Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2006

2006

American Indian Youth Literature Award (ALA / AILA)

Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story by
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Staff; Sam Sandoval (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 B
Publication Date: 2008
2006 AIYLA Winner
The Birchbark House by
Louise Erdrich
Call Number: Y ERD
Publication Date: 1999
2006 AIYLA Winner
Hidden Roots by
Joseph Bruchac
Call Number: Y BRU
Publication Date: 2004
2006 AIYLA Winner

Américas Award (CLASP)

Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Elvgren
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Américas Award Winner
The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle; Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B MAN
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Américas Award Winner
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
Call Number: Y RES
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Américas Award Honorable Mention

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (ALA / APALA)

Kira - Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: Y KAD
Publication Date: 2006
2006 APAAL Young Adult Winner
The Firekeeper's Son
by Linda Sue Park; Julie Downing (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE PAR
Publication Date: 2004
2006 APAAL Picture Book Winner
Project Mulberry
by Linda Sue Park
Call Number: Y PAR
Publication Date: 2005
2006 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Shanghai Messenger
by Andrea Cheng; Ed Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y CHE
Publication Date: 2005
2006 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Bread Song
by Frederick J. Lipp; Jason Gaillard (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2004
2006 APAAL Picture Book Honor
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
by Paula Yoo; Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B LEE
Publication Date: 2005
2006 APAAL Picture Book Honor

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

An Innocent Soldier by
Josef Holub; Michael Hofmann (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y HOL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Batchelder Award Winner
Nicholas by
Jean-Jacques Sempé (Illustrator); René Goscinny; Anthea Bell (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Batchelder Honor
When I Was a Soldier by
Valerie Zenatti; Adriana Hunter (Translator)
Call Number: Y B ZEN
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Award

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo; Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y DIC
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty; Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 629 M
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE EHL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
Yellow Elephant by Julie Paschkis (Illustrator); Julie Larios
Call Number: Y 821 L
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Call Number: Y ROY
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
A Mother's Journey by Sandra Markle; Alan Marks (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 598 M
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Wildfire by Taylor Morrison
Call Number: Y 634 M
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Sky Boys by Deborah Hopkinson; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE HOP
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
Mama by Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 599 W
Publication Date: 2006
2006 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The Hello, Goodbye Window by
Chris Raschka (Illustrator); Norton Juster
Call Number: YE JUS
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Caldecott Medal Winner
Rosa by
Nikki Giovanni; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B PAR
Publication Date: 2007
2006 Caldecott Honor
2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Zen Shorts by
Jon J. Muth
Call Number: YE MUT
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Caldecott Honor
2006 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by
Marjorie Priceman
Call Number: YE PRI
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Caldecott Honor
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by
Joyce Sidman; Beckie Prange (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 S
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by
Julius Lester
Call Number: Y LES
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
Rosa by
Nikki Giovanni; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B PAR
Publication Date: 2007
2006 Caldecott Honor
2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Jimi and Me by
Jaime Adoff
Call Number: Y ADO
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by
Tonya Bolden
Call Number: Y B LYO
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Dark Sons by
Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Y 821 G
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
A Wreath for Emmett Till by
Marilyn Nelson; Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 N
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Brothers in Hope by
Mary Williams; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

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

My Best Friend
by Mary Ann Rodman; Earl B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE ROD
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
Silly Chicken
by Rukhsana Khan; Yunmee Kyong (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE KHA
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (ALA / ALSC)

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas by
Cynthia Rylant; Suçie Stevenson (Illustrator); Suçie Stevenson (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE RYL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Geisel Award Winner
Hi! Fly Guy by
Tedd Arnold
Call Number: YE ARN
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Geisel Honor
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by
Suzanne Bloom
Call Number: YE BLO
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Geisel Honor
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by
Erica Silverman; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SIL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Geisel Honor
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by
Jean Van Leeuwen; Ann Schweninger (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2006 Geisel Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

Escaping the Giant Wave by
Peg Kehret
Call Number: UNI Y Notable (Y KEH)
Publication Date: 2003
2006 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
What My Mother Doesn't Know by
Sonya Sones; Charise Mericle Harper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y SON
Publication Date: 2001
2006 Iowa Teen Award Winner
The Da Vinci Code by
Dan Brown
Call Number: UNI Y Notable (Y 813 B)
Publication Date: 2003
2006 Iowa High School Book Award

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by
Shyam Selvadurai
Call Number: Y SEL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
Antonio's Card/la Tarjeta de Antonio by
Rigoberto González; Cecilia Concepcion Alvarez
Call Number: Y 800 SGA
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Lambda Finalist
Totally Joe by
James Howe
Call Number: Y HOW
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Lambda Finalist
And Tango Makes Three by
Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE RIC
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Lambda Finalist
Rainbow Road by
Alex Sanchez
Call Number: Y SAN (Watson)
Publication Date: 2007
2006 Lambda Finalist

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

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Vol.1: The Pox Party
by M. T. Anderson
Call Number: Y AND
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Keturah and Lord Death
by Martine Leavitt
Call Number: Y LEA
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Sold
by Patricia McCormick
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
The Rules of Survival
by Nancy Werlin
Call Number: Y WER
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
Call Number: Y 741 Y
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Hello Twins by Charlotte Voake
Call Number: YE VOA
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: Y 398 P
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Call Number: YE SMI
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
The Red Lemon by Bob Staake
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
So Sleepy Story by Uri Shulevitz
Call Number: YE SHU
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
Adèle and Simon by Barbara Mcclintock
Call Number: YE MCC
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
Mommy? by Maurice Sendak
Call Number: YE SEN
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
Move! by Steve Jenkins; Robin Page
Call Number: Y 573 J
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Call Number: YE WIE
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans
Call Number: Y 591 M
Publication Date: 2006
2006 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Criss Cross by
Lynne Rae Perkins
Call Number: Y PER
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Medal Winner
Whittington by
Alan W. Armstrong; S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y ARM
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Honor
Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Call Number: Y 943 B
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Honor
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor
2006 Sibert Honor
Princess Academy by
Shannon Hale
Call Number: Y HAL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Honor
Show Way by
Jacqueline Woodson; Hudson Talbott (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y WOO
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Children of the Great Depression by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y 305 F
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
ER Vets: Life In An Animal Emergency Room by
Donna M. Jackson
Call Number: Y 636 J
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Forbidden Schoolhouse by
Suzanne Jurmain
Call Number: Y B CRA
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein by
Marfe Ferguson Delano
Call Number: Y B EIN
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor
Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Call Number: Y 943 B
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Honor
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor
2006 Sibert Honor
Mosquito Bite by
Alexandra Siy; Dennis Kunkel (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 595 S
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

Looking for Alaska by
John Green
Call Number: Y GRE
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Printz Award Winner
Black Juice by
Margo Lanagan
Call Number: Y LAN
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Printz Honor
I Am the Messenger by
Markus Zusak
Call Number: Y ZUS
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Printz Honor
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography by
Elizabeth Partridge
Call Number: Y B LEN
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Printz Honor
A Wreath for Emmett Till by
Marilyn Nelson; Philippe Lardy (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 N
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Printz Honor

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

The Tequila Worm by
Viola Canales
Call Number: Y CAN
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Pura Belpré Author Medal Winner
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by
Pat Mora; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MOR
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Pura Belpré Illustrator Medal Winner
2006 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Cesar: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand; David Diaz (Illustrator); Bernier-Grand
Call Number: Y 800 SBC
Publication Date: 2004
2006 Pura Belpré Author Honor
2006 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
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)
Arrorro Mi Nino by
Lulu Delacre
Call Number: Y 800 SA
Publication Date: 2004
2006 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
My Name Is Celia by
Monica Brown; Rafael López (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 800 SBM
Publication Date: 2004
2006 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by
Adam Rapp
Call Number: Y RAP
Publication Date: 2004
2006 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Teen)
Tending to Grace by
Kimberly Newton Fusco
Call Number: Y FUS
Publication Date: 2004
2006 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Middle School)
Dad, Jackie, and Me by
Myron Uhlberg; Colin Bootman (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE UHL
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Young Children)

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

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley by
Sally M. Walker
Call Number: Y 973 W
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Sibert Medal Winner
Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Call Number: Y 943 B
Publication Date: 2005
2006 Newbery Honor
2006 Orbis Pictus Honor
2006 Sibert Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer by Erica Silverman; Mordicai Gerstein (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B SHO
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden & Allan Drummond (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B REY
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Ruth and Naomi: A Bible Story by Jean Marzollo
Call Number: Y 222 M
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Shlemiel Crooks by Anna Olswanger & Paula Goodman Koz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me by Simms Taback
Call Number: Y 398 T
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Memories of Survival by Bernice Steinhardt & Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Call Number: Y 940 K
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Prince William, Maximilian Minsky and Me by Holly-Jane Rahlens
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century by Uri Shulevitz
Call Number: Y SHU
Publication Date: 2005
2006 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers