Putting my money where my mouth is: ALA awards 2017

I don't follow awards slavishly; I feel that winning an award and appealing to kids in general and my specific audience in particular are two (three?) different things. Still, it's good to be aware of what's out there and I do get school assignments for award-winning books. We are having a big awards display in March, and since the ALA awards are a large portion of children's awards, it makes sense to focus a post on them. (Note that I have left out most, if not all, of the teen fiction titles - I don't purchase in that area)

Books reviewed on my main blog are linked to their review. (P) indicates they were purchased for the library. (R) means it was read and listed on my shorter review blog, Flying Off My Bookshelf.

Newbery Medal Winner

• Hello universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (P)
• Honors
• Crown: an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick Barnes
• Available in the consortium
• Long way down by Jason Reynolds (P)
• Piecing me together by Renee Watson
• Available in the consortium

Caldecott Medal Winner

• Wolf in the snow by Matthew Cordell
• Honors
• Big cat, little cat by Elisha Cooper (R)
• Available in the consortium
• Crown: an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick Barnes
• Available in the consortium
• Different pond by Bao Phi (P) (R)
• Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (P)

Sibert Award

• Twelve days in May by Larry Dane Brimmer (P)
• Honors
• Chef Roi Choi and the street food remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (R)
• Available in the consortium
• Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (P)
• Not so different by Shane Burcaw (P)
• Sea otter heroes by Patricia Newman (P)

Geisel Award

• Charlie and Mouse by Laurel Snyder (P)
• Honors
• I see a cat by Paul Meisel (P)
• King and Kayla and the missing dog treats by Dori Hillestad Butler (P)
• My kite is stuck by Salina Yoon (P)
• Noodleheads see the future by Tedd Arnold (P)
• Snail and Worm again by Tina Kugler (P)

Pura Belpre Awards

• La princesa and the pea by Susan Middleton Elya (P)
• All around us by Xelena Gonzalez
• Available in the consortium
• Frida Kahlo and her animalitos by Monica Brown (R)
• Available in the consortium
• Lucky broken girl by Ruth Behar (P)
• Publisher prize
• Honors
• Epic fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya (P)
• Publisher prize
• First rule of punk by Celia Perez (P)
• Publisher prize

Schneider Family Book Awards

• Silent days, silent dreams by Allen Say
• Available in the consortium
• Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess by Shari Green (P)