Research Guides: Children's Literature: Book Award Lists

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Formerly the Wilder Medal

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Children's Notable Lists
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Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 813 M385a 2018

ISBN: 9781536205305

Publication Date: 2018-04-10
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Call Number: J 813 L735b 2018

ISBN: 9780316404488

Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Call Number: J 818.60 M828d 2018

ISBN: 9780823440559

Publication Date: 2018-09-04

An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story
The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciutè; Ausra Kiudulaite
Call Number: J 813 D118f 2018

ISBN: 9780500651568

Publication Date: 2018-06-19
Hello Lighthouse
Call Number: J 813 B627h 2018

ISBN: 9781408357392
Islandborn
Call Number: J 813 D542i 2018

ISBN: 9781987163940

Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage
Jerome by Heart by Olivier Tallec (Artist); Thomas Scotto (Text by); Claudia Bedrick (Translator); Karin Snelson (Translator)
Call Number: J 813 S431j 2018

ISBN: 9781592702503

Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 813 C592l 2018

ISBN: 9780544704527

Publication Date: 2018-01-02

Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
My Beijing by Nie Jun
Call Number: J 741 J951m 2018

ISBN: 9781512498592

Publication Date: 2018-08-01

Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu'er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors experience the magic of everyday life
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke; Van Thanh Rudd (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 823 C55p 2016

ISBN: 9781536200317

Publication Date: 2018-09-11
The Rough Patch by VOX Books (Other Recording by, Other)
Call Number: J 813 L719r 2018

ISBN: 9781948381970

Publication Date: 2019-05-14
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Call Number: J 813 M827t 2018

ISBN: 9780316431248

Publication Date: 2018-10-02

Newbery Medal Winners 1922-Present
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Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Call Number: J 813 M491m 2018

ISBN: 9781432860363

Publication Date: 2019-01-10
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Call Number: J 813 K295h 2017

ISBN: 9781432860356

Publication Date: 2019-01-10
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Call Number: J 813 B262g 2016

ISBN: 9781616207465

Publication Date: 2019-04-30
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE D278i 2015

ISBN: 9780399257742

Publication Date: 2015-01-08
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Call Number: J 813 A376c 2014

ISBN: 9780544935204

Publication Date: 2019-03-05

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo; K. G. Campbell (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 813 D545f 2013

ISBN: 9780763687649

Publication Date: 2016-09-13
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 813.6 AP648o 2012

ISBN: 9780061992278

Publication Date: 2015-01-06
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Call Number: J 813 G211d 2011

ISBN: 9781250010230

Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Call Number: https://primo-tc-na01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1fvfdk5/ALMA_FTHAYS21118901660001141

ISBN: 9780375858291

Publication Date: 2011-12-27
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Call Number: J 813 S7995w 2009

ISBN: 9780375850868

Publication Date: 2010-12-28
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator); Margaret Atwood (Foreword by)
Call Number: J 823 G141gr 2008

ISBN: 9780060530945

Publication Date: 2018-12-24

Caldecott Medal Winners 1938-Present
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Hello Lighthouse
Call Number: J 813 B627h 2018

ISBN: 9781408357392
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Call Number: J 813 C794w 2017

ISBN: 9781250076366

Publication Date: 2017-01-03
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: J 740.92 S837r 2016

ISBN: 9780316213882

Publication Date: 2016-10-25

ean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City.
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE M444f 2015

ISBN: 9780316324908

Publication Date: 2015-10-20
The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Call Number: JE S231a 2014

ISBN: 9780316199988

Publication Date: 2014-04-08
Locomotive by Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 385.0973 F6277l 2013

ISBN: 9781416994152

Publication Date: 2013-09-03
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE K63 2012

ISBN: 9780763655990

Publication Date: 2012-10-09
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE R223ba 2011

ISBN: 9780375858611

Publication Date: 2011-05-10
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE S7993s 2010

ISBN: 9781596434028

Publication Date: 2010-05-25
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: JE P6552l 2009

ISBN: 9780316013567

Publication Date: 2009-09-01
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson; Beth Krommes (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE S9725h 2008

ISBN: 9780547577692

Publication Date: 2011-10-04
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781328780966

Publication Date: 2019-04-02

This poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.

Bill Martin Jr Picture Books Award

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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt; Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 813 D276d 2013

ISBN: 9780399255373

Publication Date: 2013-06-27
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE W898e 2012

ISBN: 9780399246524

Publication Date: 2012-10-02
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel
Call Number: JE S8443g 2005

ISBN: 9780544943919

Publication Date: 2017-06-13
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel; David Catrow (Illustrator); Catrow David (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE Z97o 2005

ISBN: 9780142407431

Publication Date: 2007-02-15

Theodor Seuess Geisel Award
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Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! by Geoffrey Hayes (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE H417be 2009

ISBN: 9781935179351

Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE W699a 2008

ISBN: 9781423113478

Publication Date: 2008-10-28

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature

William Allan White Award past winners
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Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Call Number: J 813 M958f 2015

ISBN: 0142426423

Publication Date: 2017-03-28
Took by Mary Downing Hahn
Call Number: J 813 H148t 2015

ISBN: 9780544813106

Publication Date: 2016-09-06
Life on Mars by Jennifer Brown
Call Number: J 813 B877l 2014

ISBN: 9781619636712

Publication Date: 2015-07-07
A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget
Call Number: J 813 W769m 2014

ISBN: 9780545667081

Publication Date: 2016-03-29
Buddy by M. H. Herlong
Call Number: J 813 H549b 2012

ISBN: 9780142425442

Publication Date: 2013-05-16

Coretta Scott King Recipients 1970-Present
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Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 398.2096 B915b 2003

ISBN: 9780689847318

Publication Date: 2003-01-01
A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
Call Number: J 305.89 H328f 2017

ISBN: 9780544785137

Publication Date: 2018-01-02
Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander; Chris Colderley; Marjory Wentworth; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 808.1 A374o 2017

ISBN: 9780763680947

Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Call Number: J 813 W337p 2017

ISBN: 9781681191058

Publication Date: 2017-02-14

Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way.
The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 523.18 B344s 2018

ISBN: 9780763678838

Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
Call Number: J 813 M827t 2018

ISBN: 9780316431248

Publication Date: 2018-10-02
Crown by Derrick Barnes; Gordon C. James (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 813 B261c 2017

ISBN: 1572842245

Publication Date: 2017-10-10

A high-spirited, engaging salute to the beautiful, raw, assured humanity of black boys and how they see themselves when they approve of their reflections in the mirror.

Orbis Pictus Awards
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Ernie's Playbook by Sandra Neil Wallace; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 796.33 W187b 2018

ISBN: 9781481443876

Publication Date: 2018-01-23
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
Call Number: J 557.91 C539g 2017

ISBN: 9781596439504

Publication Date: 2017-02-21
Drowned City by Don Brown
Call Number: J 363.34 B877d 2015

ISBN: 9780544586178

Publication Date: 2017-08-01
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
Call Number: J 947.08 F597 2014

ISBN: 9780375867828

Publication Date: 2014-07-08
A Splash of Red by Jennifer Bryant; Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 759.13 B915 2013

ISBN: 9780375867125

Publication Date: 2013-01-08
Monsieur Marceau by Leda Schubert; Gérard DuBois (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 792.3092 SC384m 2012

ISBN: 9781596435292

Publication Date: 2012-09-04
Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Call Number: J 927.915 S2452s 2011

ISBN: 9780547199450

Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg; Sandra Jordan; Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 792.8 G7983b 2010

ISBN: 9781596433380

Publication Date: 2010-08-03
The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 927 A552b 2009

ISBN: 9780763671167

Publication Date: 2014-08-05

Robert F. Sibert Information Book Medal
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March by John Lewis; Nate Powell (Artist)
Call Number: J 813 L673m

ISBN: 9781603093958

Publication Date: 2016-09-06

March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation.
Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: J 769.92 T663f 2015

ISBN: 9781419716478

Publication Date: 2015-08-25

Funny Bones tells the story of how the amusing calaveras--skeletons performing various everyday or festive activities--came to be. They are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913)
The Right Word by Jen Bryant; Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 409.2 B9157r

ISBN: 9780802853851

Publication Date: 2014-09-15
Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth (Illustrator); Cindy Trumbore
Call Number: J 598.71 R845 2013

ISBN: 9781620140048

Publication Date: 2013-10-20
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin; Christine Barcellona (Editor)
Call Number: J 623.45119 SH543b 2012

ISBN: 9781250050649

Publication Date: 2018-01-09
Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Call Number: J 927.915 S2452s 2011

ISBN: 9780547199450

Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone; Margaret A. Weitekamp (Foreword by)
Call Number: J 629.450092 S881a 2009

ISBN: 9780763645021

Publication Date: 2009-02-24

Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children

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