(Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children)
2006 Children’s Book
Awards
Caldecott Award
(Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book
for children)
Caldecott Medal Winner
Juster, Norton. The Hello, Goodbye Window. Illus. Chris Raschka. Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion.
Caldecott Honor Books
Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. Illus. Bryan Collier. Henry Holt.
Muth, Jon J. Zen Shorts. Scholastic.
Priceman, Marjorie. Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride. Anne Schwartz/Atheneum/Simon & Schuster
Sidman, Joyce. Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems. Illus. Beckie Prange. Houghton Mifflin.
Newbery Award
(Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to
American literature for children)
Newbery Medal Winner
Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. Greenwillow/HarperCollins.
Newbery Honor Books
Armstrong, Alan. Whittington. Illus. S.D. Schindler. Random House.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. Scholastic.
Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy. Bloomsbury.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Show Way. Illus. Hudson Talbott. Putnam's Sons.
Comstock Book Award
(Awarded to author/illustrator of the best picture book to
read aloud to children ages 8-12)
Comtsock Medal Winner
Uhlberg, Myron. Dad, Jackie &Me. Illus. by Colin Bootman. Peachtree.
Comstock Honor Books
McKissack, Patricia and Onawumi Jean Moss. Precious and the Boo Hag. Illus. by Kyrsten Brooker. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Stround, Bettye. The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom. Illus. by Erin Susanne Bennett. Candlewick.
Yoo, Paula. Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. Illus. by Dome Lee. Lee & Low.
Wanda Gág Book Award
(Awarded to author/illustrator of the best picture book to
read aloud to children ages birth to age 8)
Wanda Gág Medal Winner
Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. The Great Fuzz Frenzy.
Illus. by Janet Stevens. Harcourt.
Wanda Gág Honor Books
Cole, Heidi and Nancy Vogl. Am I a Color Too? Illus. by Gerald Purnell. Illumination Arts.
Dewdney, Ann. Llama Llama Red Pajama. Viking.
Frazier, Craig. Stanley Mows the Lawn. Chronicle Books.
Coretta Scott King
Awards
(Honors African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for
children and young adults)
Author Award Winner
Lester, Julius. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion.
Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl. Harry N. Abrams.
Grimes, Nikki. Dark Sons. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion.
Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illus. Philippe Lardy. Houghton Mifflin.
Illustrator Award Winner
Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. Illus. Bryan Collier. Henry Holt.
Illustrator Honor Books
Christie, R. Gergory. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Lee & Low.
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
Adoff, Jaime. Jimi & Me. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion.
Mildred L. Batchelder
Award
(Awarded to an American publisher for an outstanding children’s book
translated into English)
Batchelder Winner
Holub, Josef. An Innocent Solder. Trans. from German by Michael Hofmann. Scholastic.
Batchelder Honor Book
Goscinny, René. Nicholas. Phaidon Press Limited.
Zenatti, Valerie. When I Was a Soldier. Bloomsbury.
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
Author Honor Books
Bernier-Grand, Carmen. T. César: Sí,
Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Illus. David Diaz. Marshall Cavendish.
Mora, Pat. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a
Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Illus. Raul Colón. Knopf/Random House.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz.
Becoming Naomi León. Scholastic.
Illustrator Award Winner
Mora, Pat. Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a
Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart. Illus. Raul Colón. Knopf/Random House.
Illustrator Honor Book
Bernier-Grand, Carmen. T. César: Sí,
Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Marshall
Cavendish.
Delacre,
Lulu. Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games. Lee & Low.
Robert F. Sibert
Informational Book Award
(Awarded to the author of the most distinguished informational book for
children)
Sibert Winner
Walker, Sally. Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley. Carolrhoda/Lerner.
Freedman, Russell. The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights. Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.
Sibert Honor Books
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow. Scholastic.
Michael L. Printz
Award
(Awarded for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult
literature)
Printz Award Winner
Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Dutton/Penguin.
Printz Honor Books
Lanagan, Margo. Black Juice. EOS/HarperCollins.
Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illus. Philippe Lardy. Houghton Mifflin.
Partridge, Elizabeth. John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography. Viking/Penguin.
Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger. Knopf/Random House.
(Honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences in three age categories)
Ages 0-10
Uhlberg, Myron Dad, Jackie, and Me. Illus. Colin Bootman. Peachtree.
Ages 11-13
Fusco, Kimberly Newton. Tending to Grace. Knopf/Random House.
Ages 13-18
Rapp, Adam. Under the Wolf, Under the Dog. Candlewick.
Theodor Seuss Geisel
Award
(Awarded to the author and illustrator of the most
distinguished American beginning reader book)
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner
Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. Illus. Sucie Stevenson. Simon & Schuster.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books
Arnold, Tedd. Hi! Fly Guy. Cartwheel Books/Scholastic.
Bloom, Suzanne. A Splendid Friend, Indeed. Boyds Mills Press.
Silverman, Erica. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa. Illus. Betsy Lewin. Harcourt.
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day. Illus. Ann Schweninger. Dial/Penquin.
Margaret A. Edwards
Award
(Honors lifetime contribution in writing for young adults)
Jacqueline Woodson
May Hill Arbuthnot
Lecture Award
(Each year, an individual of distinction in the field 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)
Kevin Henkes
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/> 1/06. Revised 6/06.