Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2009

2009

American Indian Youth Literature Award (ALA / AILA)

Américas Award (CLASP)

Just in Case by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MOR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Américas Award Winner
The Surrender Tree / el árbol de la Rendición by Margarita Engle
Call Number: Y 821 E
Publication Date: 2010
2009 Américas Award Honorable Mention
El Mejor Regalo del Mundo; The Best Gift of All by Julia Alvarez; Rhina P. Espaillat (Translator); Ruddy Nuñez (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary loan
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Américas Award Honorable Mention
Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
Call Number: Y HIJ
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Américas Award Honorable Mention
The Storyteller's Candle by Lucía González; Lulu Delacre (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 800 SPA GON
Publication Date: 2013
2009 Américas Award Honorable Mention

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

Roots and Wings
by Many Ly
Call Number: Y LY
Publication Date: 2008
2009 APAAL Young Adult Winner
Wabi Sabi
by Mark Reibstein; Ed Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE REI
Publication Date: 2008
2009 APAAL Picture Book Winner
1001 Cranes
by Naomi Hirahara
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Good Enough
by Paula Yoo
Call Number: Y YOO
Publication Date: 2008
2009 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Monsoon Afternoon
by Kashmira Sheth; Yoshiko Jaeggi (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 APAAL Picture Book Honor

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

Guardian of the Spirit
by Nahoko Uehashi; Cathy Hirano (Translator); Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Batchelder Award Winner
Garmann's Summer by
Stian Hole (Illustrator); Don Bartlett (Translator)
Call Number: YE HOL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Batchelder Honor
Tiger Moon by
Antonia Michaelis
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Nation by Terry Pratchett
Call Number: Y PRA
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
The Lincolns: a Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming
Call Number: Y 973 F
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy; Polly Dunbar (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MAH
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The House in the Night by
Susan Marie Swanson; Beth Krommes (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SWA
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Caldecott Medal Winner
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by
Marla Frazee
Call Number: YE FRA
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Caldecott Honor
How I Learned Geography by
Uri Shulevitz (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SHU
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Caldecott Honor
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by
Jennifer Bryant; Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B WIL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Caldecott Honor
2009 Charlotte Zolotow Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

We Are the Ship by
Kadir Nelson
Call Number: Y 796 N
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor
2009 Sibert Medal Winner
The Blacker the Berry by
Joyce Carol Thomas; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 T
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Bird
by Zetta Elliott; Shadra Strickland
Call Number: Y ELL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent
2009 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner
Keeping the Night Watch by
Hope Anita Smith; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 S
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Becoming Billie Holiday by
Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WEA
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
The Moon over Star by
Dianna Hutts Aston; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE AST
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Before John Was a Jazz Giant by
Carole Boston Weatherford; Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B COL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

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

Garmann's Summer
by Stian Hole; Don Bartlett (Translator)
Call Number: YE HOL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
Bird
by Zetta Elliott; Shadra Strickland (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y ELL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (ALA / ALSC)

Are You Ready to Play Outside? by
Mo Willems
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Geisel Award Winner
Chicken Said, "Cluck!" by
Sue Truesdell (Illustrator); Judyann Ackerman Grant
Call Number: YE GRA
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Geisel Honor
One Boy by
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Call Number: YE SEE
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Geisel Honor
Stinky by
Eleanor Davis
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Geisel Honor
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by
Sarah C. Campbell; Richard P. Campbell
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Geisel Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

Abduction! by
Peg Kehret
Call Number: Y KEH
Publication Date: 2004
2009 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
The Lightning Thief by
Rick Riordan
Call Number: Y RIO
Publication Date: 2005
2009 Iowa Teen Award Winner
Just Listen by
Sarah Dessen
Call Number: Y DES
Publication Date: 2006
2009 Iowa High School Book Award

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Out of the Pocket by
Bill Konigsberg
Call Number: Y KON
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Lambda Literary Award (Children's/Young Adult)
Hit the Road, Manny by
Christian Burch
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Lambda Finalist
How They Met and Other Stories by
David Levithan
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Lambda Finalist
Mousetraps by
Pat Schmatz; Bill Hauser (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Lambda Finalist
What They Always Tell Us by
Martin Wilson
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Lambda Finalist
Love and Lies: Marisol’s Story by
Ellen Wittlinger
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Lambda Finalist

William C. Morris YA Debut Award (ALA / YALSA)

A Curse Dark as Gold by
Elizabeth C. Bunce
Call Number: Y BUN
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Morris Award Winner
Graceling by
Kristin Cashore
Call Number: Y CAS
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Morris Finalist
Absolute Brightness by
James Lecesne
Call Number: Y LEC
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Morris Finalist
Madapple by
Christina Meldrum
Call Number: Y MEL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Morris Finalist
Me, the Missing, and the Dead by
Jenny Valentine
Call Number: Y VAL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Morris Finalist

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

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
Call Number: Y B COL
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
by Deborah Heiligman
Call Number: Y B DAR
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Stitches
by David Small
Call Number: Y 741 S
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Lips Touch: Three Times
by Laini Taylor; Jim Di Bartolo (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Jumped
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison Mcghee; Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE MCG
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Call Number: Y 629 F
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Call Number: YE GRA
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
Call Number: YE POR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: Y 398 P
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
The Snow Day by Komako Sakai
Call Number: YE SAK
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Call Number: Y TAN
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by Lucy Cousins
Call Number: Y 398 C
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
White Noise by David A. Carter
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon; Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SCA
Publication Date: 2009
2009 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

The Graveyard Book by
Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y GAI
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Newbery Medal Winner
The Underneath by
Kathi Appelt; David Small (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y APP
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Newbery Honor
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by
Margarita Engle
Call Number: Y 821 E
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Newbery Honor
2009 Pura Belpré Author Medal Winner
Savvy by
Ingrid Law
Call Number: Y LAW
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Newbery Honor
After Tupac and D Foster by
Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Y WOO
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator by
Shelley Tanaka; David Craig (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B EAR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
George Washington Carver by
Tonya Bolden
Call Number: Y B CAR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor
The Lincolns by
Candace Fleming
Call Number: Y 973 F
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor
Washington at Valley Forge by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Y 973 F
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor
We Are the Ship by
Kadir Nelson
Call Number: Y 796 N
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor
2009 Sibert Medal Winner
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Call Number: Y 599 P
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

Jellicoe Road by
Melina Marchetta
Call Number: Y MAR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Printz Award Winner
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 2: The Kingdom on the Waves by
M. T. Anderson
Call Number: Y AND
Publication Date: 2009
2009 Printz Honor
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by
E. Lockhart
Call Number: Y LOC
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Printz Honor
Nation by
Terry Pratchett
Call Number: Y PRA
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Printz Honor
Tender Morsels by
Margo Lanagan
Call Number: Y LAN
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Printz Honor

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

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by
Margarita Engle
Call Number: Y 821 E
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Newbery Honor
2009 Pura Belpré Author Medal Winner
Just in Case by
Yuyi Morales
Call Number: YE MOR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Pura Belpré Author Honor
2009 Pura Belpré Illustrator Medal Winner
Reaching Out by
Francisco Jiménez
Call Number: Y JIM
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Pura Belpré Author Honor
The Storyteller's Candle by
Lucia M. Gonzalez; Lulu Delacre
Call Number: Y 800 SGS
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Pura Belpré Author Honor
2009 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
Papá and Me by
Arthur Dorros; Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE DOR
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
What Can You Do with a Rebozo? by
Carmen Tafolla; Amy Córdova (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

Jerk, California by
Jonathan Friesen
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Teen)
Waiting for Normal by
Leslie Connor
Call Number: Y CON
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Middle School)
Piano Starts Here by
Robert A. Parker (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B TAT
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Children's)

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

We Are the Ship by
Kadir Nelson
Call Number: Y 796 N
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2009 Orbis Pictus Honor
2009 Sibert Medal Winner
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by
James M. Deem
Call Number: Y 599 D
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Sibert Honor
What to Do about Alice? by
Barbara Kerley; Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B LON
Publication Date: 2008
2009 Sibert Honor

Stonewall Book Award (ALA / RRT)

As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel’sAmazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson & Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 323 M
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse & Chris Sheban (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y HES
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Valerie Zenatti
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers
Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride by Deborah Bodin Cohen & Shahar Kober (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Sarah Laughs by Jacqueline Jules & Natascia Ugliano (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
A Is for Abraham by Richard Michelson & Ron Mazellan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Naming Liberty by Jane Yolen & Jim Burke (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE YOL
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Awards Honor Book for Younger Readers
Memories of Babi by Aranka Siegal
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Freefall by Anna Levine
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2008
2009 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Teen Readers