Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 1997

1997

Américas Award (CLASP)

The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez; Francisco Jiménez
Call Number: Y JIM
Publication Date: 1999
1997 Américas Award Winner
The Face at the Window by Regina Hanson; Linda Saport (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Américas Award Winner
Fruits by Valerie Bloom; David Axtell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Américas Award Honorable Mention
Mayeros by George Ancona (Photographer)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

Friends by
Kazumi Yumoto; Cathy Hirano (Translator)
Call Number: Y YUM
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Batchelder Award Winner

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Friends by Kazumi Yumoto; Cathy Hirano (Translator)
Call Number: Y YUM
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
A Drop of Water by Walter Wick (Photographer)
Call Number: Y 546 W
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE PIN
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Call Number: Y GIF
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Harlem by Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 M
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Lou Gehrig by David A. Adler; Terry Widener (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B GEH
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
Call Number: Y B LEO
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Home on the Bayou by G. Brian Karas
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
Potato by Kate Lied
Call Number: YE LIE
Publication Date: 1997
1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Golem by
David Wisniewski
Call Number: YE WIS
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Caldecott Medal Winner
Hush! A Thai Lullaby by
Minfong Ho; Holly Meade (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 H
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Caldecott Honor
The Graphic Alphabet by
David L. Pelletier
Call Number: Y 428 P
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Caldecott Honor
The Paperboy by
Dav Pilkey
Call Number: YE PIL
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Caldecott Honor
Starry Messenger by
Peter Sís
Call Number: Y B GAL
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Slam! by
Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Y MYE
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by
Alan Schroeder; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B TUB
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Another Way to Dance by
Martha Southgate
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner
Rebels Against Slavery by
Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack
Call Number: Y 970 M
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
The Palm of My Heart by
Davida Adedjouma (Editor); Gregory R. Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 P
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Running the Road to ABC by
Denize Lauture; Reynold Ruffins (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Neeny Coming, Neeny Going by
Karen English; Synthia Saint James (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1995
1997 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

The Best School Year Ever by
Barbara Robinson
Call Number: Y ROB
Publication Date: 1994
1997 Iowa Children's Choice Award
Harris and Me by
Gary Paulsen
Call Number: Y PAU
Publication Date: 1993
1997 Iowa Teen Award Winner

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Good Moon Rising by
Nancy Garden
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
Daddy's Wedding by
Michael Willhoite
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Lambda Finalist
Free Your Mind by
Ellen Bass; Kate Kaufman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Lambda Finalist
My Dad Has HIV by
Earl Alexander; Sheila Rudin; Pam Sejkora
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Lambda Finalist
The World Out There by
Michael Thomas Ford
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Lambda Finalist

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

Dancing on the Edge
by Han Nolan
Call Number: Y NOL
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
The Facts Speak for Themselves
by Brock Cole
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Sons of Liberty
by Adele Griffin
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Where You Belong
by Mary Ann McGuigan
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Mean Margaret
by Tor Seidler; Jon Agee (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

The Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska by Christine Normandin
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese and Other Tales of the Far North by Howard Norman; Leo Dillon (Illustrator); Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 N
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
The Hired Hand: An African-American Folk Tale by Robert D. San Souci; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 S
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale by Ehud Ben-Ezer; Uri Shulevitz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
Lady Muck by William Mayne; Jonathan Heale (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
Leon and Bob by Simon James
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
Mysterious Thelonious by Chris Raschka
Call Number: Y 786 R
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
Noah's Ark by Heinz Janisch; Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend by Aaron Shepard; Gennady Spirin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 S
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
Call Number: YE TAB
Publication Date: 1997
1997 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The View from Saturday by
E. L. Konigsburg
Call Number: Y KON
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Newbery Medal Winner
A Girl Named Disaster by
Nancy Farmer
Call Number: Y FAR
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Caldecott Honor
The Moorchild by
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Call Number: Y MCG
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Newbery Honor
The Thief by
Megan Whalen Turner
Call Number: Y TUR
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Newbery Honor
Belle Prater's Boy by
Ruth White
Call Number: Y WHI
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Leonardo da Vinci by
Diane Stanley
Call Number: Y B LEO
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad by
Rhoda Blumberg
Call Number: Y 385 B
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by
Russell Freedman; Amos B. Bull (Photographer)
Call Number: Y B CRA
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Orbis Pictus Honor
One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by
Mary Pope Osborne
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
1997 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street by Elsa Okon Rael; Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
The Mysterious Visitor: Stories of the Prophet Elijah by Nina Jaffe & Elivia Savadier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1997
1997 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest; P. J. Lynch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y HES
Publication Date: 1997
1997 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Call Number: Y 940 J
Publication Date: 1997
1997 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers