Caldecott, Newbery Children’s Book Winners and More
What is great about these award-winning books is that many are discounted at Amazon now. It was also fun to read posts by experts A Fuse #8 Production and Amanda Stuckmeyer, a former Newbery judge, predicting winners for many of these awards. And they were dead on. The Newbery winner was the biggest surprise for me as I’d never heard of the book or author nor did it pop up in any mock Newbery contests. I’m excited to chase down these books and read them. I love it when good books are screened for me, keeps the riff-raff out of my house! What books have you read and what books from this list are on your list to read, either for yourself or your child?
2011 Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
Winner!: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin Stead and written by Philip Christian Stead
Honor: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Honor: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
I read this book at the Museum of Fine Arts’ bookstore and it’s gorgeously illustrated but even more than that, it’s the true story of a slave who was also a fine potter. Leaving just traces of his work by a line inscribed here and there on certain works, this book celebrates the unsung.
2011 Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature
Winner!: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Honor: Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
Honor: Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Honor: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Gracia
Honor: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
2011 Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
Winner!: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Honor: Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Honor: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Honor: Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Honor: Nothing by Janne Teller
2011 Coretta Scott King Author Award
recognizing an African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults
Winner!: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Honor: Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Honor: Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Honor: Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri
2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Winner!: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
Honor: Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by Gary Golio
2011 Coretta Scott/John Steptoe New Talent Award
Author Winner!: Zora and Me by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
Illustrator Winner!: Seeds of Change illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler, written by Jen Cullerton Johnson
2011 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book
Winner!: Bink and Gollie written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile
Honor: Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! written and illustrated by Grace Lin
Honor: We Are in a Book! written and illustrated by Mo Willems
2011 Pura Belpra Award
honoring a Latino writer whose childrene’s books best portray,
affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
Author Winner!: The Dreamer written by Pam Muñoz Ryan, written by Peter Sis
Illustrator Winner!: Grandma’s Gift, illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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