Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 1996

1996

Américas Award (CLASP)

In My Family / En Mi Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza; David Schecter (Editor); Harriet Rohmer (Editor); Francisco X. Alarcón (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2000
1996 Américas Award Winner
Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez; Steve Scott (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y MAR
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Américas Award Winner
Down by the River by Grace Hallworth (Compiled by); Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398.8 D
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Américas Award Honorable Mention
The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
Call Number: Y CUS
Publication Date: 2008
1996 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

The Lady with the Hat by
Uri Orlev; Hillel Halkin (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Batchelder Award Winner
Damned Strong Love by
Lutz Van Dijk; Elizabeth D. Crawford (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Batchelder Honor
Star of Fear, Star of Hope by
Jo Hoestlandt; Johanna Kang (Illustrator); Mark Polizzotti (Translator)
Call Number: Y HOE
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Poppy by Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y AVI
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
Orphan Train Rider by Andrea Warren
Call Number: Y 362 W
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
In the Rain with Baby Duck by Amy Hest; Jill Barton (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
Call Number: Y MCG
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Call Number: Y WHI
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
The Boy Who Lived with the Bears by Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: Y 398 B
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Haystack by Arthur Geisert (Illustrator); Bonnie Geisert
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Fanny's Dream by Caralyn Buehner; Mark Buehner (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE BUE
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
Home Lovely by Lynne Rae Perkins (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Officer Buckle and Gloria by
Peggy Rathmann
Call Number: YE RAT
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Caldecott Medal Winner
Alphabet City by
Stephen T. Johnson
Call Number: YE JOH
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Caldecott Honor
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by
Lloyd Moss; Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MOS
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Caldecott Honor
The Faithful Friend by
Robert D. San Souci; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 S
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Caldecott Honor
1996 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Tops and Bottoms by
Janet Stevens
Call Number: YE STE
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King

Her Stories by
Virginia Hamilton; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 H
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
1996 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo by
Tom Feelings
Call Number: Y 759 F
Publication Date: 1995-11-01
1996 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by
Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Y CUR
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
1996 Newbery Honor
Like Sisters on the Homefront by
Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by
Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Y WOO
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
1996 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
The Faithful Friend by
Robert D. San Souci; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 S
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Caldecott Honor
1996 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

Terror at the Zoo by
Peg Kehret
Call Number: Y KEH
Publication Date: 1993
1996 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
Whatever Happened to Janie? by
Caroline B. Cooney
Call Number: Y COO
ISBN: 0385310358
Publication Date: 1993
1996 Iowa Teen Award Winner

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by
Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Y WOO
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
1996 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
Baby Be-Bop by
Francesca Lia Block
Call Number: Y BLO
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Lambda Finalist
My Two Uncles by
Judith Vigna
Call Number: YE VIG
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Lambda Finalist
Passages of Pride by
Kurt Chandler
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Lambda Finalist
Toby's Lie by
Daniel Vilmure
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Lambda Finalist

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

Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida
by Victor Martinez
Call Number: Y MAR
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
What Jamie Saw
by Carolyn Coman
Call Number: Y COM
Publication Date: 1995
1996 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
A Girl Named Disaster
by Nancy Farmer
Call Number: Y FAR
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
The Long Season of Rain
by Helen S. Kim
Call Number: Y KIM
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Send Me Down a Miracle
by Han Nolan
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Clown by Quentin Blake
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle by Barbara McClintock
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
Golem by David Wisniewski
Call Number: YE WIS
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
The Graphic Alphabet by David L. Pelletier
Call Number: Y 428 P
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks: A Masai Tale by Verna Aardema; Yumi Heo (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
Market! by Ted Lewin
Call Number: Y 381 L
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie; Rosemary Wells (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 M
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
Roman Numerals I to MM by Arthur Geisert
Call Number: Y 513 G
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
The Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork by Ann Whitford Paul; Michael McCurdy (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum; Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y BAU
Publication Date: 1996
1996 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The Midwife's Apprentice by
Karen Cushman; Bryan Leister (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y CUS
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Newbery Medal Winner
What Jamie Saw by
Carolyn Coman
Call Number: Y COM
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Newbery Honor
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 by
Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Y CUR
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
1996 Newbery Honor
Yolonda's Genius by
Carol Fenner
Call Number: Y FEN
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Newbery Honor
The Great Fire by
Jim Murphy
Call Number: Y 977 M
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Newbery Honor
1996 Orbis Pictus Award Winner

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

The Great Fire by
Jim Murphy
Call Number: Y 977 M
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Newbery Honor
1996 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Dolphin Man: Exploring the World of Dolphins by
Laurence Pringle; Randall S. Wells (Photographer)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Orbis Pictus Honor
Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by
Penny Colman
Call Number: Y 331 C
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Orbis Pictus Honor

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

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio by
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Call Number: Y COF (Watson)
Publication Date: 1996
1996 Pura Belpré Author Medal Winner
Chato's Kitchen by
Gary Soto; Susan Guevara (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SOT
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Pura Belpré Illustrator Medal Winner
The Bossy Gallito / El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale by
Lucia M. Gonzalez; Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1995
1996 Pura Belpré Author & Illustrator Honor
Baseball in April and Other Stories by
Gary Soto
Call Number: Y SOT
Publication Date: 1990
1996 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead by
George Ancona
Call Number: Y 394 A
Publication Date: 1993
1996 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
Family Pictures (Cuadros de Familia) by
Carmen Lomas Garza
Call Number: Y 800 SLF
Publication Date: 1990
1996 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Shalom, Haver - Goodbye Friend by Barbara Sofer
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan.
Publication Date: 1996
1996 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Young Readers
When I Left My Village by Maxine Rose Schur & Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan.
Publication Date: 1996
1996 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
Dybbuk: A Story Made In Heaven by Francine Prose & Mark H. Podwal (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Esther's Story by Diane Wolkstein & Juan Wjingaard (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1996 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers