Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2005

2005

Américas Award (CLASP)

Cinnamon Girl by Juan Felipe Herrera
Call Number: Y HER
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Américas Award Winner
A Season for Mangoes by Regina Hanson; Eric Velasquez (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE HAN
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Américas Award Honorable Mention
The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales
Call Number: Y CAN
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

The Shadows of Ghadames by
Joelle Stolz
Call Number: Y STO
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Batchelder Award Winner
The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by
Bodil Bredsdorff; Faith Ingwersen (Translator)
Call Number: Y BRE
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Batchelder Honor
Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by
David Chotjewitz; Doris Orgel (Translator)
Call Number: Y CHO
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
Call Number: Y SHU
Publication Date: 2006
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose
Call Number: Y 598 H
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Traction Man Is Here! by Mini Grey
Call Number: YE GRE
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
Kalpana's Dream by Judith Clarke
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson; Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 N
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin
Call Number: Y B BOO
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE ROS
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
That New Animal by Emily Jenkins; Pierre Pratt (Illustrator); Emily P. Jenkins
Call Number: YE JEN
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster; Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE JUS
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Kitten's First Full Moon by
Kevin Henkes
Call Number: YE HEN
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Medal Winner
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
The Red Book by
Barbara Lehman
Call Number: YE LEH
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Honor
Coming on Home Soon by
Jacqueline Woodson; Earl Lewis (Illustrator); E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WOO
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Honor
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by
Mo Willems
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Honor
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
Call Number: Y 379 M
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
Ellington Was Not a Street by
Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 S
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Missy Violet and Me by
Barbara Hathaway
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Award Winner
Jazzy Miz Mozetta by
Brenda C. Roberts; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE ROB
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Award Winner
The Legend of Buddy Bush by
Shelia P. Moses
Call Number: Y MOS
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives by
Sharon G. Flake
Call Number: Y FLA
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem by
Marilyn Nelson
Call Number: Y 821 N
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
God Bless the Child by
Billie Holiday; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator); Arthur Herzog
Call Number: Y 782 H
Publication Date: 2003
2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
The People Could Fly by
Virginia Hamilton; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 H
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

Ezra Jack Keats Award (Ezra Jack Keats Foundation + USM)

Going North
by Janice N. Harrington; Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE HAR
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
The Night Eater
by Ana Juan
Call Number: YE JUA
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

A Week in the Woods by
Andrew Clements
Call Number: Y CLE
Publication Date: 2002
2005 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
Stormbreaker by
Anthony Horowitz
Call Number: Y HOR
Publication Date: 2001
2005 Iowa Teen Award Winner
The Lovely Bones by
Alice Sebold
Call Number: Y SEB (Notable)
Publication Date: 2002
2005 Iowa High School Book Award

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

So Hard to Say by
Alex Sanchez
Call Number: Y SAN (Watson)
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
Luna by
Julie Anne Peters
Call Number: Y PET
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Lambda Finalist
Orphea Proud by
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Lambda Finalist
Rosemary and Juliet by
Judy MacLean
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Lambda Finalist
The Realm of Possibility by
David Levithan
Call Number: Y LEV
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Lambda Finalist

National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (National Book Foundation)

The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
Call Number: Y BIR
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Where I Want to Be
by Adele Griffin
Call Number: Y GRI
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Inexcusable
by Chris Lynch
Call Number: Y LYN
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Autobiography of My Dead Brother
by Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y MYE
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Each Little Bird That Sings
by Deborah Wiles
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Dinosaurs: Encyclopedia Prehistorica by Robert Sabuda; Matthew Reinhart
Call Number: Y 567 S
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster; Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE JUS
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Terrific by Jon Agee
Call Number: YE AGE
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Brave Charlotte by Anu Stohner; Henrike Wilson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Are You Going to Be Good? by Cari Best; G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE BES
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Chato Goes Cruisin' by Gary Soto; Susan Guevara (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SOT
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
The Problem with Chickens by Bruce McMillan; Gunnella (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MCM
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Jitterbug Jam by Barbara Jean Hicks; Alexis Deacon (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE HIC
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Traction Man Is Here! by Mini Grey
Call Number: YE GRE
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated
Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet
Call Number: YE SWE
Publication Date: 2005
2005 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Kira-Kira by
Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: Y KAD
Publication Date: 2004
2005 APAAL Youth Literature Winner
2005 Newbery Medal Winner
Al Capone Does My Shirts by
Gennifer Choldenko
Call Number: Y CHO
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Newbery Honor
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y B AND
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Newbery Honor
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
2005 Sibert Medal Winner
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by
Gary D. Schmidt
Call Number: Y SCH
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Newbery Honor
2005 Printz Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

York's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition by
Rhoda Blumberg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B YOR
Publication Date: 2003
2005 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Actual Size by
Steve Jenkins
Call Number: Y 591 J
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by
Phillip Hoose
Call Number: Y 598 H
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
Secrets of the Sphinx by
James Cross Giblin; Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 932 G
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
Seurat and la Grande Jatte: Connecting the Dots by
Robert Burleigh
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y B AND
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Newbery Honor
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
2005 Sibert Medal Winner

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

How I Live Now by
Meg Rosoff
Call Number: Y ROS
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Printz Award Winner
Airborn by
Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: Y OPP
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Printz Honor
Chanda's Secrets by
Allan Stratton
Call Number: Y STR
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Printz Honor
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by
Gary D. Schmidt
Call Number: Y SCH
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Newbery Honor
2005 Printz Honor

Pura Belpré Award (ALA / ALSC + YALSA + REFORMA)

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

My Thirteenth Winter by
Samantha Abeel
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2005
2005 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Teen)
Becoming Naomi León by
Pam Munoz Ryan
Call Number: Y 800 SRB
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Pura Belpré Author Honor
2005 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Middle School)
My Pal, Victor by
Diane Gonzales Bertrand; Robert Sweetland (Illustrator); Eida de la Vega (Translator)
Call Number: Y 800 SBM
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Picture Book)

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y B AND
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Newbery Honor
2005 Orbis Pictus Honor
2005 Sibert Medal Winner
Walt Whitman: Words for America by
Barbara Kerley; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B WHI
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Sibert Honor
The Tarantula Scientist by
Sy Montgomery; Nic Bishop (Photographer)
Call Number: Y 595 M
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Sibert Honor
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing by
James Rumford; Anna Sixkiller Huckaby (Translator)
Call Number: Y B SEQ
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Sibert Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Charlotte Zolotow Award (CCBC @ UW-Madison)

Kitten's First Full Moon by
Kevin Henkes
Call Number: YE HEN
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Medal Winner
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by
Mo Willems
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Honor
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Coming on Home Soon by
Jacqueline Woodson; Earl Lewis (Illustrator); E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WOO
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Caldecott Honor
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Polar Bear Night by
Lauren Thompson; Stephen Savage (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2004
2005 Charlotte Zolotow Honor