2015 ALA Youth Media Awards: winners announced

Each year at the American Library Association's midwinter meeting, the ALA honours books for young people with a full roster of awards including the:

• John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
• Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
• Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
• Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults
• Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award recognizing an African American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
• Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
• Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
• Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
• Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video
• Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
• May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States
• Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States
• Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
• Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
• Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book
• William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens
• YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18

The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced on February 2, 2015 in Chicago, and included the following titles by Canadian authors and illustrators. 

Congratulations 

to these authors/illustrators for the following honours:

Randolph Caldecott Medal:  HONOR BOOK

for the most distinguished American picture book for children

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole

Illustrated by Jon Klassen

by Mac Barnett

Candlewick Press

This One Summer

Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

by Mariko Tamaki

Groundwood Books

Michael L. Printz Award: HONOR BOOK

 for excellence in literature written for young adults 

This One Summer

by Mariko Tamaki

Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Groundwood Books

Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award:  HONOR BOOK

for English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

by Christine Baldacchino

Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press

William C. Morris Award: FINALIST

for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim 

by E. K. Johnston

Carolrhoda Lab/Carolrhoda Books