Word Salad: Children's Book Award Announced at American Library Association Meeting in Seattle

2013 Caldecott Medal for Best Illustrated Children's Book

Caldecott Medal winner "This Is Not My Hat" and Honor books of the year

This Is Not My Hat

›J. Klassen

(68)

Hardcover: $8.79

Creepy Carrots!

Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown

(37)

Hardcover: $10.19

Kindle Edition: $9.68

Extra Yarn

›Mac Barnett, Mac Barnett

(67)

Hardcover: $10.19

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2013 Newbery Medal Winners

The 2013 winner of the Newbery Medal is The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao. The John Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the year's most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Newbery Winner and Honor Books:

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao--Winner
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz--Honor
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin--Honor
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage--Honor

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2013 Michael L. Printz Award for Teen Literature

Winner "In Darkness" and Honor books for 2013

In Darkness

›Nick Lake

(14)

Hardcover: $12.23

Kindle Edition: $9.89

Aristotle and Dante Discover the...

›Benjamin Alire Saenz

(12)

Hardcover: $11.55

Kindle Edition: $8.89

Code Name Verity

›Elizabeth E. Wein

(128)

Hardcover: $10.98

Kindle Edition: $9.34

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2012 Golden Kite Awards for Children's Books

The winners and honorees of the only award presented to children's book authors and artists by their peers in the categories of Fiction | Nonfiction | Picture Book Text and Picture Book Illustration:

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys--Fiction Winner
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming--Nonfiction Winner
Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner--Picture Book Text Winner
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet--Picture Book Illustration Winner

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Amazon Best Books of 2012 for Kids & Teens

At the end of the year our book editors selected 20 titles in children's and teen books from among the thousands released in 2012 and named them Best Books of the Year in three categories. Best Books of the Year for Kids & Teens:

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