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2006 Award Books for Children and Teens
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Newbery Award for Best Literature and Honor
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Winner:
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
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Honor Book: Whittington by Alan Armstrong ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.
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Honor Book: Hitler Youth : Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought Hitler to power, and the youth that resisted the Nazi movement. |
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Honor Book: Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland. |
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Honor Book: Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott
The making of "show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family. |
Caldecott Award for Best Illustration and Honor
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Winner:
The Hello, Goodbye Window
by Norton Juster ; pictures by Chris Raschka
The window in Nanna and Poppy's kitchen is no ordinary window–it is the place where love and magic happens. It's where the girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye. |
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Honor Book: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
This beautiful picture-book biography shows Rosa Parks as a strong woman, happy at home and at work, and politically aware. Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus sparked the bus boycott and forced people everywhere to confront racism.
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Honor Book: Zen Shorts by Jon Muth
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. |
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Honor Book: Hot Air : The Mostly True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
Inventive illustrations depict the true story of the duck, sheep, and rooster that were "ballooning's first brave passengers" when the Montgolfiers tested their hot-air balloon in 1783. |
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Honor Book: Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beckie Prange
A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.
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Coretta Scott King Award Honoring African American
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Winner for Literature:
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
by Julius Lester
This book begins with a factual event–the largest slave auction in United States history that took place in 1859 on Pierce Butler's plantation in Georgia. It follows the life of Emma, a young girl impulsively sold off to pay gambling debts. |
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Honor Book: Maritcha : A Remarkable Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden
This book tells the story of a free black whose achievements were extraordinary for her time, gender, and race. She found fame as a teenager in Providence, Rhode Island, when she sued the state to gain admission to the all-white high school, and become the first black person to graduate from Providence High School.
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Honor Book : Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers.
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Honor Book: A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy
In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. This martyr’s wreath is woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry and challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices. |
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Winner for Illustration: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
This beautiful picture-book biography shows Rosa Parks as a strong woman, happy at home and at work, and politically aware. Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus sparked the bus boycott and forced people everywhere to confront racism. |
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Illustrator Honor: Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
After war destroys his village in southern Sudan, a young boy unites with thousands of other orphaned boys to walk to safety in a refugee camp in another country. Based on true events.
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New Talent Award, Literature: Jimi & Me by Jaime Adoff
After his father's tragic death, twelve-year-old Keith James moves from Brooklyn to a small midwestern town where his mixed race heritage is not accepted, but he finds comfort in the music of Jimi Hendrix and the friendship of a white classmate. |
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s
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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book
Award and Honor
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Honor Book: Hitler Youth : Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought Hitler to power, and the youth that resisted the Nazi movement. |
Mildred
L. Batchelder Award for the Most Outstanding Children’s
Book Originally Published in a Foreign Language and
Subsequently Translated into English, and Honor Books:
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Winner: An Innocent Soldier
by Josef Holub ; translated by Michael Hofmann
A sixteen-year-old farmhand is tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic Wars by the farmer for whom he works, who secretly substitutes him for the farmer's own son. |
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Honor Book: Nicholas
by René Goscinny ; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé ; translated by Anthea Bell
Presents a collection of nineteen short stories by René Goscinny, author of the "Asterix" comics. This book explores the adventures of a young school boy, Nicholas, and his friends who always seem to end up in trouble. |
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Honor Book: When I Was a Soldier : A Memoir
by Valérie Zenatti ; translated by Adriana Hunter
Like all young Israelis, Valérie Zenatti enlisted in the national defense service on her 18th birthday, where for the next two years she endured rigorous training and harsh living conditions, ultimately participating in top-secret missions with the secret service. |
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the Most Outstanding Beginning Reader Books, and Honor Books:
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Winner: Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
by Cynthia Rylant ; pictures by Suçie Stevenson
When Henry and his dog Mudge go with Henry's parents to visit Great-Grandpa Bill in the home with lots of other grandpas, they lead them all on a wonderful adventure. |
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Honor Book: Hi! Fly Guy
by Tedd Arnold
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong. |
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Honor Book: A Splendid Friend, Indeed
by Suzanne Bloom
A studious polar bear forges an unlikely friendship with an inquisitive goose. |
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Honor Book: Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
by Erica Silverman ; illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Cowgirl Kate and her cow horse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep. |
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Honor Book: Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day
by Jean Van Leeuwen ; pictures by Ann Schweninger
Amanda Pig and her family and friends try to find different ways to beat the heat. |
The Pura Belpré Award honors Latino/Latina writers and illustrators whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. Winners and Honor Books:
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Author Winner The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales
Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her comrades. |
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Author Honor: César : ¡Sí, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz
This book chronicles the life and death of activist Cesar Chavez through a series of 19 poems. |
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Author Honor: Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Raul Colón
Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise. |
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Author Honor: Becoming Naomi León
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father. |
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Winner for Illustration: Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Raul Colón
Doña Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise. |
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Illustrator Honor: Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games
selected and illustrated by Lulu Delacre
An illustrated collection of nursery rhymes, finger play games, and lullabies from the major Latino groups living in the United States today. |
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Illustrator Honor: César : ¡Sí, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz
This book chronicles the life and death of activist Cesar Chavez through a series of 19 poems. |
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Illustrator Honor: My Name is Celia / Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz / La Vida de Celia Cruz
by Monica Brown ; illustrated by Rafael López
This book is as full of movement and excitement as Celia Cruz herself. Vibrant colors, extravagant illustrations and flowing patterns create a mood of energy. Full of the details of folklore, fashion and music, the book teems with life. |
Awards for Young Adult Literature:
Michael L.
Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature and
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Winner: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. |
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Honor Book: Black Juice
by Margo Lanagan
Provides glimpses of the dark side of civilization and the beauty of the human spirit through ten short stories that explore significant moments in people's lives, events leading to them, and their consequences. |
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Honor Book: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help.
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Honor Book: John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge
The story of one of rock's biggest legends, from his birth during a 1940 World War II air raid on Liverpool, through his turbulent childhood and teen years, to his celebrated life writing, recording, and performing with the Beatles and beyond. |
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Honor Book: A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. |
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Young Adult Literature
Honoring an Author's Lifetime Achievement:
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