Children's Literature: Award Winners
Newbery Award
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. On June 22, 1921, Frederic G. Melcher proposed the award to the American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that it be named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery. For a complete list of the Newbery Medal and Honor books from 1922 to the present day, you may visit the ALA website.
Below are a few of the titles available in our library. To view all the Newbery Medal and Honor books in the library, search the catalog for Newbery Medal.
Bridge to Terabithia by Call Number: PZ7.P273 Br 1977ISBN: 0690013590Publication Date: 1977-10-21Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie's house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.
Criss Cross by Call Number: PZ7.P4313 Cr 2005ISBN: 0060092726Publication Date: 2005-08-30Debbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon. In the meantime, Debbie loses a necklace and finds a necklace but mostly she hangs out with her friends: Patty, Hector, Lenny, and Phil. Their paths cross. Their stories crisscross and in Lynne Rae Perkins's remarkable book, a girl and her wish grow up.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Call Number: PZ7.O237 IsISBN: 0395069629Publication Date: 1960-09-09Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
The Westing Game by Call Number: PZ7.R1817 We 2003ISBN: 0525471375Publication Date: 2003-10-13This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries, and bombings.
Caldecott
Frederic G. Melcher suggested in 1937 the establishment of a medal to be given to the artist who had created the most distinguished picture book of the year and named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott. For a complete list of Caldecott winners from 1938 to the present day, you may visit the ALA website.
Below are a few of the titles available in the Derrell C. Roberts Library. To view all the Caldecott Medal winning titles in the library, search the catalog for Caldecott Medal.
Owl Moon by Call Number: PZ7.Y78 Ow 1987ISBN: 0399214577Publication Date: 1987-10-23The visual images have a sense of depth and seem to invite readers into this special nighttime world."--"School Library Journal, " starred review.
Rapunzel by Call Number: PZ8.Z38 Rap 1997ISBN: 0525456074Publication Date: 1997-10-01Paul O. Zelinsky's work thrillingly shows us the events of the story while guiding us beyond them to the truths that have made it endure.
Snowflake Bentley by Call Number: QC858.B46 M37 1998ISBN: 0395861624Publication Date: 1998-09-28Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful.
The Song of the Swallows by Call Number: PZ7 .P753 So 1990zISBN: 0684188317Publication Date: 1987-07-15This is the story of the friendship between Juan, a little boy in the California town of Capistrano and Julian, the old gardener and bell-ringer at the Mission of San Juan Capistrano. Together they ring the bells to welcome the swallows as they come flying in from the sea on St. Joseph's day.
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award honors Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. For a complete list of Coretta Scott King award winners from 1970 to the present day, you may visit the ALA website.
Below are a few of the titles available in the Derrell C. Roberts Library. To view a complete list, search the catalog for Coretta Scott King awards.
Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Call Number: ML3930.C535 W43 2008ISBN: 0805079947Publication Date: 2008-04-01Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls have composed an amazingly rich hymn to the childhood of jazz legend John Coltrane.
Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Call Number: PZ8.3.C573 Evh 1983bISBN: 0805002359Publication Date: 1983-08-15Everett Anderson's Goodbye is a touching portrait of a little boy who is trying to come to grips with his father's death.
The First Part Last by Call Number: PZ7.J629 Fi 2003ISBN: 0689849222Publication Date: 2003-06-01With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson looks at the male side of teen pregnancy as she delves into one young man's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it. No matter what the cost.
Knock Knock by Call Number: PZ7.B3805475 Kn 2013ISBN: 9780316209175Publication Date: 2013-12-17This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.
One Crazy Summer by Call Number: PZ7.W6713 On 2010ISBN: 9780060760885Publication Date: 2010-01-26Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, one crazy summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them--an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia.
