"Imagination is more important than
knowledge." Albert Einstein
2001 BOOK
AWARDS
The Newbery Medal
Awarded
to Richard Peck, author of A
Year Down Yonder
The Newbery Honor Book
Hope
Was Here by Joan Bauer
The
Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Because
of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Joey
Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
The Caldecott Medal (Ages
4 and Up)
Awarded
to David Small, illustrator of So
You Want To Be President
The Caldecott Honor (Ages
4 and Up)
Casey
at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888, illustrated
by Christopher Bing
Click,
Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, illustrated Betsy Lewin
Olivia,
illustrated by Ian Falconer
The Coretta Scott King Award
For Narrative:
Awarded
to Jacqueline Woodson, author of Miracle's
Boys (Ages 9 to 12)
The Coretta Scott King Award For
Illustration
Awarded to Bryan Collier, illustrator of Uptown
(Ages 4 to 8)
The King Honor Books for Writing:
Let
It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
King Honor Books for Illustration:
Freedom
River, also illustrated by Bryan Collier
Virgie
Goes to School with Us Boys, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
Only
Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, illustrated by R. Gregory
Christie
Michael L.Printz Award honoring the
best book for Young Adults
Presented
to David Almond, author of Kit's
Wilderness
Michael L.Printz Honor Books
for Young Adult:
Many
Stones, by Carolyn Coman
The
Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci
Angus,
Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging:Confessions of Georgia
Nicolson by Louise Rennison
Stuck
in Neutral, by Terry Trueman
All other awards can be found at www.ala.org