Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2007

2007

American Indian Youth Literature Award (ALA / AILA)

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

Nothing but the Truth (And a Few White Lies)
by Justina Chen
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2006 APAAL Young Adult Winner
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong
by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Call Number: Y 741 O
Publication Date: 2006
2007 APAAL Picture Book Winner
The Year of the Dog
by Grace Lin
Call Number: Y LIN
Publication Date: 2006
2007 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Brothers
by Yin; Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE YIN
Publication Date: 2006
2007 APAAL Picture Book Honor

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

The Pull of the Ocean by
Jean-Claude Mourlevat; Y. Maudet (Translator)
Call Number: Y MOU
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Batchelder Award Winner
The Killer's Tears by
Anne-Laure Bondoux; Y. Maudet (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Batchelder Honor
The Last Dragon by
Silvana De Mari; Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
Call Number: Y DEM
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I by Matthew Anderson
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
The Strongest Man in the World by Nicolas Debon
Call Number: Y B CYR
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Dog and Bear by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SEE
ISBN: 0312641710
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker; Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y PEN
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Rex Zero and the End of the World by Tim Wynne-Jones
Call Number: Y WYN
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns
Call Number: Y 551 B
Publication Date: 2010
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Escape! by Sid Fleischman
Call Number: Y B HOU
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental; Joëlle Jolivet (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE FRO
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
Wolves by Emily Gravett (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE GRA
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Flotsam by
David Wiesner
Call Number: YE WIE
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Caldecott Medal Winner
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by
David McLimans
Call Number: Y 591 M
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Caldecott Honor
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford & Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B TUB
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Caldecott Honor
2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Copper Sun by
Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: Y DRA
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by
Carole Boston Weatherford; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B TUB
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Caldecott Honor
2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Standing Against the Wind by
Traci L. Jones
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner
The Road to Paris by
Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Y GRI
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Jazz by
Walter Dean Myers; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MYE
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes by
Benny Andrews (Illustrator); Langston Hughes; David E. Roessel (Editor)
Call Number: Y 821 H
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

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

For You Are a Kenyan Child
by Kelly Cunnane; Ana Juan (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE CUN
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
Mystery Bottle
by Kristen Balouch
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (ALA / ALSC)

Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways by
Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Call Number: YE KVA
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Geisel Award Winner
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by
Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator); Kate DiCamillo
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Geisel Honor
Move over, Rover! by
Karen Beaumont; Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Geisel Honor
Not a Box by
Antoinette Portis
Call Number: YE POR
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Geisel Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

The World According to Humphrey by
Betty G. Birney
Call Number: Y BIR
Publication Date: 2004
2007 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by
Sonya Sones
Call Number: Y SON
Publication Date: 2004
2007 Iowa Teen Award Winner
A Great and Terrible Beauty by
Libba Bray
Call Number: Y BRA
Publication Date: 2003
2007 Iowa High School Book Award

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

The Full Spectrum by
David Levithan; Billy Merrell
Call Number: Y 306 F
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult) Winner
Between Mom and Jo by
Julie Anne Peters
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Lambda Finalist
The Manny Files by
Christian Burch
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2007 Lambda Finalist
Tale of Two Summers by
Brian Sloan
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Lambda Finalist
Erik and Isabelle Senior Year at Foresthill High by
Kim Wallace
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2007 Lambda Finalist

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

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y ALE
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Skin Hunger
by Kathleen Duey; Sheila Rayyan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Touching Snow
by M. Sindy Felin
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Call Number: Y SEL
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Story of a Girl
by Sara Zarr
Call Number: Y ZAR
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Every Friday by Dan Yaccarino
Call Number: YE YAC
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll; Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 C
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Call Number: Y TAN
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Call Number: Y 571 S
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
Call Number: YE POR
Publication Date: 2006
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
600 Black Spots: A Pop-Up Book for Children of All Ages by David A. Carter
Call Number: Y 513 C
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
The Frog Who Wanted to See the Sea by Guy Billout
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
The Wall by Peter Sís
Call Number: Y 813 S
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
Old Penn Station by William Low
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick
Call Number: Y SEL
Publication Date: 2007
2007 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The Higher Power of Lucky by
Susan Patron; Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y PAT
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Newbery Medal Winner
Penny from Heaven by
Jennifer L. Holm
Call Number: Y HOL
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Newbery Honor
Hattie Big Sky by
Kirby Larson
Call Number: Y LAR
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Newbery Honor
Rules by
Cynthia Lord
Call Number: Y LOR
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Newbery Honor
2007 Schneider Family Book Award (Middle School)

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by
Nic Bishop (Photographer); Sy Montgomery
Call Number: Y 599 M
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
2007 Sibert Honor
Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew the Peas by
Cheryl Bardoe; Jos. A. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Honor
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y 323 F
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Honor
John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist by
Kathryn Lasky; Stanley Fellows (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B MUI
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Honor
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by
Carla Killough McClafferty
Call Number: Y B CUR
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Honor
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by
Catherine Thimmesh
Call Number: Y 629 T
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Honor
2007 Sibert Award Winner

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

American Born Chinese by
Gene Luen Yang
Call Number: Y 741 Y
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Printz Award Winner
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Pox Party by
M. T. Anderson
Call Number: Y AND
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Printz Honor
2006 National Book Award Winner (Young People's Literature)
An Abundance of Katherines by
John Green
Call Number: Y GRE
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Printz Honor
Surrender by
Sonya Hartnett
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Printz Honor
The Book Thief by
Markus Zusak
Call Number: Y ZUS
Publication Date: 2007
2007 Printz Honor

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

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

Small Steps by
Louis Sachar
Call Number: Y SAC
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Schneider Family Book Award (Teen)
Rules by
Cynthia Lord
Call Number: Y LOR
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Newbery Honor
2007 Schneider Family Book Award (Middle School)
The Deaf Musicians by
Pete Seeger; Paul DuBois Jacobs; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SEE
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children)

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

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by
Catherine Thimmesh
Call Number: Y 629 T
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Honor
2007 Sibert Award Winner
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by
Ann Bausum
Call Number: Y 323 B
Publication Date: 2005
2007 Sibert Honor
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by
Nic Bishop (Photographer); Sy Montgomery
Call Number: Y 599 M
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
2007 Sibert Honor
To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel by
Siena Cherson Siegel; Mark Siegel (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 S
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Sibert Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Hanukkah at Valley Forge by Stephen Krensky & Greg Harlin (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE KRE
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
Julia's Kitchen by Brenda A. Ferber
Call Number: Y FER
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Call Number: Y ZUS
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers
The White Ram: A Story of Abraham and Isaac by Mordicai Gerstein
Call Number: YE GER
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
I Am Marc Chagall by Bimba Landmann
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost by Ann Redisch Stampler & Jacqueline M. Cohen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Rebecca's Journey Home by Brynn Olenberg Sugarman & Michelle Shapiro (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Vive la Paris by Esmé Raji Codell
Call Number: Y COD
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Solomon and the Ant by Sheldon Oberman (Retold by) & Peninnah Schram (Commentaries by, Introduction by)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
The Night of the Burning: Devorah's Story by Linda Press Wulf
Call Number: Y WUL
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Incantation by Alice Hoffman
Call Number: Y HOF
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Teen Readers
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
Call Number: Y REI
Publication Date: 2006
2007 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Teen Readers

Charlotte Zolotow Award (CCBC @ UW-Madison)

Moon Plane by
Peter McCarty
Call Number: YE MCC
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner
Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by
Lenore Look; Yumi Heo (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE LOO
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Mrs. Crump's Cat by
Linda Smith; David Roberts (Illustrator); Smith
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2006
2007 Charlotte Zolotow Honor