Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2011

2011

American Indian Youth Literature Award (ALA / AILA)

Américas Award (CLASP)

Clemente! by Bryan Collier (Illustrator); Willie Perdomo
Call Number: Y B CLE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Américas Award Winner
The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y RYA
Publication Date: 2010
2012 Américas Award Winner
The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle
Call Number: Y 821 E
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Américas Award Honorable Mention

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

Shooting Kabul
by N. H. Senzai
Call Number: Y SEN
Publication Date: 2010
2011 APAAL Young Adult Winner
Heart of a Samurai
by Margi Preus
Call Number: Y PRE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 APAAL Children's Winner
Yasmin's Hammer
by Ann Malaspina; Doug Chayka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 APAAL Picture Book Winner
A Boy of Heart Mountain
by Barbara Bazaldua; Willie Ito (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 APAAL Young Adult Honor
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
Call Number: Y PER
Publication Date: 2010
2011 APAAL Children's Honor
Fly Free!
by Roseanne Thong; Eujin Neilan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 APAAL Picture Book Honor

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (ALA / ALSC)

A Time of Miracles by
Anne-Laure Bondoux
Call Number: Y BON
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Batchelder Award Winner
Departure Time by
Truus Matti
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2011 Batchelder Honor

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
Call Number: Y WYN
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award Winner
The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: Y B ARN
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Winner
Pocketful of Posies by Salley Mavor
Call Number: Y 398.8 P
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner
Anna Hibiscus' Song by Atinuke; Lauren Tobia (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE ATI
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Chime by Franny Billingsley
Call Number: Y BIL
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins; Vicky White (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 591 J
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross; Stephen Biesty (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 917 R
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman; Rick Allen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 S
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor
Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WOO
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Honor

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by
Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE STE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Caldecott Medal Winner
2011 Charlotte Zolotow Honor
Dave the Potter by
Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B DAV
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Caldecott Honor
2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Interrupting Chicken by
David Ezra Stein
Call Number: YE STE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Caldecott Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

One Crazy Summer by
Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2011 Newbery Honor
Dave the Potter by
Laban Carrick Hill; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B DAV
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Caldecott Honor
2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Zora and Me by
Victoria Bond; T. R. Simon
Call Number: Y BON
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner
Seeds of Change by
Jen Cullerton Johnson; Sonia Lynn Sadler (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2013
2011 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner (for Sonia Lynn Sadler)
Lockdown by
Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: Y MYE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Ninth Ward by
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Call Number: Y RHO
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Yummy by
G. Neri
Call Number: Y 741 N
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by
Gary Golio; Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B HEN
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor

Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (ALA / YALSA)

Janis Joplin by
Ann Angel
Call Number: Y B JOP
Publication Date: 2010
2011 ENYA Award Winner
They Called Themselves the K. K. K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Call Number: Y 322 B
Publication Date: 2010
2011 ENYA Finalist
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by
Rick Bowers
Call Number: Y 323 B
Publication Date: 2010
2011 ENYA Finalist
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by
Paul B. Janeczko
Call Number: Y 327 J
Publication Date: 2010
2011 ENYA Finalist
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates by
Jill Rubalcaba; Peter Robertshaw
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 ENYA Finalist

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

I Know Here
by Laurel Croza; Matt James (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE CRO
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award Winner
Bunny Days
by Tao Nyeu
Call Number: YE NYE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award Winner

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (ALA / ALSC)

Bink and Gollie by
Kate DiCamillo; Alison McGhee; Tony Fucile (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE DIC
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Geisel Award Winner
Ling and Ting by
Grace Lin
Call Number: YE LIN
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Geisel Honor
We Are in a Book! by
Mo Willems
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Geisel Honor

Iowa Book Awards (IASL)

I Feel a Foot by
Maranke Rinck; Martijn van der Linden
Call Number: YE RIN
Publication Date: 2008
2011 Goldfinch Award Winner
Stolen Children by
Peg Kehret
Call Number: Y KEH
Publication Date: 2008
2011 Iowa Children's Choice Award Winner
Shark Girl by
Kelly Bingham
Call Number: Y BIN
Publication Date: 2007
2011 Iowa Teen Award Winner
The Hunger Games by
Suzanne Collins
Call Number: Y COL
Publication Date: 2008
2011 Iowa High School Book Award Winner

Lambda Literary Award (Lambda Literary)

Wildthorn by
Jane Eagland
Call Number: Y EAG
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Lambda Literary Award Winner (Children's/Young Adult)
Christian, the Hugging Lion by
Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Amy June Bates (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Lambda Finalist
God Loves Hair by
Vivek Shraya; Juliana Neufeld (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y SHR
Publication Date: 2014
2011 Lambda Finalist
Jumpstart the World by
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Lambda Finalist
Love Drugged by
James Klise
Call Number: Y KLI
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Lambda Finalist
2011 Stonewall Honor

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

The Freak Observer by
Blythe Woolston
Call Number: Y WOO
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Morris Award Winner
Hush by
Eishes Chayil; Judy Brown
Call Number: Y CHA
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Morris Finalist
Guardian of the Dead by
Karen Healey
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Morris Finalist
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by
Lish McBride
Call Number: Y MCB
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Morris Finalist
Crossing the Tracks by
Barbara Stuber
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Morris Finalist

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

Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhhà Lai
Call Number: Y LAI
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NBA for Young People's Literature Winner
Chime
by Franny Billingsley
Call Number: Y BIL
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
My Name Is Not Easy
by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Call Number: Y EDW
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
by Albert Marrin
Call Number: Y 974 M
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist
Okay For Now
by Gary D. Schmidt
Call Number: Y SCH
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NBA for Young People's Literature Finalist

New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books

Along a Long Road by Frank Viva
Call Number: YE VIV
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Call Number: YE RAS
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Creatures by Katherine Paterson; Pamela Dalton (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE PAT
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Call Number: YE SMI
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
Ice by Arthur Geisert
Call Number: YE GEI
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Call Number: YE KLA
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
Me...Jane by Patrick Mcdonnell
Call Number: YE MCD
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
Migrant by Maxine Trottier; Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE TRO
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis by Matt de la Peña; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B LOU
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated
A New Year's Reunion by Li Qiong Yu; Zhu Chen Liang (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE YU
Publication Date: 2011
2011 NYT Best Illustrated

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Moon over Manifest by
Clare Vanderpool
Call Number: Y VAN
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Newbery Medal Winner
Turtle in Paradise by
Jennifer L. Holm
Call Number: Y HOL
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Newbery Honor
Heart of a Samurai by
Margi Preus
Call Number: Y PRE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Newbery Honor
2010 APAAL Children's Literature Winner
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by
Joyce Sidman; Rick Allen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 S
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Newbery Honor
One Crazy Summer by
Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: Y WIL
Publication Date: 2011
2011 Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
2011 Newbery Honor

Orbis Pictus Award (NCTE)

Ballet for Martha by
Jan Greenberg; Sandra Jordan; Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 780 G
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
2011 Sibert Honor
Birmingham Sunday by
Larry Dane Brimner
Call Number: Y 323 B
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Honor
Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by
Michael O. Tunnell
Call Number: Y B HAL
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Honor
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by
Mike Parker-Pearson; Marc Aronson
Call Number: Y 936 A
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Honor
Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures by
Rebecca L. Johnson
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Honor
Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age by
Cheryl Bardoe
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Honor

Michael L. Printz Award (ALA / YALSA)

Ship Breaker by
Paolo Bacigalupi
Call Number: Y BAC
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Printz Award Winner
Stolen by
Lucy Christopher
Call Number: Y CHR
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Printz Honor
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by
A. S. King
Call Number: Y KIN
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Printz Honor
Revolver by
Marcus Sedgwick
Call Number: Y SED
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Printz Honor
Nothing by
Janne Teller; Martin Aitken (Translator)
Call Number: Y TEL
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Printz Honor

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

The Dreamer by
Pam Munoz Ryan; Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y RYA
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Author Medal Winner
Grandma's Gift by
Eric Velasquez
Call Number: YE VEL
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Illustrator Medal Winner
Olé Flamenco! by
George Ancona
Call Number: Y 793 A
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Author Honor
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba by
Margarita Engle
Call Number: Y 821 E
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Fiesta Babies by
Carmen Tafolla; Amy Córdova (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE TAF
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
90 Miles to Havana by
Enrique Flores-Galbis
Call Number: Y FLO
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Me, Frida by
Amy Novesky; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin by
Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: YE TON
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date:
2011
2011 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Teen)
After Ever After by
Jordan Sonnenblick
Call Number: Y SON
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Middle School)
The Pirate of Kindergarten by
George Ella Lyon; Lynne Avril (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE LYO
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Schneider Family Book Award Winner (Children's Book)

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

Kakapo Rescue by
Sy Montgomery; Nic Bishop (Illustrator, Photographer)
Call Number: Y 639 M
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Sibert Medal Winner
Ballet for Martha by
Jan Greenberg; Sandra Jordan; Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 780 G
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Orbis Pictus Award Winner
2011 Sibert Honor
Lafayette and the American Revolution by
Russell Freedman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Sibert Honor

Stonewall Book Award (ALA / RRT)

Almost Perfect by
Brian Katcher
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2009
2011 Stonewall Book Award Winner (Children's and Young Adult Literature)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by
John Green; David Levithan
Call Number: Y GRE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Stonewall Honor
Freaks and Revelations by
Davida Wills Hurwin
Call Number: Y HUR
Publication Date: 2009
2011 Stonewall Honor
Love Drugged by
James Klise
Call Number: Y KLI
Publication Date: 2010
2011 Lambda Finalist
2011 Stonewall Honor
The Boy in the Dress by
David Walliams; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y WAL
Publication Date: 2009
2011 Stonewall Honor

Sydney Taylor Book Award (ALA / AJL)

Gathering Sparks by Howard Schwartz & Kristina Swarner (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch
Call Number: Y 741 D
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers
The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt
Call Number: Y REI
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers
Modeh Ani by Sarah Gershman & Kristina Swarner (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser & Claire A. Nivola (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B LAZ
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin & Jaime Zollars (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Younger Readers
Resistance by Carla Jablonski & Leland Purvis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 J
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
One Is Not a Lonely Number by Evelyn Krieger
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Older Readers
Hush by Eishes Chayil; Judy Brown
Call Number: Y CHA
ISBN: 9780802720887
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Teen Readers
Once by Morris Gleitzman
Call Number: Y GLE
Publication Date: 2010
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Teen Readers
Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
2011 The Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book for Teen Readers