2010 Award Winners

These titles were selected by the American Library Association as the Children's Book Award winners for 2010.

Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is presented to the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Winner
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Honors 
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman

To see past Caldecott Medal winners, click here.

Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Winner
When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Honors
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

To see past Newbery Medal winners, click here.

Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Award recognizes an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books that demonstrate sensitivity to “the true worth and value of all beings.” The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award is presented to a writer and/or illustrator at the beginning of their career as a published children’s book creator. 

Winner (Author)
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves by Vaunda M. Nelson
Honors (Author)
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
Winner (Illustrator)
My People by Lanston Hughes
Honors (Illustrator)
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes

Coretta Scott King/John Steptow New Talent Illustrator Award

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon


Pura Belpré Award
The Pura Belpré Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. 

Winner (Author)
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
Honors (Author)
Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Federico Garcia Lorca by Georgina Lazaro
Winner (Illustrator)
Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day by Pat Mora
Honors (Illustrator)
Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
My Abuelita by Tony Johnston
Gracias/Thanks by Pat Mora


Robert F. Sibert Award
The Robert F. Sibert Information Book Award is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished information book published in the English language during the preceding year.

Winner
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
Honors
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Jow Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris Barton
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose


Schneider Family Book Award
The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Children’s Winner
Django by Bonnie Christensen
Middle School Winner
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin


Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.

Winner
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No by Geoffrey Hayes

Honors
I Spy Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Lee
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day by Kate McMullan