Children's Book Awards 2006
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The Newbery Medal will be awarded to Lynne Rae Perkins for Criss Cross (Greenwillow). Four Newbery Honor Books were also named: Whittington, by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S. D. Schindler (Random House); Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic); Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury); and Show Way, by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (Putnam).
Chris Raschka is the 2006 winner of the Caldecott Medal for his book The Hello, Goodbye Window, written by Norton Juster (di Capua/Hyperion). Caldecott Honor Books are Rosa, illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Holt); Zen Shorts, illustrated and written by Jon J Muth (Scholastic); Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman (Schwartz/Atheneum); and Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, illustrated by Beckie Prange and written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton).
The Coretta Scott King Award for writing will be presented to Julius Lester, author of Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion). The Coretta Scott King Award for illustration will be presented to Bryan Collier, illustrator of Rosa, written by Nikki Giovanni(Holt). The King Author Honor Books are Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, by Tonya Bolden (Abrams); Dark Sons, by Nikki Giovanni (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion); and A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson (Houghton). One King Illustrator Honor Book was selected: Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Mary Williams. (Amistad/HarperCollins). The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for writing goes to Jaime Adoff, author of Jimi & Me (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion).
The Pura Belpré Award for writing will be awarded to The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (Lamb/Random House), and the award for illustration goes to Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, illus. by Raul Colón and written by Pat Mora (Knopf). Belpré Honor Books for writing are César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz (Cavendish); Doña Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, illus. by Raul Colón and written by Pat Mora (Knopf); and Becoming Naomi León, by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Scholastic). Honor books for illustration are Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games, selected and illustrated by Lulu Delacre (Lee & Low); César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz (Cavendish); and My Name is Celia/ Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/ La Vida de Celia Cruz, illustrated by Rafael López and written by Monica Brown (Luna Rising/Rising Moon).
The American publisher receiving the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding translation of a book originally published in a foreign language is Levine/Scholastic for Josef Holub's An Innocent Soldier. Two Honor Books were also selected: Nicholas, written by René Goscinny, illustrated by Jean-Jacques [End Page 380] Sempé, and published by Phaidon; and When I Was a Soldier, written by Valérie Zenatti, and published by Bloomsbury.
The Michael L. Printz Award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature goes to John Green for Looking for Alaska (Penguin). Honor books are Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan (Eos/HarperCollins); I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak (Knopf); John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking); and A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson (Houghton).
The Robert F. Sibert Award for most distinguished informational book for children goes to Sally M. Walker for Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley (Carolrhoda). One Sibert Honor Book was also named: Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic).
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal for the most distinguished contribution to beginning reader literature is Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas, written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated...
