2007 Award Winners
On January 22, 2007 the American Library Association announced the winners of their children's book awards:
Caldecott | Coretta Scott King | Batchelder | Newbery
Sibert | Schneider | Seuss | Steptoe | Wilder
Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children.
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David Wiesner. Flotsam
The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
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Awarded annually to authors and illustrators of African decent whose work promotes the "American Dream."
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Illustrator
Kadir Nelson. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to
Freedom Written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Tells the story of Harriet Tubman leading slaves to freedom in the North and the courage that it took.
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Author
Sharon Draper. Copper Sun
Identifies the stressors that can affect teens and provides suggestions for dealing with them. Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
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Awarded to an outstanding children's book originally published in a foreign language and subsequently translated into English and published in America.
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Claude Mourlevat. Pull of the Ocean |
Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished book for children.
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Susan Patron. The Higher Power of Lucky
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
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Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book.
Honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
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Children
Pete Seeger. Deaf Musicians
Lee, a jazz pianist, has to leave his band when he begins losing his hearing, but he meets a deaf saxophone player in a sign language class and together they form a snazzy new band.
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Middle
Cynthia Lord. Rules
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
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Teen
Louis Sachar. Small Steps
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
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Awarded annually to a black author and a black illustrator beginning his/her career.
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Tracie L. Jones. Standing Against the Wind
As she tries to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood by winning a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, shy and studious eighth-grader Patrice discovers that she has more options in life than she previously realized.
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Awarded annually to the outstanding book for beginning readers.
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Laura McGee Krasnosky. Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways
In three short stories, two fox sisters run away from home, bury a time capsule, and take advantage of some creative juice.
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Awarded on an irregular basis to authors or illustrators whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature.
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