Book Awards

2013 Newbery Medal winner

2013 Caldecott Medal winner

2013 Coretta Scott King Author Award winner

2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner

2013 Pura Belpré Author Award winner

2013 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner

2013 Sibert Medal winner

Pura Belpré Awards

These awards are named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Awards are given annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. Two awards are given annually: one for an author and one for an illustrator. An additional 1-3 books are each given the Pura Belpré Honor. These books were the runner-ups for the Pura Belpré Awards.

2013

Pura Belpré Author Award: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award: Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by David Diaz

Pura Belpré Author Honor:

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor:

None given this year.

2012

Pura Belpré Author Award: Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award: Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

Pura Belpré Author Honor:

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle

Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller by Xavier Garza

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor:

The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred by Samantha R. Vamos, illustrated by Rafael López

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina by Monica, illustrated by Sara Palacios

To see a list of all Pura Belpré Award and Honor books since the award began in 1996, please click here.

Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded each year to an American author of the most outstanding book written for children that year. An additional 2-4 books per year are awarded the Newbery Honor. These books were the runner-ups for the Newbery Medal.

2013

Newbery Medal: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Newbery Honor:

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

2012

Newbery Medal: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Newbery Honor:

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin

To see a list of all Newbery Medal and Honor books since the award began in 1922, please click here.

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded each year to the artist/illustrator of the best American picture book for children. An additional 2-5 books per year are awarded the Caldecott Honor. These books were the runner-ups for the Caldecott Medal.

2013

Caldecott Medal: This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen

Caldecott Honor:

Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

Green, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by David Small

Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski

2012

Caldecott Medal: A Ball for Daisy, written and illustrated by Chris Raschka

Caldecott Honor:

Blackout, written and illustrated by John Rocco

Grandpa Green, written and illustrated by Lane Smith

Me...Jane, written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell

To see a list of all Caldecott Medal and Honor books since the award began in 1938, please click here.

Coretta Scott King Awards

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given each year to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that show an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award honors the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. Two awards are given annually: one for an author and one for an illustrator. An additional 1-3 books each are given the Coretta Scott King Honor. These books were the runner-ups for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards.

2013

Coretta Scott King Author Award: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Brian Collier

Coretta Scott King Author Honor:

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor:

Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter

H.O.R.S.E. written and illustrated by Christopher Myers

I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Kadir Nelson

2012

Coretta Scott King Author Award: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans

Coretta Scott King Author Honor:

The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield

Never Forgotton by Patricia McKissack

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor:

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

To see a list of all Coretta Scott King Award and Honor books since the award began in 1970, please click here.

Sibert Medal

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award is given each year to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the best informational/nonfiction book published in English during the previous year. An additional 1-4 books per year are awarded the Sibert Honor. These books were the runner-ups for the Sibert Medal.

2013

Sibert Medal: Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

Sibert Honor:

Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip M. Hoose

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson

2012

Sibert Medal: Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet

Sibert Honor:

Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor by Larry Dane Brimner

Drawing from Memory by Allen Say

The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson

Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer

To see a list of all Sibert Medal and Honor books since the award began in 2001, please click here.