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Monday, January 14, 2008

ALA Awards: Printz, King, Sibert, and Schneider

Sounds like a law firm, doesn’t it?

I’m going to mention the Schneider Award for one reason and one reason only: The winner of the middle school category is Tracie Vaughn Zimmer for Reaching for Sun. The announcement of this book was heralded by some definite whoops in the audience.

The Coretta Scott King author award goes to — no big surprise here — Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis. I didn’t like this book when I started it, but it definitely picked up and got me totally on board with the genius of this book. The Coretta Scott King illustrator award goes to — I called it, people — Let It Shine, by Ashley Bryan. Yeah!

The Printz Honor Awards go to Dreamquake, by Elizabeth Knox; One Whole and Perfect Day, by Judith Clarke; Repossessed, by A.M. Jenkins; Your Own, Sylvia, by Stephanie Hemphill. Didn’t read any of them. Oops. The Printz Award goes to The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean. Read it and loved it.

The Sibert Award for informational books for children goes to The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis.

In a definite surprise for me, the Carnegie Award for video for children goes to... the Disney Channel movie Jump In, starring Corbin Bleu.

Really? Seriously? Jump In? Disney Channel? The kid from High School Musical? Okay... whatever.

Labels: ALA, Breaking News, Coretta Scott King, Printz, Schneider, Sibert

Monday, January 22, 2007

Like, Okay. (Printz and Coretta Scott King Awards)

A graphic novel wins the Printz award. It’s a new day in Young Adult literature. The 2007 Printz Award winner is:

American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
(read it, didn’t love it, but lots of good buzz about it)

2007 Honor Books:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party, by M. T. Anderson
(haven’t read it, everyone raves about it, no surprise it’s on the list)

An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green
(read it, loved it, kinda interviewed the author)

Surrender, by Sonya Hartnett
(heard of it, haven’t read it)

The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
(haven’t read it because it’s so long, but I give up already — I’ll read it. Happy now?)

The Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizes an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.

King Author Book winner:

Copper Sun, written by Sharon Draper
(read it, liked it, very powerful)

King Author Honor Book:

The Road to Paris, written by Nikki Grimes
(never heard of it)

King Illustrator Book winner:

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford
(no surprise)

King Illustrator Honor Books: