2010 YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS Earning seals of approval

The top books, audiobooks and video for children and young adults were chosen Jan. 18 by the American Library Association’s Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC) at its midwinter meeting in Boston.

Newbery Medal

“When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children’s Books)

Newbery Honor Books

“Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice” by Phillip Hoose (Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)

“The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” by Jacqueline Kelly (Henry Holt and Company)

“Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin (Little Brown and Company Books for Young Readers

“The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg” by Rodman Philbrick (The Blue Sky Press/Scholastic Inc.)

Caldecott Medal

“The Lion and the Mouse” illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney, (Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers)

Caldecott Honor Books

“All the World” written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee (Beach Lane Books)

“Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors” written by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

MICHAEL L. PRintz AWARD

“Going Bovine” by Libba Bray (Delacorte).

MICHAEL L. PRintz HONOR BOOKS

“Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith” by Deborah Heiligman (Henry Holt)

“The Monstrumologist” by Rick Yancey (S&S)

“Punkzilla” by Adam Rapp (Candlewick)

“Tales from the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973” by John Barnes (Viking).

2011 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture

Lois Lowry

The Margaret A. Edwards Award

Jim Murphy

MILDRED L. Batchelder Award

“A Faraway Island” written by Annika Thor and translated by Linda Schenck (Delacorte)

Batchelder Honor Books

“Big Wolf and Little Wolf” written by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illustrated by Olivier Tallee and translated by Claudia Bedrick (Enchanted Lion Books)

“Eidi” written by Bodil Bredsdorff and translated by Kathryn Mahaffy (Farrar Straus Giroux)

“Moritito II: Guardian of the Darkness” written by Nahoko Uehashi, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu and translated by Cathy Hirano (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc.)

Belpre (Illustrator) Award

“Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El d a de los ni ±os/El d a de los libros” written by Pat Mora and illustrated by Rafael L ≥pez (Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers)

Belpre Honor Books

“Diego: Bigger Than Life” written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and illustrated by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish Children)

“My Abuelita” written by Tony Johnston and illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Harcourt Children’s Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

“Gracia Thanks” written Pat Mora and illustrated by John Parra (Lee and Low Books Inc.)

Belpre (Author) Award

“Return to Sender” by Julie Alvarez (Alfred A. Knopf)

Belpre (Author) Honor Books

“Diego: Bigger Than Life” written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and illustrated by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish Children)

“Federico Garc a Lorca” written by Georgina L °zaro and illustrated by Enrique S. Moreiro (Lectorum Publications Inc.)

andrew Carnegie Medal

“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” produced by Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems/Weston Woods Studios

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

“Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!” written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes (ToON BOOKS/RAW Junior, LLC)

Geisel Honor Books

“I Spy Fly Guy!” written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold, (Scholastic Inc.)

“Little Mouse Gets Ready” written and illustrated by Jeff Smith (ToON BOOKS/RAW Junior, LLC)

“Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends” written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

“Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day” written by Kate McMullan and illustrated by R.W. Alley (Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Young Readers Group)

CORETTA SCOTT KING – VIRGINIA HAMILTON AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Walter Dean Myers

CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD

“Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal” written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Lerner/ Carolrhoda)

CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARD

“My People” written by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr. (Atheneum/Ginee Seo)

KING AUTHOR HONOR BOOK

“Mare’s War” by Tanita S. Davis (Knopf)

KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” written by Langston Hughes and illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Disney/Jump at the Sun)

ODYSSEY AWARD

“Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken” produced by Live Oak Media

Odyssey Honor Audio Books

“In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber” produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

“Peace, Locomotion” produced by Brilliance Audio

“We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” produced by Brilliance Audio

Sibert Medal

“Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream” by Tanya Lee Stone (Candlewick Press)

Sibert Honor Books

“The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors” written by Chris Barton and illustrated by Tony Persiani (Charlesbridge)

“Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11” written and illustrated by Brian Floca (Richard Jackson/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

“Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice” by Phillip Hoose (Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar Straus Giroux)

XFor a description of each award and a complete list of the ALSC’s 2010 Youth Media Awards, visit the American Library Association Web site at: www.ala.org, click on the “Divisions” tab and scroll down to the ALSC.