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<\/a>The Newbery Gold Medal<\/p><\/div> RANDOM HOUSE (12)<\/span> Every year, I’m interested in how the awards sort out by publisher, but I usually don’t do the breakdown. This blog gives me a great excuse to do that, and I’m hoping some of you share my curiosity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEvery year, I’m interested in how the big children’s book awards sort out by publisher, but I usually don’t do the breakdown. This blog gives me a great excuse to do that, and I’m hoping some of you share my curiosity.
\nIt was terrific\u2014and rare\u2014to see the two oldest awards, Newbery and Caldecott, to be swept by debut books! Reminds me of 2002, when I was at Vermont College for the awards announcements, and Linda Sue Park won the Newbery for A Single Shard<\/em> and An Na won the Printz for A Step from Heaven<\/em>. I jumped up and down and hollered, “The Koreans have taken the gold!” It was a pretty exciting, momentous occasion in American children’s book history, for two Korean-American authors to win top honors. I think 2011 marks the first time debut books have won both Newbery and Caldecott.
\nThat was the main pattern that leapt out at me when the winners were announced. For a fun blog post featuring a lot more patterns, see Peter Sieruta’s post, Sleeping with the Newbery<\/a>, on his addictive blog, Collecting <\/a><\/a>Children’s Books<\/a>. He gathers all kinds of fun facts toward the end, crunching numbers, highlighting repeat and three-peat winners, first-time award recipients, thoughts about the winning books’ collectible potential, and great little tidbits such as, “This year’s winner is the fourth Newbery title to have the word “moon” in its title, following last year’s Honor Book WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON, winner WALK TWO MOONS, and Honor Book SING DOWN THE MOON.” I have no idea how he had enough time to gather all of the tidbits he did, but I loved reading them.
\nAnd before I forget, don’t miss Kate Messner’s lovely blog post and poem, “What Happened to Your Book Today: A Poem for After the ALA Awards,”<\/a> celebrating the children’s book authors and illustrators whose books didn’t win (although, as she notes, her words also apply to those who did). She’s right on the money, and (shh<\/em>, don’t tell) I even lumped up in the throat when I got to the end.
\nNow, without further ado, let’s see how the publishers fared on Awards Monday. I’ll start with a summary, and then post the full list below (citations taken, with slight formatting edits, from the ALA press release<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n
\nNewbery Medal:<\/strong> \u201cMoon Over Manifest,\u201d written by Clare Vanderpool and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children\u2019s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nNewbery Honor:<\/strong> \u201cTurtle in Paradise,\u201d by Jennifer L. Holm and published by Random House Children\u2019s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nPrintz Honor:<\/strong> \u201cPlease Ignore Vera Dietz,\u201d by A.S. King and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children\u2019s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.;
\nMildred L. Batchelder Award:<\/strong> \u201cA Time of Miracles\u201d (originally published in French in 2009 as \u201cLe Temps des Miracles\u201d), written by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet, and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children\u2019s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nBelpr\u00e9 Illustrator Honor:<\/strong> \u201cFiesta Babies,\u201d illustrated by Amy C\u00f3rdova, written by Carmen Tafolla and published by Tricycle Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nStonewall Children\u2019s and Young Adult Literature Award:<\/strong> \u201cAlmost Perfect,\u201d written by Brian Katcher, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children\u2019s Books, a division of Random House.
\nOdyssey Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe True Meaning of Smekday,\u201d produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group. The book is written by Adam Rex and narrated by Bahni Turpin.
\nOdyssey Honor: <\/strong>\u201cAlchemy and Meggy Swann,\u201d produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Karen Cushman and narrated by Katherine Kellgren.
\nOdyssey Honor: <\/strong>\u201cRevolution,\u201d produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Jennifer Donnelly and narrated by Emily Janice Card and Emma Bering.
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe Boy Who Couldn\u2019t Sleep and Never Had To,\u201d by DC Pierson, published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel,\u201d by Aimee Bender, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel,\u201d by Helen Grant, published by Delacorte, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
\nMACMILLAN GROUP (11)<\/span>
\nMACMILLAN \/ ROARING BROOK (4)<\/em>
\nCaldecott Medal:<\/strong> \u201cA Sick Day for Amos McGee,\u201d illustrated by Erin E. Stead. The book was written by Philip C. Stead, and is a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of the Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group.
\nPrintz Honor:<\/strong> \u201cRevolver,\u201d by Marcus Sedgwick and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of the Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group.
\nBelpr\u00e9 Author Honor: <\/strong>\u201c90 Miles to Havana,\u201d written by Enrique Flores-Galbis and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of the Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group;
\nSibert Honor: <\/strong>\u201cBallet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring,\u201d written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca, a Neal Porter Book, published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of the Macmillan Children\u2019s Publishing Group,
\nMACMILLAN \/ BLOOMSBURY \/ WALKER PUBLISHING (3)<\/em>
\nPura Belpr\u00e9 (Illustrator) Award: <\/strong>\u201cGrandma\u2019s Gift,\u201d illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez. The book is published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
\nWilliam C. Morris Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cHush,\u201d by Eishes Chayil and published by Walker Publishing Company, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.;
\nWilliam C. Morris Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cHush,\u201d by Eishes Chayil and published by Walker Publishing Company, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.;
\nMACMILLAN \/ HENRY HOLT (3)<\/em>
\nBelpr\u00e9 Author Honor:<\/strong> \u201cThe Firefly Letters: A Suffragette\u2019s Journey to Cuba,\u201d written by Margarita Engle and published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC;
\nWilliam C. Morris Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cHold Me Closer, Necromancer,\u201d by Lish McBride and published by Henry Holt
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel,\u201d by Alden Bell, published by Holt Paperbacks, a division of Henry Holt and Company, LLC
\nST. MARTIN\u2019S (1)<\/em>
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe Lock Artist,\u201d by Steve Hamilton, published by Thomas Dunne Books for Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin\u2019s Press
\nHACHETTE \/ LITTLE, BROWN (8)<\/span>
\nCaldecott Honor:<\/strong> \u201cDave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave,\u201d illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nMichael L. Printz Award: <\/strong>\u201cShip Breaker,\u201d written by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nCoretta Scott King Author Honor:<\/strong> \u201cNinth Ward,\u201d by Jewell Parker Rhodes and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nCoretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award:<\/strong> \u201cDave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave,\u201d illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the 2011 King Illustrator Book winner. The book was written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nStonewall Honor:<\/strong> \u201cFreaks and Revelations,\u201d written by Davida Willis Hurwin and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nSeuss Geisel Honor: <\/strong>\u201cLing & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!\u201d written and illustrated by Grace Lin and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nWilliam C. Morris Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cGuardian of the Dead,\u201d by Karen Healey and published by Little, Brown and Company\/Hachette Book Group.
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cRoom: A Novel,\u201d by Emma Donoghue, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
\nPENGUIN (5 or 6, depending*)<\/span>
\nSchneider Family Book Award:<\/strong> The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is \u201cFive Flavors of Dumb,\u201d written by Antony John and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
\nStonewall Honor: <\/strong>\u201cwill grayson, will grayson,\u201d written by John Green and David Levithan and published by Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
\nStonewall Honor: <\/strong>\u201cThe Boy in the Dress,\u201d written by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake and published by Penguin Young Readers Group.
\nAlex Award:<\/strong> \u201cGirl in Translation,\u201d by Jean Kwok, published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of the Penguin Group
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cThe House of Tomorrow,\u201d by Peter Bognanni, published by Amy Einhorn Books, an imprint of G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons, a division of the Penguin Group
\n*<\/span>The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award<\/strong> winner is Tomie dePaola, author and illustrator of over 200 books, including: \u201c26 Fairmont Avenue\u201d (Putnam, 1999). This is not strictly a Penguin book award, but since so many of Mr. dePaola’s books are published with Putnam, I counted this award among theirs.
\nSIMON & SCHUSTER (5)<\/span>
\nPrintz Honor:<\/strong> \u201cNothing,\u201d by Janne Teller and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing Division.
\nSchneider Family Book Award:<\/strong> \u201cThe Pirate of Kindergarten,\u201d written by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Lynne Avril and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing Division, wins the award for children ages 0 to 10.
\nBatchelder Honor: <\/strong>\u201cNothing,\u201d published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing Division, written by Janne Teller and translated by Martin Aitken.
\nMorris Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cCrossing the Tracks,\u201d by Barbara Stuber and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing Division.
\nAlex Award:<\/strong> \u201cThe Radleys,\u201d by Matt Haig, published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
\nABRAMS (4)<\/span>
\nNewbery Honor:<\/strong> \u201cHeart of a Samurai,\u201d written by Margi Preus and published by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS;
\nBelpr\u00e9 Illustrator Honor:<\/strong> \u201cMe, Frida,\u201d illustrated by David Diaz, written by Amy Novesky and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS
\nBelpr\u00e9 Illustrator Honor:<\/strong> \u201cDear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin,\u201d illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.
\nYALSA Award Winner for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:<\/strong> \u201cJanis Joplin: Rise Up Singing,\u201d written by Ann Angel. The book is published by Amulet\/Abrams.
\nCANDLEWICK (4)<\/span>
\nCaldecott Honor: <\/strong>\u201cInterrupting Chicken,\u201d written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein and published by Candlewick Press.
\nCoretta Scott King\/John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award: <\/strong>\u201cZora and Me,\u201d written by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon, is the 2011 Steptoe author winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press.
\nTheodor Seuss Geisel Award:<\/strong> \u201cBink and Gollie,\u201d written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile. The book is published by Candlewick Press.
\nYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cThe Dark Game: True Spy Stories,\u201d by Paul Janeczko and published by Candlewick Press.
\nHOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT (4)<\/span>
\nNewbery Honor:<\/strong> \u201cDark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night,\u201d written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;
\nCoretta Scott King Illustrator Honor: <\/strong>\u201cJimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix,\u201d illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by Gary Golio and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
\nRobert F. Sibert Medal:<\/strong> \u201cKakapo Rescue: Saving the World\u2019s Strangest Parrot,\u201d written by Sy Montgomery. The book features photographs by Nic Bishop and is published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
\nYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cThey Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group,\u201d by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
\nHARPERCOLLINS (3 or 4, depending*)<\/span>
\nNewbery Honor:<\/strong> \u201cOne Crazy Summer,\u201d by Rita Williams-Garcia and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
\nCoretta Scott King (Author) Book Award:<\/strong> \u201cOne Crazy Summer,\u201d written by Rita Williams-Garcia. The book is published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
\nCoretta Scott King Author Honor:<\/strong> \u201cLockdown,\u201d by Walter Dean Myers and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
\n*<\/span> This next is not an award for a book, but for an author whose books are all published with HarperCollins. Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner:<\/strong> Sir Terry Pratchett.
\nLEE & LOW (3)<\/span>
\nCoretta Scott King Author Honor:<\/strong> \u201cYummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty,\u201d written by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke and published by Lee & Low Books Inc.
\nCoretta Scott King\/John Steptoe New Talent (Illustrator) Award:<\/strong> \u201cSeeds of Change,\u201d illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler. The book is written by Jen Cullerton Johnson and published by Lee & Low Books Inc.
\nBelpr\u00e9 Author Honor:<\/strong> \u201c\u00a1Ol\u00e9! Flamenco,\u201d written and illustrated by George Ancona and published by Lee & Low Books Inc.
\nSCHOLASTIC (3)<\/span>
\nPrintz Honor:<\/strong> \u201cStolen,\u201d by Lucy Christopher and published by Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.;
\nSchneider Family Book Award (ages 11-13):<\/strong> \u201cAfter Ever After,\u201d written by Jordan Sonnenblick and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
\nPura Belpr\u00e9 (Author) Award:<\/strong> \u201cThe Dreamer,\u201d written by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan. The book is illustrated by Peter S\u00eds and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
\nBRILLIANCE AUDIO (2)<\/span>
\nOdyssey Honor:<\/strong> \u201cwill grayson, will grayson,\u201d produced by Brilliance Audio, written by John Green and David Levithan, and narrated by MacLeod Andrews and Nick Podehl.
\nOdyssey Honor:<\/strong> \u201cThe Knife of Never Letting Go,\u201d produced by Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, an imprint of Brilliance Audio, written by Patrick Ness and narrated by Nick Podehl.
\nHYPERION (2)<\/span>
\nAlex Award: <\/strong>\u201cBreaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard,\u201d by Liz Murray, published by Hyperion
\nSeuss Geisel Honor: <\/strong>\u201cWe Are in a Book!\u201d written and illustrated by Mo Willems and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
\n CHARLESBRIDGE (1)<\/span>
\nYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cEvery Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates\u201d by Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw and published by Charlesbridge.
\nHOLIDAY HOUSE (1)<\/span>
\nSibert Honor: <\/strong>\u201cLafayette and the American Revolution,\u201d written by Russell Freedman and published by Holiday House.
\nLERNER (1)<\/span>
\nWilliam C. Morris Award:<\/strong> \u201cThe Freak Observer,\u201d written by Blythe Woolston. The book is published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group.
\nLLEWELLYN (1)<\/span>
\nStonewall Honor:<\/strong> \u201cLove Drugged,\u201d written by James Klise and published by Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd.
\nNAMELOS (1)<\/span>
\nBatchelder Honor:<\/strong> \u201cDeparture Time,\u201d published by Namelos, written by Truus Matti and translated by Nancy Forest-Flier.
\nNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (1)<\/span>
\nYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist:<\/strong> \u201cSpies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement,\u201d by Rick Bowers and published by National Geographic Society;
\nWESTON WOODS (1)<\/span>
\nAndrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children\u2019s video:<\/strong> Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard of Weston Woods, producers of \u201cThe Curious Garden.\u201d The video is based on the book of the same name, written and illustrated by Peter Brown, and is narrated by Katherine Kellgren, with music by David Mansfield.
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\nCongratulations to all of you! It’s nice to see smaller houses well represented along with the giants.
\nEven among so many award, there are gaps. I continue to hope for an award for picture book text, a designated award for poetry, and an award like the Batchelder, only for international books written in English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"