ALA Announces Awards and Honors RIF Literature Advisor
January 30th, 2009
 Kathleen T. Horning, RIF LAB Member |
Each year, many individuals interested in children’s literature eagerly anticipate the announcement of the American Library Association (ALA) youth media awards. These awards honor authors and illustrators for excellence in a variety of categories. On Monday, this year’s winners were announced at the ALA conference in Denver.
We are thrilled that one of the members of RIF’s Literature Advisory Board, Kathleen T. Horning, has been selected to deliver the 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture. |
| Fantasy author Neil Gaiman won the Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book, a creative and creepy tale of a boy raised by ghosts. Although Gaiman first gained recognition and critical acclaim as an author of adult literature, he has partnered with illustrator David McKean on several children’s books. |  |
| The Caldecott Medal was awarded to illustrator Beth Krommes’ quietly beautiful The House in the Night. This soothing nighttime story will be a favorite for all who enjoy Margaret Wise Brown’s classic Goodnight Moon. |  |
| The prolific and talented Kadir Nelson won the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Floyd Cooper received the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for The Blacker the Berry, a collection of poems by Joyce Carol Thomas. |  |
| Yuyi Morales won the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award and a Pura Belpré Author Honor for her vividly imagined Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book. The Pura Belpré Author Award was given to Margarita Engle for The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom. |  |
View the complete list of ALA awardees and honorees here.
RIF congratulates all of these authors and illustrators on their accomplishments and hopes that you’ll take the opportunity to enjoy their books.
Finally, as I mentioned in a previous post, we are interested in what you think about these selections, the Newbery Medal in particular. I invite you to take a very brief poll on the subject, or to comment here.
Happy reading!
Carol
Filed under: Children's Books, RIF in the Media
Tags: ALA, American Library Association, Goodnight Moon, Graveyard Book, Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book, Newberry Medal, Poll, RIF Literature Advisory Board, The Blacker the Berry, The House in the Night, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
5 Comments Add your own
1. Kathy Wilken | May 26th, 2009 at 7:30 am
I read the Graveyard Book. I did not like the violent stabbing at the beginning of the book. This book would not be recommended for children but maybe middle school. People who select the Newbery
award need to remember that the book is for children not for themselves. There is too much violence in the world today without adding to it.
2. Carol Rasco | May 26th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Thank you, Kathy, for stopping by Rasco from RIF; I hope you will join me here often and share your reactions. Award winning books are often an interesting set of choices and you have pointed out a critical factor, we need to keep the children, the potential audience in mind. Thanks again for sharing!
3. Rachel L. Posey | June 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Hi RIF Representative,
Some years ago I was a Title One Teacher at LibertyK-8 School, located in Highland Park, Michigan. During that time RIP use to donate new books for our elementary students. I was wondering if you still donate books to low income schools and non-profit organizations.
Rachel L. Posey, Literacy High School Teacher
4. Carol Rasco | June 9th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Rachel, thank you for checking in with RIF. Could you send me an email address for yourself or a phone number so that I might have someone contact you directly about our Books for Ownership program. It is not a free book program as local communities have always and continue to provide a local match but it is minimal. We currently have a waiting list but would like to talk to you about the program.
Thank you,
Carol Rasco
crasco@rif.org
5. award winning books&hellip | October 4th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
award winning books…
Rasco From RIF ” ALA Announces Awards and Honors RIF … is an excellent post about the award winning books….
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