It's Official!
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a branch of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced the 2013 Youth Media Award winners. The highlights are listed below. See the full list here. How many made the Hoover Public Library's best of lists?
Caldecott Medal
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Caldecott Honors
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, ilustrated by Jon Klassen
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by David Small
Sleep Like a Tiger by Pamela Zagarenski
Newbery Medal
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Newbery Honors
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
Bomb: The Race to Build -- and Steal -- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Printz Award
In Darkness by Nick Lake
Printz Honors
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
Geisel Award
Up, Tall and High! by Ethan Long
Sibert Medal
Bomb: The Race to Build -- and Steal -- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
Coretta Scott King Author Award
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Bryan Collier

