Research Guides: Children's Literature: Award Winners

American Book Award

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Call Number: PZ7 .C783 MI 1985
Publication Date: 1985
Award -- 1983

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

We Are Growing! by Mo Willems; Laurie Keller
Call Number: PZ7 .K2813 WE 2016
Publication Date: 2016
2017 -- About growing up.

American Library Association Notable Children's Books

The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: PZ7 .D5432 ON 2016
Publication Date: 2016
2017 award.

Coretta Scott King Award

When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill
Call Number: ML3930 .K68 H55 2013
Publication Date: 2013
DJ Kool Herc and the creation of hip hop.
When I Am Old with You by Angela Johnson; David Soman (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .J629 WH 1990
Publication Date: 1993

Children's Awards

Coretta Scott King Award -- An annual award recognizing outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators.

Newbery Medal -- An annual award given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American children's literature published in the preceding year. Established and endowed in 1921 by Frederic G. Melcher.

Caldecott Medal -- Awarded for outstanding illustration of children's books.

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon; Robert Sullivan (Foreword by); John Merriman
Call Number: D21 .V3 2015
Publication Date: 2014
1922 -- Newbery
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting; Jerry Griswold (Introduction by); Gary D. Schmidt (Afterword by)
Call Number: PZ7 .L826115 VO 2011
Publication Date: 2011
1923 -- Newbery
Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James
Publication Date: 2008
1927 -- Newbery
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer; Sidney Armer (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .A715 WAT 2014
Publication Date: 2014
1932 -- Newbery
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis; William Low (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .L5849 YO 2008
Publication Date: 2008
1933 -- Newbery
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1 .S75 CAL 1940
Publication Date: 1968
1940 -- Newbery Medal
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (Illustrator); Lenski
Call Number: PZ7 .L54 ST
Publication Date: 1945
1945 -- Newbery
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .M596 E34 1950
Publication Date: 1950
Caldecott Medal -- 1950
One Easter morning, Katy and Carl went on an egg hunt through Grandmom's house. Katy couldn't find anything until she went up to the attic. And there she discovered a very special set of eggs...
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Call Number: PZ7 .S7376 WI 2011
Publication Date: 2011
1959 -- Newbery Medal
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome; Uri Shulevitz (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8 .R174 FO 1968
Publication Date: 1968
1969 -- Caldecott
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ10.3 S816 Sy 2005
Publication Date: 2005
1970 -- Caldecott
2005 ed. includes the Caldecott speech.
Sounder by Armstrong; James Barkley (Illustrator); William H. Armstrong
Call Number: PZ7 .A73394 SO
Publication Date: 1969
1970 -- Newbery
A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1 .H139
Publication Date: 1988
1971 -- Caldecott
Ananse stories.
The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel (Retold by); Blair Lent (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1 .M8346 FU 1986
Publication Date: 1993
1973 -- Caldecott
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach; Margot Zemach (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1 .Z38 DU3 1986
Publication Date: 1986
1974 -- Caldecott
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott (Illustrator); Gerald Mcdermott
Call Number: E99 .P9 M25 1974
Publication Date: 1974
1975 -- Caldecott
M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton; John J. Palencar (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .H1828 MAC 2006
Publication Date: 1999, c1974
1975 -- Newbery Medal
Fables by Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.2 .L6 FAB
Publication Date: 1980
1981 -- Caldecott
Shadow by Marcia Brown (Illustrator, Translator); Th French of Blaise Cend (Translator)
Call Number: PQ2605 .E55 F4713 1982
Publication Date: 1982
1983 -- Caldecott
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges (Editor); Trina Schart Hyman
Call Number: PZ8.1 .H69 SAI 1990
Publication Date: 1990
1985 -- Caldecott
Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks; Richard Egielski (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .Y819 HE 1989
Publication Date: 1989
1987 -- Caldecott
"A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well."
Lincoln by Russell Freedman
Call Number: E457.905 .F73 1987
Publication Date: 1987
1988 -- Newbery
A photobiography.
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman; Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .A182 SO 1988
Publication Date: 2003
1989 -- Caldecott
"Bespectacled, enthusiastic Grandpa clearly exudes the message that you're only as old as you feel."
Golem by David Wisniewski (Illustrator); David Wisniewski (Retold by)
Call Number: BM531 .W57 1996
Publication Date: 1996
1997 -- Caldecott Medal
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator, Retold by); Wilhelm K. Grimm; Jacob W. Grimm; Becky Thomas
Call Number: PZ8 .Z38 RAP 1997
Publication Date: 1997
1998 -- Caldecott
Another copy is under: PZ8 .H86 RAP
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Mary Azarian (Illustrator)
Call Number: QC858 .B46 M37 1998
Publication Date: 1998
1999 -- Caldecott
"A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations."
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .T1115 JO 1999
Publication Date: 1999
2000 -- Caldecott Medal
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: PZ7 .C94137 BU 2004
Publication Date: 2004
2000 -- Newbery
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ10.3 .R641 MY 2011
Publication Date: 2011
2003 -- Caldecott
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Call Number: PZ7 .P4313 CR 2008
Publication Date: 2007
2006 -- Newbery
Gone Wild by David McLimans (Illustrator)
Call Number: QL83 .M355 2006
Publication Date: 2006
An endangered species alphabet book.
2007 -- Caldecott honor book.
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron; Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .P27565 HIG 2008
Publication Date: 2008
2007 -- Newbery
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz; Robert Byrd (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .S35 G6 2011
Publication Date: 2011
2008 -- Newbery
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson; Beth Krommes (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .S972 HO 2008
Publication Date: 2008
2009 -- Caldecott
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: PZ8.2 .P456 LI 2009
Publication Date: 2009
2010 -- Caldecott
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .G1273 GR 2010
Publication Date: 2010
2009 -- Newbery
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Call Number: PZ7 .S80857 WH 2010B
Publication Date: 2010
2010 -- Newbery
Also, have an electronic e-Book kit.
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ10.3 .R181 BA 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Caldecott 2012
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Call Number: PZ7 .G15334 DD 2013
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
2012 -- Newbery
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .K678144 TH 2012
Publication Date: 2012
2013 -- Caldecott
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .A6483 ON 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Newbery Medal -- 2013
Locomotive by Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: TJ603.2 .F56 2013
Publication Date: 2013
2014 -- Caldecott
About travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: UG1282 .A8 S235 2012
Publication Date: 2012
The race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb.
Bomb is a 2012 National Book Awards finalist for Young People's Literature. Bomb is a 2012Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year title. Bomb is a 2013 Newbery Honor book.
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo; K. G. Campbell (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .D5455 FL 2013
Publication Date: 2013
2014 -- Newbery
The adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Call Number: PZ7 .S23817 ADV 2014
Publication Date: 2014
2015 -- Caldecott.
The unimaginary friend.
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Call Number: PZ7.5 .A44 CR 2014
Publication Date: 2014
2015 - Newbery
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7 .G3588 IN 2016
Publication Date: 2016
2017 -- Newbery Honor book
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Call Number: PZ7 .C8153 WO 2017
Publication Date: 2017
2018 -- Caldecott Medal.
A wordless picture book. A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home?