Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2000

2000

Américas Award (CLASP)

Composition by Antonio Skármeta; Alfonso Ruano (Illustrator); Elisa Amado (Translator)
Call Number: Y JOH
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Américas Award Winner
The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph
Call Number: Y JOS
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Américas Award Winner
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Call Number: Y RYA
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Américas Award Honorable Mention
My Very Own Room by Amada Irma Perez; Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 800 SPA PER
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

The Baboon King by
Anton Quintana; John Nieuwenhuizen (Translator)
Call Number: Y QUI
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Batchelder Award Winner
The Collector of Moments by
Quint Buchholz (Illustrator); Peter F. Neumeyer (Translator)
Call Number: Y BUC
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Batchelder Honor
Vendela in Venice by
Cristina Bjork; Patricia Crampton (Translator)
Call Number: Y BJO
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Batchelder Honor
Asphalt Angels by
Ineke Holtwijk; Wanda Boeke (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley; Leonid Gore (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for el Dorado by Marc Aronson
Call Number: Y B RAL
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson
Call Number: YE JOH
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Call Number: Y COO
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
145th Street by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Y MYE
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Osceola by Osceola Mays; Alan Govenar; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B MAY
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Sitting Bull and His World by Albert Marrin
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Buttons by Brock Cole (Illustrator); B. Cole
Call Number: YE COL
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
A Day, a Dog by Gabrielle Vincent
Call Number: YE VIN
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by
Simms Taback (Illustrator); Harriet Ziefert (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE TAB
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Caldecott Medal Winner
A Child's Calendar by
John Updike; Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 U
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Caldecott Honor
Sector 7 by
David Wiesner
Call Number: Y WIE
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Caldecott Honor
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry by
Molly Bang
Call Number: YE BAN
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Caldecott Honor
2000 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
The Ugly Duckling by
Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator); Hans Christian Andersen
Call Number: YE PIN
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Bud, Not Buddy by
Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Y CUR
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2000 Newbery Medal Winner
In the Time of the Drums by
Kim L. Siegelson; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y SIE
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Francie by
Karen English
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Black Hands, White Sails by
Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack
Call Number: Y 639 M
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Monster by
Walter Dean Myers; Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y MYE
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
2000 Printz Award Winner
My Rows and Piles of Coins by
Tololwa M. Mollel; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MOL
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Black Cat by
Christopher Myers
Call Number: YE MYE
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

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

Dear Juno
by Soyung Pak; Susan Kathleen Hartung (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE PAK
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

Saving Shiloh by
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Call Number: Y NAY
Publication Date: 1997
2000 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
Ella Enchanted by
Gail Carson Levine
Call Number: Y LEV
Publication Date: 1997
2000 Iowa Teen Award Winner
1998 Newbery Honor

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Hard Love by
Ellen Wittlinger; Ethan Trask (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y WIT
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
2000 Printz Honor
Dare Truth or Promise by
Paula Boock
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Lambda Finalist
Name Me Nobody by
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 Lambda Finalist
The Blue Lawn by
William Taylor
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Lambda Finalist
The Year They Burned the Books by
Nancy Garden
Call Number: Y GAR
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Lambda Finalist

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

Homeless Bird
by Gloria Whelan
Call Number: Y WHE
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Forgotten Fire
by Adam Bagdasarian
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
The Book of the Lion
by Michael Cadnum
Call Number: Y CAD
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Many Stones
by Carolyn Coman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Hurry Freedom: African-Americans in Gold Rush California
by Jerry Stanley
Call Number: Y B GIB
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Buttons by Brock Cole
Call Number: YE COL
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
A Day, a Dog by Gabrielle Vincent
Call Number: YE VIN
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson
Call Number: YE JOH
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
I Walk at Night by Lois Duncan; Steve Johnson (Illustrator); Lou Fancher (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE DUN
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
Mammalabilia by Douglas Florian
Call Number: Y 821 F
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
Market Day by Lois Ehlert
Call Number: YE EHL
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
Night Garden: Poems From the World of Dreams by Janet S. Wong; Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 W
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel
Call Number: YE LOB
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B TRU
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated
Rain by Manya Stojic
Call Number: YE STO
Publication Date: 2000
2000 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Bud, Not Buddy by
Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Y CUR
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2000 Newbery Medal Winner
Getting near to Baby by
Audrey Couloumbis
Call Number: Y COU
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Newbery Honor
Our Only May Amelia by
Jennifer L. Holm
Call Number: Y HOL
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Newbery Honor
26 Fairmount Avenue by
Tomie dePaola
Call Number: Y 813 D
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Through My Eyes by
Ruby Bridges
Call Number: Y B BRI
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England by
Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Y B BON
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor
Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso by
Susanna Reich
Call Number: Y B SCH
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor
Mapping the World by
Sylvia A. Johnson
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Snake Scientist by
Sy Montgomery; Nic Bishop (Photographer)
Call Number: Y 597 M
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest by
Steve Jenkins
Call Number: Y 796 J
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

Monster by
Walter Dean Myers; Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y MYE
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
2000 Printz Award Winner
Skellig by
David Almond
Call Number: Y ALM
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Printz Honor
Speak by
Laurie Halse Anderson; L. Anderson
Call Number: Y AND
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Printz Honor
Hard Love by
Ellen Wittlinger; Ethan Trask (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y WIT
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
2000 Printz Honor

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

Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba by
Alma Flor Ada
Publication Date: 1998
2000 Pura Belpré Author Medal Winner
Magic Windows (Ventanas Magicas) by
Carmen Lomas Garza
Call Number: Y 800 SGM
Publication Date: 1999
2000 Pura Belpré Illustrator Medal Winner
From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems by
Francisco X. Alarcón; Maya Christina Gonzales (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 800 SAF
Publication Date: 1998
2000 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish by
Karen Barbour (Illustrator); Juan Felipe Herrera
Call Number: Y 800 SHI
Publication Date: 1998
2000 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Barrio: José's Neighborhood by
George Ancona
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1998
2000 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
The Secret Stars by
Joseph Slate; Felipe Dávalos (Illustrator); Slate
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1998
2000 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
Mama and Papa Have a Store by
Amelia Lau Carling
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1998
2000 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year by Eric A. Kimmel & Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 K
Publication Date: 2000
2000 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
The Key Is Lost by Ida Vos
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
The Market Wedding by Cary Fagan & Regolo Ricci (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
The Wisdom Bird by Sheldon Oberman & Neil Waldman (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2000 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Love You, Soldier by Amy Hest
Call Number: Y HES
Publication Date: 1991
2000 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin by Susan Goldman Rubin
Call Number: Y B DIC
Publication Date: 2000
2000 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers