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2012 ALA, YALSA, ALSC Award Winners & Picks
by Siobhan
Kids + Picture Books + YA Fiction / January 27, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced their annual picks for the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.
We're proud to have some of these award-winning titles on our list! Congratulations to all the award winners and nominees. There's a wealth of amazing books for children's and youth out there now.
Newbery Honor Book
Breaking Stalin's Nose, written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, and published by Henry Holt and Company.
See all Newberry winners.
Find other books by Eugene Yelchin.
Caldecott Honor Books
Grandpa Green, illustrated and written by Lane Smith, and published by Roaring Brook Press.
See all Caldecott winners.
Find other books by Lane Smith.
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
Shane W. Evans, illustrator and author of Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press.
See all Coretta Scott King winners.
Find other books by Shane W. Evans.
Alex Award for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (Paperback coming from Picador in January 2012.)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18, each year. The 2012 Excellence winner is by The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, by Steve Sheinkin, published by Roaring Brook Press. One of the Finalists is Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, by Karen Blumenthal, published by Roaring Brook Press.
See all YALSA Award winners.
Find other books by Steve Sheinkin.
Find other books by Karen Blumenthal. Her new book, Steve Jobs, the Man Who Thought Different, is coming out in February 2012.
YALSA also published its annual list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Enclave, by Aguirre, Ann, published by Feiwel and Friends was on the Top Ten list.
On the full list of Quick Picks, we were pleased to see several titles that we carry:
F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers, by Richard Benson, published by Chronicle Books.
Boo: The Life of the World’s Cutest Dog, by J.H. Lee, published by Chronicle Books.
Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake, published by Tom Doherty Associates/Tor Teen.
Dead Inside Do Not Enter: Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse, by Lost Zombies, published by Chronicle Books.
Death Sentence: Escape From Furnace #3, by Alexander Gordon Smith, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Paperback from Square Fish coming February 2012.
Fall For Anything, by Courtney Summers, published by St. Martin's Griffin.
See all 2012 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
And last but not least, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has released its list of 2012 Notable Children's Books:
Younger
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, by Sherri Duskey Rinker, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, published by Chronicle Books.
Grandpa Green, by Lane Smith, published by Roaring Brook Press.
Over and Under the Snow, by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal, published by Chronicle Books.
Prudence Wants a Pet, by Cathleen Daly, Illus. by Stephen Michael King. Roaring Brook Press, $16.99. (9781596434684).
Middle
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001 The Day the Towers Fell, by Don Brown, published by Roaring Brook Press.
Breaking Stalin's Nose, by Eugene Yelchin, published by Henry Holt and Company.
E-mergency!, by Tom Lichtenheld, illustrated by Ezra Fields-Meyer, published by Chronicle Books.
Lemonade, and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word, by Bob Raczka, illustrated by Nancy Doniger, published by Roaring Brook Press.
Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists, published by First Second.
Underground, by Shane Evans, published by Roaring Brook Press.
Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, by Lee Wardlaw, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, published by Henry Holt.
Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke, illustrated by Ben Hatke, published by First Second.
Older
Anya's Ghost, by Vera Brosgol, published by First Second.
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917, by Sally M. Walker, published by Henry Holt.
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, by Karen Blumenthal, published by Roaring Brook Press.
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck, by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt.
All Ages
Press Here, by Hervé Tullet, published by Chronicle Books.
See all ALSC 2012 Notable Children's Books.
So many great books to add to your "To Read" pile!
UPDATE: Also check out the YALSA 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults!
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