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Great Reads
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2009 ALSC Association for Library Service to Children Award Winners
Great High School Reads!
Roald Dahl
|  California Young Reader Medal | "The California Young Reader Medal program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state. Since its inception in 1974, millions of California children have nominated, read, and voted for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal."
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| | 2009 ALSC Association for Library Service to Children Award Winners
Newbery Medal
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean, HarperCollins Children's Books
Newbery Honor Books
"The Underneath" by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, Henry Holt and Company, LLC
"Savvy" by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC
"After Tupac and D Foster" by Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers
Caldecott Medal
"The House in the Night," illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin Co.Caldecott Honor Books
"A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever" by Marla Frazee, Harcourt, Inc.
"How I Learned Geography" by Uri Shulevitz, Farrar Straus Giroux
"A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams," illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Batchelder Award
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., publisher of "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit" by Nahoko Uehashi, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano
Batchelder Honor Books
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., publisher of "Garmann's Summer" written and illustrated by Stian Hole, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett
Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publisher of "Tiger Moon" written by Antonia Michaelis, translated from the German by Anthea Bell
Belpré Author Award
"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt
Belpré Author Honor Books
"Just in Case" by Yuyi Morales, a Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
"Reaching Out" by Francisco Jiménez, Houghton Mifflin Co.
"The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos" by Lucia Gonzalez, illustrated by Lulu Delacre, Children's Book Press
Belpré Illustrator Award
"Just in Case" by Yuyi Morales, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership Press
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
"Papa and Me" illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Arthur Dorros, Rayo, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
"The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos" illustrated by Lulu Delacre, written by Lucia Gonzalez, Children's Book Press
"What Can You Do with a Rebozo" illustrated by Amy Cordova, written by Carmen Tafolla, Tricycle Press, an imprint of Ten Speed Press
Carnegie Medal
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly, Weston Woods Studios, producers of "March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World"
Geisel Award
"Are You Ready to Play Outside?" written and illustrated by Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Geisel Honor Books
"Chicken Said, 'Cluck!'" written by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell, HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
"One Boy" written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, a Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
"Stinky" written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis, The Little Lit Library, a division of RAW Junior, LLC
"Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator" written by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell, Boyds Mills Press
Odyssey Award
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," written and narrated by Sherman Alexie, produced by Recorded Books, LLC
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
"Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady," written by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, produced by Listen and Live Audio, Inc.
"Elijah of Buxton" written by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by Mirron Willis, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
"I'm Dirty" written by Kate and Jim McMullan, narrated by Steve Buscemi, produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc./Scholastic
"Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale" written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy, produced by Peachtree Publishers
"Nation" written by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Stephen Briggs, produced by Harper Children's Audio/HarperCollins Publishers
Sibert Medal
"We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball" written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Sibert Honor Books
"Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past" written by James M. Deem, Houghton Mifflin Company
"What to Do about Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!" written by Barbara Kerley, illusrated by Edwin Fotheringham, Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Wilder Medal
Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator of numerous books, including "Dancing Granny," "Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum" and "Beautiful Blackbird." | |
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| | Roald Dahl Roald Dahl is a Welsh novelist and screenwriter who wrote a myriad of popular children's books throughout his career, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Twits and James and the Giant Peach. Many of his books have also been adapted into successful films and television shows. Fast Facts 2. Birth Place: Cardiff, Wales 3. Died: November 23, 1990 Notable Works * 1961: James and the Giant Peach * 1964: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory * 1970: Fantastic Mr. Fox * 1973: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator * 1980: The Twits * 1982: The BFG * 1983: The Witches * 1988: Matilda Autobiographies Dahl documented the early parts of his life, growing up in boarding schools and fighting for the RAF during World War II, in his autobiographies, Boy: Tales of Childhood and Going Solo. Boy was published in 1984, and Going Solo followed in 1986. Roald Dahl Timeline * September 13, 1916: Born * 1920 Sister Astri dies of appendicitis at the age of seven. A few ..........months later Dahl's father, Harald Dahl, dies. *1923 Enters LlandaffCathedralSchool. *1925 Enters St. Peter's School in Weston Super Mare. *1929 Enters ReptonPublic School in Derby. *1934 Graduates from Repton. Accepts position with Shell Oil Company in London. *1938 Begins working in Shell's branch office in East Africa. *1939 Joins Royal Air Force. Learns to fly fighter plane in Nairobi, Kenya. *1940 Suffers serious injuries as result of plane crash in Libya. Spends several months in military hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. *1941 Rejoins his squadron, then stationed in Greece. *1942 Begins working at British Embassy in Washington. Shot Down Over Libya appears in Saturday Evening Post inAugust. * 1943: First book, The Gremlins * 1961: James and the Giant Peach * 1964: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory * 1970: Fantastic Mr Fox * 1973: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator * 1975: Danny the Champion of the World * 1977: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More * 1980: The Twits * 1981: George's Marvelous Medicine * 1982: The BFG * 1983: The Witches * 1988: Matilda * 1989: Esio Trot * 1991: The Minpins * November 23, 1990: Died And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl | |
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