The Big Winners of 2013 - For Children
The American Library Association announced the winners of the 2013 Youth Media Awards (Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, etc.) this morning.
Look below to see if your favorite book was recognized. Drop by your favorite Richland Library location to get your hands on these or other great books.
Leah B. Says: John Newbery Medal
Amazon Says: Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rare...
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Leah B. Says: Newbery Honor Book
Amazon Says: WINNER OF A 2013 NEWBERY HONOR! Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a Victorian gothic thriller — an enthralling, darkly comic tale that would do Di...
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Leah B. Says: Newbery Honor Book
Amazon Says: In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery l...
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Leah B. Says: Newbery Honor Book
Amazon Says: Newbery honor winner, New York Times bestseller, and Edgar Award Nominee. A hilarious Southern debut with the kind of characters you meet once in a lifetime ...
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Leah B. Says: Randolph Caldecott Medal
Amazon Says: WINNER OF THE 2013 CALDECOTT MEDAL! From the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning I Want My Hat Back comes a second wry tale. When a tiny f...
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Leah B. Says: Caldecott Honor Book
Amazon Says: In this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.Jasper Rabbit loves...
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Leah B. Says: Caldecott Honor Book
Amazon Says: Winner of a 2013 Caldecott Honor and the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Picture Books. It looks like an ordinary box full of ordinary yarn. Bu...
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Leah B. Says: Caldecott Honor Book
Amazon Says: Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the "Queen of the concept book"—an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creat...
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Leah B. Says: Caldecott Honor Book
Amazon Says: When well-mannered Elliot reluctantly visits the aquarium with his distractible father, he politely asks whether he can have a penguin--and then removes one from the penguin p...
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Leah B. Says: Caldecott Honor Book
Amazon Says: 2013 Randolph Caldecott Honor Award In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny – like cadence: “Does everything in the world go to sleep?...
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Leah B. Says: Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award
Amazon Says: HAND IN HAND presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories ...
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Leah B. Says: King (Author) Honor Book
Amazon Says: WINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR! Each kindness makes the world a little better This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team ...
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Leah B. Says: Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
Amazon Says: Winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award, I, Too, Am America blends the poetic wisdom of Langston Hughes with visionary illustrations from Bryan Collier in this i...
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Leah B. Says: King (Illustrator) Honor Book
Amazon Says: One day at the basketball court, two kids, a familiar challenge--H.O.R.S.E.? But this isn’t your grandmother’s game of hoops. Not when a layup from the o...
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Leah B. Says: King (Illustrator) Honor Book
Amazon Says: A young girl learns a new meaning for freedom during the time of Reconstruction Ellen always knew the broom resting above the hearth was special. Before it was legal for her...
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Leah B. Says: King (Illustrator) Honor Book
Amazon Says: A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King: “My father’s dream continues to live on from generati...
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Leah B. Says: Schneider Family Book Award for children ages 0-10
Amazon Says: It's the principal Mr. Slipper's birthday, and while the rest of the class gets busy writing cards for the occasion, Stan becomes frustrated when his letters come out all in a...
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Leah B. Says: Schneider Family Book Award for middle-school (ages 11-13)
Amazon Says: When Cally Fisher says she sees her dead mother, no one believes her. The only other living soul who sees Cally's mom is a mysterious wolfhound who always seems to be there wh...
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Leah B. Says: Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award
Amazon Says: 2013 Pura Belpre Award for Illustration As the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother ...
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Leah B. Says: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
Amazon Says: In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery l...
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Leah B. Says: Sibert Honor Book
Amazon Says: Now a Kirkus Reviews Best Childrens Book of 2012, a 2012 Horn Fanfare Book, and a 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor book! a true standout bright, witty, informativ...
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Leah B. Says: Sibert Honor Book
Amazon Says: B95 can feel it: a stirring in his bones and feathers. It’s time. Today is the day he will once again cast himself into the air, spiral upward into the clouds, and bank into...
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Leah B. Says: Sibert Honor Book
Amazon Says: Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival...
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Leah B. Says: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Amazon Says: 2013 Recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award! Three side-splitting stories in one great picture book! In three laugh-out-loud situations, an irresistible cast o...
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Leah B. Says: Geisel Honor Book
Amazon Says: Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Let's Go fo...
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Leah B. Says: Geisel Honor Book
Amazon Says: Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt—the one with the four totally groovy buttons. But when one falls off, does Pete cry? Goodness, no! He just keeps on singing his so...
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Leah B. Says: Geisel Honor Book
Amazon Says: WINNER OF A 2013 GEISEL HONOR! Rabbit’s carefully planned visit with Robot doesn’t work out exactly as he imagined in this offbeat tale about two comically mismatched ...
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- American Library Association Press Release
American Library Association Announces 2013 Youth Media Award Winners - January 28, 2013