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Major Book Awards
By Brenda Powell
Valley Grande Elementary Media Specialist
Major Book Awards
The Newbery Award
The Caldecott Award
Coretta Scott King Award
The 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.
2010 Newbery Winner
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Twelve-year-old Miranda encounters shifting friendships, a sudden punch, a strange homeless man and mysterious notes that hint at knowledge of the future. These and other seemingly random events converge in a brilliantly constructed plot.
Newbery Honor Award
The Newbery Honor Award is given to other books that are worthy of attention. Once given to the “runners-up,” the terminology was changed to “honor books.”
2010 Newbery Honor Books
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly,
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip Hoose
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
by Rodman Philbrick
Memorable Newbery Books
The Caldecott AwardThe Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association to the artist of the most distinguished
American children’s picture book published the previous year.
2010 Caldecott Winner
The Lion & the Mouse illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney.
The screech of an owl, the squeak of a mouse and the roar of a lion transport readers to the Serengeti plains for this virtually wordless retelling of Aesop's classic fable. In glowing colors, Pinkney's textured watercolor illustrations masterfully portray the relationship between two unlikely friends.
Caldecott Honor Award
The Caldecott Honor Award is given to other picture book illustrators that are worthy of attention.
2010 Caldecott Honor Books
All the World illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz
Garton Scanlon
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman
Memorable Caldecott Books
Coretta Scott King AwardThe Coretta Scott King Award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for promoting understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.
2010 Coretta Scott King Author Award
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Born into slavery in 1838, Bass had a hard life and a strong sense of right and wrong. Bass was one of the most feared and respected lawman in Indian Territory. During his career, he made more than 3,000 arrests but killed only fourteen men.
2010 Coretta Scott KingIllustrator Award
My People illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr., written by Langston Hughes.
Smith’s vibrant sepia photographs celebrate the beauty and diversity of African Americans. The close-ups of illuminated faces filled with jubilant, loving expressions emerge from black backgrounds and capture the spirit of Langston Hughes’ eloquent poem.
2010 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less than perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American Battalion of the Women's Army Corps.
2010 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes has long been acknowledged as the voice, and his poem, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the song, of the Harlem Renaissance. Although he was only seventeen when he composed it, Hughes already had the insight to capture in words the strength and courage of black people in America.
Memorable Coretta Scott King Books
