2006 Children's Books Award Winners

Newberry Award

Honors:

Whittington by Alan Armstrong, illus. by S. C. Schindler

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Princess Academy (Newbery Honor Book) by Shannon Hale

Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson

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Caldecott Award

Honors:

Rosa by Nikki Govanni, illus. by Bryan Collier

Zen Shorts by Jon j. Muth

Hot Air : The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman, illus. by Beckie Prange

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Sibert Informational Book Medal

Honor:

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Honors:

Fly Guy #1: Hi, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold

A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman, illus. by Betsy Lewin

Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by Jean Van Leeuwen, illus. by AnnSchweninger

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Coretta Scott King Awards

Author
by Julius lester

honors:

Maritcha : A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden

Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes

A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson, illus. by Philippe Lardy

Illustrator

Honor:

Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams, illus. by R. Gregory Christie

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