Tuesday, February 10, 2015

And the winners are - 2015 YMA

image from: Youth Media Awards
On February 2 the Youth Media Awards were announced.  I noticed two things about this years winners and honors.  There was a lot more diversity (likely due to the We Need Diverse Books campaign) and several graphic novels. I was happy to see how many I had already read.  I've marked them on the list below. I've also marked which titles which are on multiple awards  lists (including National Book Award).


Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award
2015 Winner 

  • Brown Girl Dreaming written by Jacqueline Woodson (Read. National Book Award, Newbery, Sibert)

2015 Honors:

  • The Crossover Kwame Alexander (Newbery)
  • How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson illustrated by Hadley Hooper
  • How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon

Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
2015 Winner

  • Firebird illustrated by Christopher Myers. The book was written by Misty Copeland

2015 Honors:

  • Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Christian Robinson (Sibert)
  • Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown and illustrated by Frank Morrison

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award
2015 Winner

  • When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds 

2015 Winner

  • The Crossover Kwame Alexander (Coretta Scott King)

2015 Honors:

  • El Deafo written and illustrated by Cece Bell (Read)
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Read. Coretta Scott King, National Book Award, Sibert)

2015 Winner

  • I’ll Give You the Sun written by Jandy Nelson (Stonewall)

2015 Honors:

  • And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard,
  • The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley (Morris)
  • Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
  • This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki (Read. Caldecott)

2015 Winner

  • Mikis and the Donkey written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson

2015 Honors:

  • Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust written by Loic Dauvillier, illustrated by Marc Lizano, color by Greg Salsedo, translated by Alexis Siegel (Read)
  • Nine Open Arms written by Benny Lindelauf, illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova, translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.

2015 Winner

  • H. O. R. S. E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination written by Christopher Myers and narrated by Dion Graham and Christopher Myers.

2015 Honors:

  • Five, Six, Seven, Nate! written and narrated by Tim Federle
  • The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place written by Julie Berry and narrated by Jayne Entwistle
  • A Snicker of Magic written by Natalie Lloyd and narrated by Cassandra Morris.

Pura Belpré Illustrator Awards
2015 Winner

  • Viva Frida written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Caldecott)

2015 Honors:

  • Little Roja Riding Hood written by Susan Middleton Elya  and illustrated by Susan Guevara (Read)
  • Green Is a Chile Pepper written by Roseanne Greenfield Thong and illustrated by John Parra
  • Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh (Sibert)

Pura Belpré Author Award
2015 Winner

  • I Lived on Butterfly Hill written by Marjorie Agosín and illustrated by Lee White

2015 Honor:

  • Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes written by Juan Felipe Herrera and illustrated by Raúl Colón

2015 Winner

  • The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend written and illustrated by Dan Santat (Read)

2015 Honors:

  • Nana in the City written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo
  • The Noisy Paint Box: The  Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art written by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Mary GrandPré
  • Sam and Dave Dig a Hole written by Mac Barnett and  illustrated by Jon Klassen (Read)
  • Viva Frida written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Belpré)
  • The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Sibert)
  • This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki (Read. Printz)

2015 Winners

  • A Boy and a Jaguar written by Alan Rabinowitz and illustrated by Catia Chien (ages 0-10) (Read)
  • Rain Reign written by Ann M. Martin (ages 11-13).
  • Girls Like Us written by Gail Giles (ages 13-18)

2015 Winner

  • The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Newbery) 

2015 Honors:

  • Brown Girl Dreaming written by Jacqueline Woodson (Read. National Book Award, Coretta Scott King, Newbery)
  • The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia written by Candace Fleming (YALSA Non-fiction)
  • Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Christian Robinson (Coretta Scott King)
  • Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands written and illustrated by Katherine Roy
  • Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh (Belpré)

2015 Winner

  • This Day in June written by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten

2015 Honors:

  • Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out written by Susan Kuklin (Read)
  • I’ll Give You the Sun written by Jandy Nelson(Printz)
  • Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant (Read)


2015 Winner

  • You Are (Not) Small written by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant (Read)

2015 Honors:

  • Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Arthur Howard
  • Waiting Is Not Easy! written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Read)

2015 Winner

  • Gabi, a Girl in Pieces written written by Isabel Quintero (Read)

2015 Honors:

  • The Carnival at Bray written by Jessie Ann Foley (Printz)
  • The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim written by E.K. Johnston
  • The Scar Boys written by Len Vlahos (Read)
  • The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender written by Leslye (Read)

2015 Winner

  • Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek written by Maya Van Wagenen (Read)

2015 Honors:

  • Laughing at My Nightmare written by Shane Burcaw (Read)
  • The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia written by Candace Fleming
    (Sibert)
  • Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! written by Emily Arnold McCully (Read)
  • The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights written by Steve Sheinkin (Read. National Book Award)

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