HarperCollins
Childrens Books is pleased
to announce the following
award winners from this
year's ALA in New Orleans:
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Caldecott
Honor Book
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 "The
Stray Dog",
Illustrated and written
by Marc Simont |
Michael
L. Printz Award, excellence
in literature for young
adults
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 Printz
Honor Book:
"Freewill" by
Chris Lynch |
Robert
F. Sibert Award, distinguished
informational books for
children
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 Sibert
Honor Book:
"Surviving Hitler:
A Boy in the Nazi Death
Camps," by Andrea
Warren
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Margaret
A. Edwards Award
Paul
Zindel is the recipient
of the Margaret A.
Edwards Award honoring
his lifetime
contribution in writing
for young adults.
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Pura
Belpré Award, honoring
Latino authors and
illustrators whose work
best portrays, affirms,
and celebrates the
Latino cultural
experience in a
children's book
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Honor
Book: "Juan Bobo
Goes to Work,"
illustrated by Joe
Cepeda, retold by Marisa
Montes |
May
Hill Arbuthnot Honor
Lecture Award
World-renowned
illustrator and author
Maurice Sendak has been
selected as the May Hill
Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
for 2003. Each year, an
individual of
distinction in the field
of children's literature
is chosen to write and
deliver a lecture that
will make a significant
contribution to the
world of children's
literature.
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