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Kadohata, Henkes Win 2005 Newbery, Caldecott MedalsThe writer of a novel about a Japanese-American family’s struggle with prejudice and poverty in Georgia and the writer/illustrator of a story about a kitten that mistakes the moon for a bowl of milk were named respective winners of the American Library Association’s Newbery and Caldecott medals honoring children’s literature. The announcement came January 17 at the ALA Midwinter MeetingCynthia Kadohata garnered the John Newbery medal for Kira-Kira, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The novel, which takes its title from the Japanese word for “glittering,” describes 10-year-old Katie’s efforts to care for her dying older sister. Kevin Henkes took the Randolph Caldecott prize for his gouache and colored-pencil illustrations in his book Kitten’s First Full Moon, published by Greenwillow Books, a heart-warming tale about a hungry and determined kitten. Toni Morrison, author of Remember: The Journey to School Integration, and Kadir Nelson, illustrator of Ellington Was Not a Street, earned Coretta Scott King Awards recognizing African-American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults. Morrison’s book, published by Houghton Mifflin, is a historical work for young people that uses archival photographs to make the civil rights movement come to life. Nelson’s deep-toned oil paintings for Ntozake Shange’s poetic depiction of the artists of the Harlem Renaissance, published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, evokes the feelings of a family album. Other awardees were Russell Freedman, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award for most distinguished informational children’s book, for The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights, published by Clarion Books; Francesca Lia Block, winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime contribution in writing for young adults; and Meg Rosoff, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young-adult literature, for How I Live Now, published by Wendy Lamb Books. A complete list Posted January 17, 2005. |
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