Pal Pages March 2015 - the Orland Park Public Library

PAL Pages
For Teachers and School Administrators
March 2015
Orland Park Public Library
What is more exciting than hearing about some of the best books of the year? Below you’ll find the brand new
award winners from the American Library Association. I’ve also listed some “best of” lists according to the 2014
professional library journals. Happy Reading!
Notable Quote: “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” -Frederick Douglass
Becky McCormack
School Liaison
The American Library Association has announced its award winning books.
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John Newbery Medal
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Schneider Family Book Award
Awarded to author of most distinguished contribution
to American literature for children.
Awarded for books that embody an artistic expression
of the disability experience.
Winner:
Given annually to outstanding African American
authors and illustrators of books for children and
young adults that demonstrate appreciation of African
American culture and universal human values.
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
Winner Author Award:
A Boy and a Jaguar
by Alan Rabinowitz (age 0-10)
Honor Books:
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
Winner Illustrator Award:
Rain Reign
by Ann M. Martin (age 11-13)
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
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Randolph Caldecott Medal
Awarded to artist of most distinguished American
picture book for children.
Winner:
The Adventures of Beekle:
The Unimaginary Friend
illustrated and written by Dan Santat
Honor Books:
Nana in the City
illustrated and written
by Lauren Castillo
The Noisy Paint Box
illustrated by Mary GrandPre,
written by Barb Rosenstock
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
illustrated by Jon Klassen,
written by Mac Barnett
Viva Frida
illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales
The Right Word:
Roget and His Thesaurus
illustrated by Melissa Sweet,
written by Jen Bryant
This One Summer
illustrated by Jillian Tamaki,
written by Mariko Tamaki
Firebird
illustrated by Christopher Myers
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Michael L. Printz Award
Annually honors best book written for teens, based entirely
on literary merit.
Winner:
I’ll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Winners:
Girls Like Us
by Gail Giles (age 13-18)
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Robert F. Sibert
Informational Book Medal
Awarded annually to author(s) and illustrator(s) of
most distinguished informational book published in
U.S. in English during preceding year.
Winner:
Honor Books:
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant
And We Stay
by Jenny Hubbard
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
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The Carnival at Bray
by Jessie Ann Foley
Given annually to author(s) and illustrator(s) of most
distinguished American book for beginning readers
published in English in U.S.
Grasshopper Jungle
by Andrew Smith
Winner:
This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
You Are (Not) Small
by Anna Kang
Honor Books:
Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page
by Cynthia Rylant
Waiting Is Not Easy!
by Mo Willems
Becky McCormack ● Orland Park Public Library ●
14921 Ravinia Avenue Orland Park, IL 60462 ● 708-428-5142
Best Picture Books
Best Chapter Books
My Grandfather’s Coat
by Jim Aylesworth
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
by Mac Barnett
The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier
My Bus
by Byron Barton
El Deafo
by Cece Bell
Brother Hugo and the Bear
by Katy Beebe
The Madman of Piney Woods
by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Scraps Book:
Notes from a Colorful Life
by Lois Ehlert
The Baby Tree
by Sophie Blackall
Nest
by Esther Ehrlich
On the Wing
by David Elliott
What If…?
by Anthony Browne
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
by Karen Foxlee
Big Bug
by Henry Cole
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
by Jack Gantos
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the
Environmental Headlines
by Paul Fleischman
Draw!
by Raul Colon
My Heart Is Laughing
by Rose Lagercrantz
Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas
by Lynne Cox
Egg & Spoon
by Gregory Maguire
Gaston
by Kelly DiPucchio
Rain Reign
by Ann M. Martin
Weasels
by Elys Dolan
The Turtle of Oman
by Naomi Shihab Nye
The Farmer and the Clown
by Marla Frazee
The Boundless
by Kenneth Oppel
Any Questions?
by Marie-Louise Gay
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Once Upon an Alphabet
by Oliver Jeffers
West of the Moon
by Margi Preus
The Iridescence of Birds:
A Book About Henri Matisse
by Patricia MacLachlan
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
by Katherine Rundell
A Volcano Beneath the Snow:
John Brown’s War Against Slavery
by Albert Marrin
Sisters
by Raina Telgemeier
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash
by G. Neri
Revolution
by Deborah Wiles
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of
Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell
Viva Frida
by Yuyi Morales
Bow-Wow’s Nightmare Neighbors
by Mark Newgarden and
Megan Montague Cash
Hunters of the Great Forest
by Dennis Nolan
Aviary Wonders Inc.: Spring
Catalog and Instruction Manual
by Kate Samworth
Three Bears in a Boat
by David Soman
Rules of Summer
by Shaun Tan
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
Best Non-Fiction Books
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels
Have Changed the Earth
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
The Right Word:
Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary
Native American Voices
by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth
Leatherdale
The Story of Buildings:
From the Pyramids to the
Sydney Opera House and Beyond
by Patrick Dillon
The Family Romanov:
Murder, Rebellion, and
the Fall of Imperial Russia
by Candace Fleming
Firefly July:
A Year of Very Short Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko
Red Madness: How a Medical
Mystery Changed What We Eat
by Gail Jarrow
Eye to Eye:
How Animals See the World
by Steve Jenkins
All Different Now: Juneteenth,
the First Day of Freedom
by Angela Johnson
The Cosmobiography of Sun Ra:
The Sound of Joy Is Enlightening
by Chris Raschka
Neighborhood Sharks:
Hunting with the Great Whites
of California’s Farallon Islands
by Katherine Roy
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
by Katheryn Russell-Brown
The Port Chicago 50:
Disaster, Mutiny, and
the Fight for Civil Rights
by Steve Sheinkin
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
by Joyce Sidman
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the
Mysteries of the Cosmos
by Stephanie Roth Sisson
The Pilot and the Little Prince:
The Life of Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry
by Peter Sís
Separate Is Never Equal:
Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight
for Desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh
I’ll Give You the Sun
by Jandy Nelson
Gabi: A Girl in Pieces
by Isabel Quintero
Grasshopper Jungle
by Andrew Smith
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Maggie Stiefvater
This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
The Accidental Highwayman
by Ben Tripp
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows
of Ava Lavender
by Leslye Walton
Best Young Adult Books
Afterworlds
by Scott Westerfeld
The Impossible Knife of Memory
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Belzhar
by Meg Wolitzer
Avalon
by Mindee Arnett
The Unfinished Life of
Addison Stone
by Adele Griffin
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
by Jenny Han
Best Young Adult
Non-fiction
The Freedom Summer Murders
by Don Mitchell
The Story of Owen,
Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
by E. K. Johnston
Glory O’Brien’s History of the
Future
by A.S. King
Mortal Heart
by Robin LaFevers
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
Egg & Spoon
by Gregory Maguire
Althea & Oliver
by Cristina Moracho
Becky McCormack ● Orland Park Public Library ● 14921 Ravinia Avenue
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Orland Park, IL 60462
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708-428-5142