Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2001

2001

Américas Award (CLASP)

A Movie in My Pillow / Una Pelicula en Mi Almohada by Jorge Argueta; Elizabeth Gomez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 800 SPA ARG
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Américas Award Winner
Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez
Call Number: Y JIM
Publication Date: 2002
2001 Américas Award Winner
In the Days of the Vaqueros by Russell Freedman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

Samir and Yonatan by
Daniella Carmi; Yael Lotan (Illustrator, Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Batchelder Award Winner
Ultimate Game by
Christian Lehmann; William Rodarmor (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 1996
2001 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Carver by Marilyn Nelson
Call Number: Y 821 N
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
The Longitude Prize by Joan Dash; Dusan Petricic (Illustrator); J. Dash
Call Number: Y B HAR
Publication Date: 2000
2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Cold Feet by Cynthia C. DeFelice; Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator); Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
Troy by Adèle Geras
Call Number: Y GER
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Call Number: Y HOR
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst; James Stevenson (Illustrator)
Call Number: ELE E HUR
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Uncommon Traveler by Don Brown (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins; Tomek Bogacki (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE JEN
Publication Date: 2001
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

So You Want to Be President? by
Judith St. George; David Small (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 973 S
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Caldecott Medal Winner
Casey at the Bat by
Ernest Lawrence Thayer; Christopher Bing (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 T
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Caldecott Honor
Click, Clack, Moo by
Doreen Cronin; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE CRO
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Caldecott Honor
Olivia by
Ian Falconer
Call Number: YE FAL
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Miracle's Boys by
Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Y WOO
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
Uptown by
Bryan Collier
Call Number: YE COL
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
2001 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner
Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by
Andrea Davis Pinkney; Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 323 P
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Freedom River by
Doreen Rappaport; Bryan Collier
Call Number: Y B PAR
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by
Anne F. Rockwell; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B TRU
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE HOW
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

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

Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
by D.B. Johnson
Call Number: YE JOH
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
Uptown
by Bryan Collier
Call Number: YE COL
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner
2001 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

The Million Dollar Shot by
Dan Gutman
Call Number: Y GUT
Publication Date: 1998
2001 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
Annie's Baby by
Beatrice Sparks
Call Number: Y 306 A
Publication Date: 1998
2001 Iowa Teen Award Winner

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Out of the Ordinary by
Noelle Howey; Ellen Samuels
Call Number: UNI Stacks (HQ777.8 .O87 2000)
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
Holly's Secret by
Nancy Garden
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Lambda Finalist
Revolutionary Voices by
Amy Sonnie
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Lambda Finalist
XY Survival Guide by
Benjie Nycum
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Lambda Finalist
Eight Seconds by
Jean Ferris
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Lambda Finalist

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

True Believer
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Call Number: Y WOL
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo
Call Number: Y DIC
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History
by Phillip Hoose
Call Number: Y 973 H
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
A Step from Heaven
by An Na
Call Number: Y NA
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Carver: A Life in Poems
by Marilyn Nelson
Call Number: Y 821 N
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Albert by Donna Jo Napoli; Jim LaMarche (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Awful Ogre's Awful Day by Jack Prelutsky; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 P
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Dance! by Elisha Cooper
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WIN
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Gandhi by Demi
Call Number: Y B GAN
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B KIN
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer
Call Number: YE FAL
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems by Paul B. Janeczko; Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 P
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
Call Number: YE SIM
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated
Sun Bread by Elisa Kleven
Call Number: YE KLE
Publication Date: 2001
2001 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

A Year down Yonder by
Richard Peck; Steve Cieslawski (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y PEC
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Newbery Medal Winner
Hope Was Here by
Joan Bauer
Call Number: Y BAU
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Newbery Honor
Because of Winn-Dixie by
Kate DiCamillo
Call Number: Y DIC
Publication Date: 2000
2003 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
2001 Newbery Honor
Joey Pigza Loses Control by
Jack Gantos
Call Number: Y GAN
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Newbery Honor
The Wanderer by
Sharon Creech; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y CRE
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Hurry Freedom by
Jerry Stanley
Call Number: Y B GIB
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by
James Cross Giblin; Michael Dooling (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B FRA
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Orbis Pictus Honor
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by
David A. Adler; Terry Widener (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B EDE
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Orbis Pictus Honor
Michelangelo by
Diane Stanley
Call Number: Y B MIC
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Orbis Pictus Honor
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter by
Osceola Mays; Alan Govenar; Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B MAY
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Orbis Pictus Honor
Wild and Swampy by
Jim Arnosky
Call Number: Y 591 A
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

Kit's Wilderness by
David Almond
Call Number: Y ALM
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Printz Award Winner
Many Stones by
Carolyn Coman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Printz Honor
The Body of Christopher Creed by
Carol Plum-Ucci
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Printz Honor
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by
Louise Rennison
Call Number: Y REN
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Printz Honor
Stuck in Neutral by
Terry Trueman
Call Number: Y TRU
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Printz Honor

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

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

Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for el Dorado by
Marc Aronson
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Sibert Medal Winner
The Longitude Prize by
Joan Dash; Dusan Petricic (Illustrator); J. Dash
Call Number: Y B HAR
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Sibert Honor
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America by
Jim Murphy
Call Number: Y 974 M
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Sibert Honor
My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal by
Sophie Webb
Call Number: Y 598 W
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Sibert Honor
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by
Judd Winick
Call Number: Y 362 W
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Sibert Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Rivka's First Thanksgiving by Elsa Okon Rael & Maryann Kovalski (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2001
2001 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
Sigmund Freud by Catherine Reef
Call Number: Y B FRE
Publication Date: 2001
2001 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers

Charlotte Zolotow Award (CCBC @ UW-Madison)

The Night Worker by
Kate Banks; Georg Hallensleben (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE BAN
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
Wings by
Christopher Myers
Call Number: YE MYE
Publication Date: 2000
2001 Charlotte Zolotow Honor