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From Publisher's Weekly:
Straight from this morning's press conference at the ALA midwinter conference in San Diego, we bring you word of the most prestigious annual awards in children's books.
The 2004 John Newbery Medal has been won by Kate DiCamillo for The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick). DiCamillo was a previous Newbery Honor recipient in 2001 for her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie.
The 2004 Randolph Caldecott Medal went to Mordicai Gerstein, author and illustrator of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Roaring Brook). With Gerstein's win, Roaring Brook has received its second Caldecott Medal in a row (Eric Rohmann won last year for My Friend Rabbit), in only its third year of operation.
There were two Newbery Honors: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
(HarperCollins/Greenwillow); and An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (Clarion).
And there were three Caldecott Honors: Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus! by Mo Willems (Hyperion); What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, illustrated by Steve Jenkins, written by Robin Page (Houghton); and Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt).
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (S&S) won the fifth annual Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults. The prize caps a big year for Johnson, who received a MacArthur "genius award" last fall.
There were four Printz Honor titles: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (Harcourt); The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (Candlewick); Keesha's House by Helen Frost (FSG/Foster); and Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going (Putnam).
Angela Johnson also received the Coretta Scott King Author Award for The First Part Last (S&S). Author Honors went to Sharon Draper for The Battle of Jericho (S&S/Atheneum); Jacqueline Woodson for Locomotion (Putnam); and Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack (Scholastic).
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award went to Ashley Bryan for Beautiful Blackbird (S&S/Atheneum). Illustrator Honors were Colin Bootman for Almost to Freedom, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda); and Kadir Nelson for Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen (Harcourt/Silver Whistle).
The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award went to author Hope Anita Smith for The Way a Door Closes, illustrated by Shane Evans (Holt); and illustrator Elbrite Brown for My Family Plays Music, written by Judy Cox (Holiday House).
Straight from this morning's press conference at the ALA midwinter conference in San Diego, we bring you word of the most prestigious annual awards in children's books.
The 2004 John Newbery Medal has been won by Kate DiCamillo for The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick). DiCamillo was a previous Newbery Honor recipient in 2001 for her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie.
The 2004 Randolph Caldecott Medal went to Mordicai Gerstein, author and illustrator of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (Roaring Brook). With Gerstein's win, Roaring Brook has received its second Caldecott Medal in a row (Eric Rohmann won last year for My Friend Rabbit), in only its third year of operation.
There were two Newbery Honors: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
(HarperCollins/Greenwillow); and An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (Clarion).
And there were three Caldecott Honors: Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus! by Mo Willems (Hyperion); What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, illustrated by Steve Jenkins, written by Robin Page (Houghton); and Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt).
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson (S&S) won the fifth annual Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults. The prize caps a big year for Johnson, who received a MacArthur "genius award" last fall.
There were four Printz Honor titles: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (Harcourt); The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (Candlewick); Keesha's House by Helen Frost (FSG/Foster); and Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going (Putnam).
Angela Johnson also received the Coretta Scott King Author Award for The First Part Last (S&S). Author Honors went to Sharon Draper for The Battle of Jericho (S&S/Atheneum); Jacqueline Woodson for Locomotion (Putnam); and Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack (Scholastic).
The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award went to Ashley Bryan for Beautiful Blackbird (S&S/Atheneum). Illustrator Honors were Colin Bootman for Almost to Freedom, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda); and Kadir Nelson for Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen (Harcourt/Silver Whistle).
The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award went to author Hope Anita Smith for The Way a Door Closes, illustrated by Shane Evans (Holt); and illustrator Elbrite Brown for My Family Plays Music, written by Judy Cox (Holiday House).
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