Award-Winning Children's Books

This site lists winners and honor books for the last 10 years only. Earlier winners of all awards from the American Library Association can be found online at www.ala.org.

The John Newbery Award

2010 Medal Winner

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books)

Honor Books:

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (Henry Holt)
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers)
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.)

2009 Medal Winner

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean (HarperCollins)

Honor Books:

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illus. by David Small (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster)
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt)
Savvy by Ingrid Law (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media)
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers)

2008 Medal Winner

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick)

Honor Books:

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic)
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion)
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)

2007 Medal Winner

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illus. by Matt Phelan (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson)

Honor Books:

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm, (Random House)
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Delacorte Press)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic)

2006 Medal Winner

Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)

Honor Books:

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 Children's Books)
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

2005 Medal Winner

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)

Honor Books:

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (G.P. Putnam's Sons/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin)

2004 Medal Winner

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, (Candlewick Press)

Honor Books:

Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books)
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy (Clarion Books)

2003 Medal Winner

Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Hyperion Books for Children)

Honor Books:

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum)
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (Random House/Wendy Lamb Books)
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf)
A Corner of The Universe by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic)
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins)

2002 Medal Winner

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin)

Honor Books:

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath (Farrar Straus Giroux)
Carver: A Life In Poems by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street)

2001 Medal Winner

A Year Down Yonder by by Richard Peck (Dial)

Honor Books:

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press)
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins)

2000 Medal Winner

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte)

Honor Books:

Getting Near to Baby by by Audrey Couloumbis (Putnam)
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm (HarperCollins)
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola (Putnam)

THE RANDOLPH CALDECOTT MEDAL

2010 Medal Winner

The Lion and The Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney

All the World, illustrated by marla Frazee, Text by Liz Garton Scanlon
Red Sings From the Treetops: A Year in Colors, Illustrated by Pamela ZXagarenski, Text by Joyce Sidman

2009 Medal Winner

The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company)

The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company)
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, by Marla Frazee (Harcourt, Inc.)
How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar Straus Giroux)
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.)

2008 Medal Winner

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)

Honor Books:

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic)
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

2007 Medal Winner

Flotsam by David Wiesner (Clarion)

Honor Books:

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans (Walker)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun)

2006 Medal Winner

The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children)

Honor Books:

Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)
Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written by Marjorie Priceman. (An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Company)

2005 Medal Winner

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers)

Honor Books:

The Red Book by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Coming on Home Soon illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Son's/Penguin Young Readers Group)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale illustrated and written by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children)

2004 Medal Winner

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Harcourt, Inc.)
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? illustrated and written by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. (Hyperion)

2003 Medal Winner

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)

Honor Books:

The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, written by Mary Howitt (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty (Henry Holt & Co.)
Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (SeaStar Books, a division of North-South Books Inc.)

2002 Medal Winner

The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin)

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins illustrated by Brian Selznick, written by Barbara Kerley (Scholastic)
Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Doreen Rappaport (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)

2001 Medal Winner

So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel)

Honor Books:

Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing, written by Ernest Thayer (Handprint)
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type illustrated by Betsy Lewin, written by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster)
Olivia by Ian Falconer (Atheneum)

2000 Medal Winner

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Simms Taback (Viking)

Honor Books:

A Child's Calendar illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Text: John Updike (Holiday House)
Sector 7 by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang (Scholastic)
The Ugly Duckling illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Text: Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Jerry Pinkney (Morrow)

The MILDRED L. BATCHELDER Award

This award has been given yearly since 1966 to an American publisher for a children’s book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country prior to being translated into English and published in the U.S. Note: These are wonderful books! JC

2010
A Faraway Island, Swedish, from 1996, by Annika Thor. Trans. Linda Schenck.

2009
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Japanese, by Nahdo Uehashi. Trans. Cathy Hirano.

2008
Brave Story, Japanese, by Miyuki Miyahe. Trans. Alexander O. Smith

2007
The Pull of the Ocean, French, by Jean-Claude Mourlevat. Trans. Y. Maudet.

2006
An Innocent Soldier, German, by Josef Holub. Trans. Michael Hofmann

2005
The Shadows of Ghadames, French, by Joelle Stolz. Trans. Catherine Temerson

2004
Run, Boy, Run, Hebrew, by Uri Orlev, Trans. Hillel Halkin.

2003
The Thief Lord, German, Cornelia Funke. Trans. Oliver Latsch

2002
How I Became an American, German, by Karin Gundisch. Trans. James Skofield.

2001
Samir and Yonatan, Hebrew, by Daniella Carmi. Trans. Yael Lotan.

2000
The Baboon King, Dutch, by Anton Quintana, Trans. John Nieuwenhuizen.