We congratulate our 2009 ALA Award Winners
by Uri Shulevitz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
ISBN 978-0-374-33499-4
Caldecott Honor
Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
ISBN 978-0-8050-8674-4
Newbery Honor
2009 Pura Belpré Author Award
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor
written and illustrated
by Yuyi Morales
A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 978-1-59643-329-8
2009 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award
2009 Pura Belpré Author Honor
by Hope Anita Smith
illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Christy Ottaviano Books/
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
ISBN 978-0-8050-7202-0
Coretta Scott King
Author Honor
Coretta Scott King
Illustrator Honor
by Carole Boston Weatherford
illustrated by Sean Qualls
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
ISBN 978-0-8050-7994-4
2009 Popular Paperbacks
Roaring Brook
by Travis Nichols
(978-1-596-43415-8)
Square Fish
by Charlie Price
(978-0-312-37966-7)
by Gabrielle Zevin
(978-0-312-36746-6)
2009 Best Books for Young Adults
Feiwel & Friends
by Andrew Smith
(978-0-312-3755-7)
Henry Holt
by Mary E. Pearson
(978-0-8050-7668-4)
by Meagan Brothers
(978-0-8050-8080-3)
I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee
by Charles J. Shields
(978-0-8050-8334-7)
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
by Susan Kuklin
(978-0-8050-7950-0)
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle
(978-0-8050-8674-4)
2009 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
by Will Weaver
(978-0-374-35060-4)
Feiwel & Friends
by S.A. Bodeen
(978-031237052)
First Second
by Lewis Trondheim
(978-1-59643-132-4)
by Jessica Abel and Gabriel Soria (978-1-59643-107-2)
A TOP TEN PICK
Henry Holt
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
by Susan Kuklin
(978-0-8050-7950-0)
A TOP TEN PICK
Roaring Brook
by Terri Fields
(978-1-59643-349-6)
2009 Notable Children’s Videos
Henry Holt BYR
By Laurie Keller, video by Weston Woods
(978-0-8050-7996-8)
by Don Brown, video by Live Oak Media
(978-1-59643-091-4)
2009 Notable Children’s Books
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
by Uri Shulevitz
(978-0-374-33499-4)
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
by Claire A. Nivola
Frances Foster Books
(978-0-374-39918-4)
Feiwel & Friends
by James Preller
(978-0-312-36763-3)
Henry Holt
Before John was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
by Carole Weatherford; pictures by Sean Qualls (978-0-8050-7994-4)
by Denise Fleming
(978-0-8050-7892-3)
Elizabeth Leads The Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
by Tanya Lee Stone; pictures by Rebecca Gibbon
(978-0-8050-7903-6)
by Hope Anita Smith; pictures by E.B. Lewis (978-0-8050-7202-0)
by Elise Broach; pictures by Kelly Murphy
Christy Ottaviano Books
(978-0-0805-08270-8)
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom
by Margarita Engle
(978-0-8050-8674-4)
Roaring Brook
by Don Brown
(978-1-596-43222-2)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
A Neal Porter Book
(978-1-596-43071-6)
by Kazuno Kohara
(978-1-596-3427-1)
Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
by Yuyi Morales
A Neal Porter Book
(978-1-596-43329-8)
by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
A Neal Porter Book
(978-1-596-43274-1)
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
by James Rumford
A Neal Porter Book
(978-1-564-43276-5)
Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens
First Second
by Jessica Abel and Gabriel Soria (978-1-59643-107-2)
2009 Notable Children’s Recordings
Feiwel & Friends
by Karen Hesse, read by Fred Berman
Macmillan Young Listeners
(978-1-4272-0546-9)
2009 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Henry Holt
by Mary E. Pearson, read by Jenna Lamia
Macmillan Young Listeners
(978-1-4272-0443-1)
Complete List of Honors
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group