Fire by Kristin Cashore has won the 2010 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award.  This award is given to a book for teens as “demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit.”

The 2010 finalists are:

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander

The 2010 finalists for the awards given out by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre have been announced.  The winners will be revealed on November 9, 2010 in Toronto.

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton

Home Free by Sharon Jennings

The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade

A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson

Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

The Delicious Bug by Janet Perlman

Me and You by Geneviève Côté

Our Corner Grocery Store by Joanne Schwartz

Timmerman Was Here by Colleen Sydor

You’re Mean, Lily Jean by Frieda Wishinsky

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction

Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road by Priscilla Galloway

Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors by Charis Cotter

Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie

A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson

Whispers from the Ghettos by Kathy Kacer

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

Bitter, Sweet by Laura Best

Crusade by John Wilson

Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

Vanishing Girl by Shane Peacock

Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry

The 2010 Locus Award winners were announced this weekend. 

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld won for Best Young Adult Book

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest won for Best Science Fiction Novel (It is a steampunk novel for both teens and adults.)

File this under Unsurprising News of the Decade.  Neil Gaiman has won the Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book.  I’m a great lover of the book, but really, enough already.  Isn’t this getting to be a bit much?

The Greenaway Medal for illustration (which thankfully The Graveyard book did not win – seriously, it was nominated) went to Freya Blackwood for Harry & Hopper. 

Check out the news in the Guardian for a full scoop on the awards and much less snark.  I know, I should be being much nicer about it because Gaiman truly is a super hero for libraries.

The Americas Award is given for works in the US published in the previous year in either English or Spanish that “authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or
Latinos in the United States.”

“The award winners and commended titles are selected for their 1) distinctive literary quality; 2)
cultural contextualization; 3) exceptional integration of text, illustration and design; and 4)
potential for classroom use.”

Winners

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

What Can You Do with a Paleta? / ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? By Carmen
Tafolla, Illustrated by Magaly Morales.

Honorable Mentions

Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama by Maya Christina González

My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art / Mi papa Diego y yo:
Recuerdos de mi padre y su arte by Guadalupe Rivera Marín and Diego Rivera

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards “reward excellence in children’s and young adult literature.”  They are given in three categories and have one award winner and two honor books in each category:

Fiction and Poetry

Winner

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Honor Books

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sis

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

Nonfiction

Winner

Marching for Freedom by Elizabeth Partridge

Honor Books

Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Picture Book

Winner

I Know Here by Laurel Croza, illustrated by Matt James

Honor Books

It’s a Secret by John Burningham

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

An amazing list of books.  I’ve read most of them and loved all that I have read.  Great stuff!

The 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award has been given to Belgian illustrator, Kitty Crowther.  This Swedish award is the world’s largest prize for children and young adult literature.  The award money equates to about 490,000 Euros. 

Here is a quote about Crowther’s work from the award’s website:

Kitty Crowther is the master of line but also of atmosphere. She maintains the tradition of the picture book while transforming and renewing it. In her world, the door between imagination and reality is wide open. She addresses the reader gently and personally, but with profound effect. In her deeply felt empathy with people in difficulty, she shows ways in which weakness can be turned into strength. Humanism and sympathy permeate and unify her artistry.

For the first time, the Bank Street College of Education is offering their list of the best books of the year online.  You can check out the books included in the list on their website.  The lists are nicely arranged by age.  They are in pdf format which is nice for those of us who would like to refer to them again and again.

One nice feature of the list is that even for teens, some of the books are marked as good read alouds.  I can see teachers and parents finding that very useful. 

The 2010 Guardian children’s fiction prize longlist has been announced:

Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin

Now by Morris Gleitzman

Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes

The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson

Sparks by Ally Kennen

Lob by Linda Newbery

Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver

White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

Thanks to ACHOCKABLOG for the link.

The winners of the third annual Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced by The Children’s Book Council in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc.  Children from across the nation voted for their favorite books, author and illustrator.  Here are the results:

Author of the Year – JAMES PATTERSON

Illustrator of the Year – PETER BROWN (The Curious Garden)

Books of the Year

Kindergarten to 2nd Grade – Lulu the Big Little Chick by Paulette Bogan

3rd Grade to 4th Grade – Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

5th Grade to 6th Grade – Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

Teen Choice – Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins