muth]

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) [2 FCM / FBM E/ Priceman]

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)

Coretta Scott King Award

Coming Soon!

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

Coming Soon!

Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award

Coming Soon!

King Author Honor Books

Coming Soon!

King Illustrator Honor Books

Coming Soon!

Printz Honor Books

Looking for Alaska written by John Green has won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award for his extraordinary first novel (Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. [YAF/ Green]

Robert F. Sibert Award

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) [J 973.3/ Wa 2FCM]

Sibert Honor Book

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)[ FCM J/ 943.086/ Campbell]

Margaret A. Edwards Award

Ursula K. LeGuin was honored with this award for her lifetime contribution to young adult readers. LeGuin is best known for the Earthsea fantasy series, "The Left Hand of Darkness," and "The Beginning Place."

Andrew Carnegie Medal

Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly of Weston Woods Studio were honored for their children's video production of "Giggle, Giggle, Quak," which is based on the picture book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin.

Pura Belpre' Award

"Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book," written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales.

"Before We Were Free," written by Julia Alvarez.

Belpre' Author Award Honor Books

"Cuba 15," written by Nancy Osa.

"My Diary from Here to There/ Mi diario de aqui hasta alla'," written by Amada Irma Pe'rez, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Batchelder Award
An Innocent Soldier written by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann Awarded to Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. [YAF/ Holub, J.]

Batchelder Honor Book

"The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon," by Bea Uusma Schyffert, was translated into English by Emi Guner from Swedish; published by Chronicle Books.

2006 ALSC Award Winners
In order to post the winning information as expeditiously as possible, we are providing a straight list of 2006 ALSC award winners, including book title, author, and publisher. Additional information, including annotations and book cover images for each award-winning title, will be posted to the individual award pages as soon as possible.

Batchelder Honor Books
--- Nicholas written by René Goscinny, illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell awarded to Phaidon Press Limited

Bloomsbury Children's Books for
ON ORDER When I Was a Soldier written by Valérie Zenatti and translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Belpré Author Medal
ON ORDER The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House
Children's Books, a division of Random House)

Belpré Illustrator Medal
E/ Mora Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart illustrated by Raul Colón and written by Pat Mora (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House) Fcm

Belpré Author Honor Books
J 811/Bernier-Grand César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David
Diaz (Marshall Cavendish) Fcm

E/ Mora Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart written by Pat
Mora and illustrated by Raul Colón (Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House) Fcm

J/ Ryan Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Scholastic Press) 2Fcm/Fcy/Fnf/Fwf

Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
--- Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games selected and illustrated by Lulu
Delacre (Lee & Low Books, Inc.)

J 811/Bernier-Grand César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T.
Bernier-Grand (Marshall Cavendish) FCM

---- My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La Vida de Celia Cruz
illustrated by Rafael López, written by Monica Brown (Luna Rising, a bilingual imprint of Rising Moon)

Carnegie Medal
--- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers written by Mordicai Gerstein produced by Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. and Paul Gagne and Melissa Reilly, Weston Woods Studio

2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
Kevin Henkes

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal
ER/L2/Rylant Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Sucie Stevenson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2Fcm/ Fcy/ Fwf

Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books
--- Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.)

E/ Bloom A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mills Press) 2Fcm/Fcy/Fwf/Fnf/Fbm

--- Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa written by Erica Silverman and illustrated by Betsy
Lewin (Harcourt, Inc.)

ER/ L2/ Van Leeuwen 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) Fcm/Fcy/Fwf

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