2003 Children’s Book Awards  

Caldecott Award  
(Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children)

Caldecott Medal Winner

Caldecott Honor Books

            Howitt, Mary.  The Spider and the Fly.  Illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi.  Simon & Schuster.

            McCarty, Peter.  Hondo & Fabian.  Henry Holt.

            Pinkney, Jerry.  Noah's Ark.  North-South Books.

Newbery Award
(Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children)

Newbery Medal Winner

Avi.  Crispin: The Cross of Lead.  Hyperion.
       

Newbery Honor Book

Farmer, Nancy.  The House of the Scorpion.  Atheneum.

Giff, Patricia Reilly.  Pictures of Hollis Woods.  Random House.

Hiassen, Carl.  Hoot.  Knopf.

Martin, Ann M.  A Corner of the Universe.  Scholastic.

Tolan, Stephanie.  Surviving the Applewhites.  HarperCollins. 

 

Coretta Scott King Awards  
(Honors African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults)

Author Award Winner

Grimes, Nikki.  Bronx Masquerade.  Dial.

Author Honor Books

Grimes, Nikki. Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman.  Orchard Books.

Woods, Brenda.  Red Rose Box.  Putnam's.

Illustrator Award Winner

  Grimes, Nikki.  Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman.  Illus. by E.B. Lewis.  Orchard Books.

Illustrator Honor Book

Dillon, Leo and Diane.  Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That.  Blue Sky Press.

Perdomo, Willie.  Visiting Langston.  Illus. by Bryan Collier.   Henry Holt.

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)  

Author Award Winner

        McDonald, Janet.  Chill Wind.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Illustrator Award Winner

DuBurke, Randy.  The Moon Ring.  Chronicle Books. 

 

Mildred L. Batchelder Award
(Awarded to an American publisher for an outstanding children’s book translated into English)

Batchelder Winner

Funke, Cornelia.  The Thief Lord.  Translated from German by Oliver Latsch.  Scholastic.

Batchelder Honor Book

Johansen, Hanna.  Henrietta and the Golden Eggs.  Illus. by Käthi Bhend.  Translated from German by John Barrett.  David R. Godine.

 

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
(Awarded to the author of the most distinguished informational book for children)

Sibert Winner

Giblin, James Cross.  The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler.  Clarion Books.  Curric. 921 H675g

Sibert Honor Books

Blumenthal, Karen.  Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929.  Atheneum.

Gantos, Jack.  Hole in My Life.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux.  Curric. 921 G2113

Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan  Action Jackson.  Illus. by Robert Parker.  Millbrook Press. 

Ryan, Pam Muñoz.  When Marian Sang.  Illus. by Brian Selznick.  Scholastic.

 

Michael L. Printz Award
(Awarded for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature)

Printz Award Winner

Chambers, Aidan.  Postcards from No Man's Land.  Penguin.

 Printz Honor Books

        Farmer, Nancy.  The House of the Scorpion.  Atheneum.        

        Freymann-Weyr, Garret.  My Heartbeat.  Houghton Mifflin.  Curric. W5493m        

        Gantos, Jack.  Hole in My Life.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux.  Curric. 921 G2113

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
(Honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children)

Eric Carle

Margaret A. Edwards Award
(Honors lifetime contribution in writing for young adults)

Nancy Garden  

Ursula K. Le Guin