ALA Announces 2006 Newbery, Caldecott Winners

Here are the winners of the 2006 John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, along with other award winners and honor books, announced on Monday, January 23, at the 2006 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio.

Newbery Medal (for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature)
Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins)

Newbery Honor Books
Whittington, by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Random House)
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)
Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
Show Way, by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Caldecott Medal (for the most distinguished American picture book for children)
The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)

Caldecott Honor Books
Rosa, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt)
Zen Shorts, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Press)
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman (An Anne Schwartz Book from Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster)
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems, illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin)

 Batchelder Award (to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the U.S.)
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, for An Innocent Soldier, written by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann

Batchelder Honor Books
Phaidon Press Limited for Nicholas, written by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell
Bloomsbury Children's Books for When I Was a Soldier, written by Valerie Zenatti, translated from the French by Adriana Hunter

Sibert Medal (for most distinguished informational book published in English)
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, written by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group)

Sibert Honor Book
Hilter Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)

Belpre Author Medal (honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience)
The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House)

Belpre Illustrator Medal
Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart, illustrated by Raul Colon, written by Pat Mora (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House)

Belpre Author Honor Books
Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish)
Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart, written by Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colon (Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House)
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic Press)

Belpre Illustrator Honor Books
Arrorro, Mi Nino: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games, selected and illustrated by Lulu Delacre (Lee & Low Books)
Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand (Marshall Cavendish)
My Name Is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La Vida de Celia Cruz, illustrated by Rafael Lopez, written by Monica Brown (Luna Rising, a bilingual imprint of Rising Moon)

Carnegie Medal (to honor outstanding video productions for children)
Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation, and Paul Gagne and Melissa Reilly, Weston Woods Studio, producers of the video The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, written by Mordicai Gerstein

2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
Kevin Henkes

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal (to the authors and illustrators of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children's literature known as beginning reader books published in the U.S.)
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas, written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Sucie Stevenson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books
Hi! Fly Guy, by Tedd Arnold (Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic)
A Splendid Friend, Indeed, by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mills Press)
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, written by Erica Silverman, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Harcourt)
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day, written by Jean Van Leeuwen, illustrated by Ann Schweninger (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)

Coretta Scott King Award (recognizing an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults)
Julius Lester, author of Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
Bryan Collier, illustrator of Rosa (Henry Holt)

King Author Honor Books
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, by Tonya Bolden (Harry N. Abrams)
Dark Sons, by Nikki Grimes (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
A Wreath for Emmett Till, by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy (Houghton Mifflin)

King Illustrator Honor Book
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, by R. Gregory Christie (Lee and Low Books)

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Jaime Adoff, author of Jimi & Me (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)

Michael L. Printz Award (for excellence in literature written for young adults)
Looking for Alaska, by John Green (Dutton Books, a member of Penguin Group USA)

Printz Honor Books
Black Juice, by Margo Lanagan (EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins)
I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books)
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography, by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking, a member of Penguin Group USA)
A Wreath for Emmett Till, written by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy (Houghton Mifflin)

Schneider Family Book Award (for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience)
Dad, Jackie, and Me, written by Myron Uhlberg, illustrated by Colin Bootman (Peachtree Press) -- for children ages 0 to 10
Tending to Grace, by Kimberly Newton Fusco (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books) -- middle-school (ages 11 - 13)
Under the Wolf, Under the Dog, by Adam Rapp (Candlewick Press) -- teen (ages 13 - 18)