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2005
Children's Book Awards
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United States • Great Britain • International
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United
States
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Caldecott
Medal
awarded to
"the artist of the most distinguished
American picture book for children"
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Winner:
Kitten's
First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Honor Books:
The
Red Book by Barbara Lehman
Coming
on Home Soon
illustrated by E. B. Lewis, written by
Jacqueline Woodson
Knuffle
Bunny by Mo Willems
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Newbery
Medal
awarded "to the author of the most
distinguished
contribution
to American literature for children."
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Winner:
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
Honor Books:
Al
Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The
Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman
Lizzie
Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
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Coretta Scott King
Award
awarded to an African-American
author and illustrator of books
for children for outstanding inspirational and
educational contributions
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Author
Award Winner:
Remember:
the Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
Author Award
Honor Books:
Legend
of Buddy Bush by Sheila P. Moses
Who
am I Without Him? by Sharon Flake
Fortune's
Bones by Marilyn Nelson
Illustrator Award Winner:
Ellington
was not a Street
illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by
Ntozake Shange
Illustrator Award Honor Books:
God
Bless the Child
illustrated by Jerry Pinkney,
words and music by Billie Holiday and
Arthur Herzog Jr.,
The
People Could Fly
illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon,
written by Virginia Hamilton
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Robert
F. Sibert Informational Book Award
awarded annually to
"the author of the most distinguished
informational book
published during the preceding year."
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Winner:
The
Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Freedman
Honor
Books:
Walt
Whitman: Words for America
by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Brian
Selznick
The
Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery
Sequoyah:
The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
by James Rumford
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Laura
Ingalls Wilder Award
"honors
an author or illustrator , published in the United States, whose
books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature
for children" -awarded every other year
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Winner
2005:
Laurence Yep
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Mildred
L. Batchelder Award
awarded to
the "most outstanding children's book originally published in a
foreign language"
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Winner:
Shadows
of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz
Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson
Honor Book:
The
Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff
Translated from the Danish by Faith
Ingwersen
Daniel
Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz
Translated from the German by Doris Orgel
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Boston
Globe-Horn Book Award
awarded for
excellence in literature for
children and young adults
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Winner- Fiction & Poetry:
Honor Books- Fiction & Poetry
Winner- Nonfiction:
Honor
Books- Nonfiction:
Winner- Picture Book:
Honor Books- Picture
Book:
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National
Book Award
awarded annually to an exceptional book by an American
author
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Winner
for Young People's Literature:
Finalists:
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Edgar Awards
awarded by the Mystery Writers of America
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Winner for juvenile fiction:
Nominees:
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Carolyn
Field Award
awarded
annually to a Pennsylvania author or illustrator
by the Pennsylvania Library Association Youth Services Division
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Winner:
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Great Britain
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Carnegie
Medal
awarded to
"an outstanding book for children and young people."
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Winner:
Short List:
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Kate
Greenaway Medal
awarded to "an outstanding
book in terms of illustration
for children and young people."
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Winner:
Shortlist:
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Whitbread
Book Award
awarded to "encourage,
promote, and celebrate
the
best of contemporary British writing."
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Winner-
Whitbread Book of the Year:
Winner-
Whitbread Children's Book of the Year:
Shortlist- Children's Book of the Year:
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Guardian
Children's Fiction Award
sponsored by London's Guardian
newspaper and awarded to an outstanding work of children's fiction by a
British author.
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Winner:
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International
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2004
Hans Christian Andersen Award
awarded
every
other
year by the International Board on Books
for Young People to a living author and illustrator
"whose complete works have made a lasting contribution
to
children's literature."
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Winner for
Writing 2004:
Martin Waddell, Ireland
Winner for Illustration 2004:
Max Velthuijs,
Netherlands
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