2002
Children’s Book Awards
Funding for these
books was provided by a grant from the
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Alumni Association.
Caldecott Award
(Awarded to the artist of the most
distinguished American picture book for children)
Caldecott Medal Winner
Wiesner,
David.* The Three Pigs.
Houghton Mifflin.
Caldecott Honor Books
Kerley,
Barbara. The Dinosaurs of
Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History or Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist
and Lecturer. Illus. by Brian
Selznick. Scholastic.
Rappaport,
Doreen.* Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Illus. by Bryan Collier.
Hyperion.
Simont,
Marc.* The Stray Dog.
HarperCollins. Curric. Easy S6118s
Newbery Award
(Awarded to the author of the most
distinguished contribution to American literature for children)
Newbery Medal Winner
Park, Linda Sue.
A Single Shard. Houghton
Mifflin.
For more
information: http://www.lindasuepark.com
Newbery Honor Book
Nelson, Marilyn.
Carver: A Life in Poems. Front
Street.
Horvath, Polly.
Everything On a Waffle. Farrar.
Coretta Scott King
Awards
(Honors African American authors and
illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults)
Author Award Winner
Taylor, Mildred.*
The Land. Penguin Putnam.
Author Honor Books
Nelson,
Marilyn. Carver: A Life in Poems.
Front Street.
Flake,
Sharon. Money Hungry.
Hyperion.
Illustrator Award Winner
McKissack,
Patricia.* Goin' Someplace Special.
Illus. by Jerry Pinkney.* Atheneum.
Illustrator Honor Book
Rappaport,
Doreen.* Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Illus. by Bryan Collier.
Hyperion.
John Steptoe New Talent Award
(Occasionally awarded to honor new talent
and to offer visibility for excellence in writing or illustration at the
beginning of a career as a published book creator)
Wiles,
Deborah. Freedom Summer.
Illus. by Jerome Lagarrigue. Atheneum.
Mildred L.
Batchelder Award
(Awarded to an American publisher for an
outstanding children’s book translated into English)
Batchelder Winner
Gündisch,
Karin. How I Became an American.
Translated from German by James Skofield. Carus Publishing.
Batchelder Honor Book
Morgenstern,
Susie. A Book of Coupons.
Illus. by Serge Bloch. Translated
from French by Gill Rosner. Penguin
Putnam.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
(Awarded to the author of the most
distinguished informational book for children)
Sibert Winner
Bartoletti,
Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes:
The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850.
Houghton Mifflin.
Sibert Honor Books
Curlee,
Lynn. Brooklyn Bridge.
Illus by the author. Simon
& Schuster.
Warren,
Andrea. Surviving Hitler: A Boy
in the Nazi Death Camps. HarperCollins.
Greenberg,
Jan* and Sandra Jordan. Vincent
van Gogh: Portrait of an Artisit. Delacorte
Michael L. Printz
Award
(Awarded for a book that exemplifies literary
excellence in young adult literature)
Printz Award Winner
Na,
An. A Step From Heaven.
Front Street.
Printz Honor Books
Lynch,
Chris.* Freewill.
HarperCollins.
Greenberg,
Jan,* editor. Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century
American Art. Harry N. Adams,
Inc.
Dickinson,
Peter.* The Ropemaker.
Delacorte
Wolff,
Viriginia Euwer.* True Believer. Atheneum.
Pura
Belpré Award
(Honors Latino authors and illustrators
whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience
in a children's book)
Author
Award Winner
Ryan, Pam Munoz.
Esperanza Rising. Scholastic.
Curric. R9893e
Author Honor Books
Jiménez,
Francisco. Breaking Through.
Houghton Mifflin.
Alarcón,
Francisco. Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems.
Illus. by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Children's
Book Press.
Illustrator Award Winner
Soto,
Gary.* Chato and the Party
Animals. Illus. by Susan
Guevara.* Putnam's.
Illustrator Honor Book
Montes,
Marisa, reteller. Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale.
Illus. by Joe Cepeda. HarperCollins.
Margaret A. Edwards
Award
(Honors
lifetime contribution in writing for young adults)
Paul Zindel*
Mary Hill Arbuthnot Lecture
Award
(Each year, an individual of distinction in the filed of children's literature is chosen to write and deliver a lecture that will make a significant contribution to the world of children's literature)
Maruice Sendak*
*For more information on these authors and illustrators, search Junior Authors and Illustrators at http://www.mnstate.edu/cmc/OnlineDatabases.htm.
Compiled by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian,
Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota, from information
available on the American Library Association web pages <http://www.ala.org/>
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