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Award Winning Books
In my opinion, this is an exciting time of the year! On Jan. 27, during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery (to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children), Caldecott (to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children), Printz (exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.), and Excellence In Young Adult Non-Fiction (honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults) Book Awards will be announced and presented.  Below are short lists of books that would be excellent recommendations to students.  We do have some of these in our media centers, but will be getting the winners after they are announced. 

The following are potential Newbery winning titles for 2014:

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, by Kathi Appelt  

Zebra Forest, by Adina Rishe Gerwirtz 

Twerp, by Mark Goldblatt  

The Year of Billy Miller, by Kevin Henkes 

The Thing about Luck, by Cynthia Kadohata 

Hokey Pokey, by Jerry Spinelli 

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black
     Paratroopers, by Tanya Lee Stone  

The Real Boy, by Anne Ursu 

Paperboy, by Vince Vawter  

P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia

The following are potential Caldecott winning titles for 2014:

Journey, illustrated by Aaron Becker   

Locomotive, illustrated by Brian Floca  

The Day the Crayons Quit,  illustrated by Oliver Jeffers  

Exclamation Mark, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld 

How to Be a Cat, illustrated by Nikki McClure  

Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her, illustrated by Vanessa  

    Brantley Newton  

No Fits, Nilson! illustrated by Zachariah OHora   

Frog Song, illustrated byGennady Spirin  

If You Want to See a Whale, illustrated by Erin E. Stead  

When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary

   Riot, illustrated by Lauren Stringer  

Mr. Wuffles! illustrated by David Wiesner 

The following are potential Printz winning titles for 2014:

Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardner 

Rapture Practice: A True Story, by Aaron Hartzler  

Far Far Away, by Tom McNeal  

Primates: the Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas, by Jim

   Ottaviani 

Out of Nowhere, by Maria Padian  

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, by Matthew Quick 

Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell  

Midwinterblood, by Marcus Sedgwick  

Out of the Easy, by Ruta Sepetys  

Winger, by Andrew Smith  

In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters 

The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey  

Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang 

The following are potential Excellence In Young Adult Non-Fiction winning titles for 2014:

The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi, by Neal Bascomb

Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design, by Chip Kid

Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II, by Martin W. Sandler

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers, by Tanya Lee Stone

The President Has Been Shot! The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, by James L. Swanson