2009 Award Winners
On January 27, 2009 the American Library Association announced the winners of their children's book awards:
Caldecott | Newbery
Belpre | Coretta Scott King | Batchelder
Schneider | Seuss Geisel | Sibert | Steptoe | Wilder
Awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children.
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Beth Krommes, Illustrator. The House in the Night
Written by Susan Marie Swanson. Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.
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Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book
An orphaned boy is raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
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Awarded biennially to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work captures the Latino cultural experience in a work for children and youth.
Awarded annually to authors and illustrators of African decent whose work promotes the "American Dream."
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2009 Author
Kadir Nelson. We Are the Ship
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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2009 Illustrator
Floyd Cooper, Illustrator. The Blacker the Berry
Written by Joyce Carol Thomas. A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness," "Cranberry Red," and "Biscuit Brown," celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.
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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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Nahoko Uehashi. Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
The wandering warrior Balsa is hired to protect Prince Chagum from both a mysterious monster and the prince's father, the Mikado.
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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
Robert Andrew Parker. Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum
The story of the young Art Tatum, who became one of the all-time greats of jazz piano.
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2009 Middle
Leslie Connor. Waiting for Normal
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
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2009 Teen
Jonathan Friesen. Jerk, California |
Awarded annually to the outstanding book for beginning readers.
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Mo Willems. Are You Ready to Play Outside? |
Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book.
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Kadir Nelson. We Are the Ship
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
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Awarded annually to a black author and/or illustrator beginning his/her career
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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Ashley Bryan. Beautiful Blackbird and others
In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
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