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Our ALA 2015 Youth Media Award Winners

Our publishers made a nice showing at this year's awards!
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:

• “The Crossover,” written by Kwame Alexander, is the 2015 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  
• “El Deafo” by Cece Bell, illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, received a Newbery Honor.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
Two of the Caldecott Honor books were from our publishers:

• “Nana in the City,” illustrated by Lauren Castillo, written by Lauren Castillo and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
• “Sam & Dave Dig a Hole,” illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett and published by Candlewick Press.

Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:

• Kwame Alexander received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award for “The Crossover,” published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
  
• Christian Robinson received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor award for “Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker,” by Patricia Hruby Powell, published by Chronicle Books LLC.

Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:

• “A Boy and a Jaguar," written by Alan Rabinowitz, illustrated by Catia Chien and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, won the award for children ages 0 to 10.
• “Girls Like Us,” written by Gail Giles and published by Candlewick Press, won the teen award for ages 13-18.

Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:

• “Bellweather Rhapsody,” by Kate Racculia, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:
Two of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Award books were from our publishers:

• “Green Is a Chile Pepper,” illustrated by John Parra, written by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, and published by Chronicle Books LLC.
• “Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation,” illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh, and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:
Two of the Sibert Honor Award books were from our publishers:

• “Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker,” written by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson and published by Chronicle Books LLC.
• “Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation,” written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:

• “Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out,” by Susan Kuklin, photographed by Susan Kuklin and published by Candlewick Press, won a Stonewall Honor Award.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:

• “Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page,” written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur Howard, and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, was a Geisel Honor Award book.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:

• “Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won!” written by Emily Arnold McCully, and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, was a finalist for the award.

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:

• “The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender” written by Leslye Walton and published by Candlewick Press, was a Morris finalist.