ALA Youth Media Awards
2012 ALA Youth Media Awards Emcees: [from left to right ] Chrystal Carr Jeter, Chair Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee; Molly Raphael, President American Library Association; Sarah Flowers, President , Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); Mary Fellows, President, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC); and Maria Kramer, President, The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, REFORMA.
The ALA Youth Media Awards honor children’s and young adult authors and illustrators, as well as producers of children’s audio and video materials. Known worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards are selected under a cloak of secrecy by national judging committees composed of librarians and other children’s literature experts.
This year's awards presentation took place on Jan. 23, 2012. The ALA announced the winners of 18 awards, including the renowned Caldecott and Newbery Medals, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and Printz award. The books honored serve as a guide for parents, educators, librarians and those interested in providing children and teens with the very best reading and viewing materials.
The ALA hosted a live webcast of the announcements from the Dallas Convention Center on Jan. 23. An encore presentation can be found at : http://www.webcastinc.com/client/ala-webcast .
For more information on 2012 selections please view our wrap release: American Library Association announces 2012 youth media award winners
ALA Youth Media Awards Videos
For the lastest ALA Youth Media Awards video please visit our YouTube Channel .
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Press releases
Josh Schneider wins Geisel Award for 'Tales for Very Picky Eaters'
Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard win 2012 Carnegie Medal for 'Children Make Terrible Pets'
Ashley Bryan 2012 recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
'Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy' wins 2012 Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult
Literature Award
Duncan Tonatiuh, Guadalupe Garcia McCall win Pura Belpré Awards
Melissa Sweet wins 2012 Sibert Medal
Kadir Nelson, Shane W. Evans win 2012 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
2012 Batchelder Award honors Eerdmans Books for Young Readers for 'Soldier Bear'
Michael Morpurgo to deliver 2013 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
'Where Things Come Back' wins 2012 Printz Award
2012 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named
'Where Things Come Back' wins 2012 William C. Morris Award
'The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism &Treachery' wins 2012 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Listening Library wins 2012 Odyssey Award for 'Rotters'
Susan Cooper wins 2012 Edwards Award for The Dark Is Rising Sequence
YALSA announces 2012 Alex Awards
2012 Youth Media Awards
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Stonewall Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Award Coverage
Resources
ALA Youth Media Awards Fact Sheet
2011 Youth Media Award Winners
2010 Youth Media Award Winners
Media Contacts:
Macey Morales, Manager Media Relations, 312-280-4393, mmorales@ala.org
Jennifer Petersen, PR Coordinator, 312-280-5043, jpetersen@ala.org
