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The American Library Association has announced its 2001 awards,
honoring the best of the best published in 2000. And we've got them
all for you right here! Check out our reviews of the top books as
well as our Q&A interview
with Kate DiCamillo, Newbery Honor Book winner for her first
novel, BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE,
a heartwarming tale about a girl's bond with the stray dog she adopts.
Even if the presidential election of 2000 is an unpleasant memory,
you won't want to miss the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner, a spiffy
picture book called SO YOU WANT
TO BE PRESIDENT?, about all the very human quirks of the men
who have been elected to the White House. David Small's sharp and
quirky illustrations make this book as fun as it is informative.
Read on (and click around) to see the honor books (runners-up) named
in the Newbery and Caldecott categories, as well as the winners
and honor titles for the Coretta Scott King Award.
In
addition, the 2001 Michael L. Printz Award for "Excellence in Young
Adult Literature" was presented to one winner and four honor books.
We will feature the winning title and honor titles on our sister
site, Teenreads.com.
A
Little Background...
Since 1921, the American Library Association has carefully examined
children's books published within a single calendar year in search
of the best of the best. Each year, they select one book of exceptional
literary merit published in the previous year to receive
the John Newbery Medal (one or more runners up may be named Newbery
Honor Books). And each year, one book published in the previous
year and featuring truly superior illustrations is awarded the Randolph
Caldecott Medal (one or more other titles may also be named Caldecott
Honor titles).
Only books published in the United States are eligible. And though
the names and works of contenders are hotly debated each year, no
one really knows who will win, apart from committee members sworn
to secrecy, until the announcement is made at the ALA Midwinter
Meeting in January.
The Coretta Scott King Award is given to authors and illustrators
of African descent whose books "promote an understanding and appreciation
of the 'American Dream.' " This prize is also announced at the Midwinter
Meeting.
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Shannon Maughan
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Copyright 2001, Kidsreads.com. All rights reserved.
Winning
Books
2001
Newbery Winner
A YEAR DOWN YONDER
2001
Newbery Honors
JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL
BECAUSE
OF WINN-DIXIE
THE
WANDERER
HOPE
WAS HERE
2001
Caldecott Winner
SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT?
2001
Caldecott Honors
CLICK, CLACK, MOO: Cows That
Type
CASEY
AT THE BAT
OLIVIA
2001
Coretta Scott King Author Winner
MIRACLE'S BOYS
2001
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
LET IT SHINE!: Stories of Black
Women Freedom Fighters
2001
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner
UPTOWN
2001
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors
FREEDOM RIVER
ONLY
PASSING THROUGH: The Story of Sojourner Truth
VIRGIE
GOES TO SCHOOL WITH US BOYS
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