Posted on: Sunday, January 28, 2007
Tempt young and teen readers with award-winning new titles
By Wanda A. Adams
Assistant Features Editor
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ACROSS GENERATIONS
Each year, the Alex Awards recognize 10 adult books that appeal to teen audiences. For 2007, they are: "The Book of Lost Things" by John Connolly (Simon & Schuster/Atria). "The Whistling Season" by Ivan Doig (Harcourt). "Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska" by Michael D'Orso (Bloomsbury). "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (Algonquin). "Color of the Sea" by John Hamamura (Thomas Dunne). "The Floor of the Sky" by Pamela Carter Joern (University of Nebraska Press). "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis (Norton). "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell (Random House). "The World Made Straight" by Ron Rash (Henry Holt). "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield (Simon & Schuster/Atria).
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The American Library Association's 2007 Youth Media Awards, which include the prestigious Caldecott and Newbery prizes, were announced in Seattle on Monday.
If you're looking for good new titles for the children in your life, here are the top winners.
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: "The Higher Power of Lucky," written by Susan Patron, illustrated by Matt Phelan (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson).
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: "Flotsam," illustrated by David Wiesner (Clarion).
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: "American Born Chinese," by Gene Luen Yang (First Second).
Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African- American author of outstanding books for children and young adults: "Copper Sun," by Sharon Draper (Simon & Schuster /Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African- American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: "Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom," illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Sun/Hyperion Books for Children).
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award: "Standing Against the Wind," by Traci L. Jones (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences: "The Deaf Musicians," written by Pete Seeger and poet Paul DuBois Jacobs, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (G. P. Putnam's Sons) wins the award for children 10 and younger. "Rules," by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic Press) is the winner in the middle-school category (age 11-13). "Small Steps," by Louis Sachar (Delacorte Press), is the winner in the teen category (age 13-18).
Theodor Seuss Geisel Beginning Reader Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book: "Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways," written and illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky (Candlewick Press).
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children: Author-illustrator James Marshall of the "George and Martha" books, the "Fox" easy reader series, "The Cut-Ups" and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears."
Reach Wanda A. Adams at wadams@honoluluadvertiser.com.
