Newbery, Caldecott and other ALA Awards - 1996 Winners

Newbery Medal

• Karen Cushman, The Midwife's Apprentice

Newbery Honor Books

• Carolyn Coman, What Jamie Saw
• Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
• Carol Fenner, Yolonda's Genius
• Jim Murphy, The Great Fire

Full list of Newbery Winners

Caldecott Medal

• Peggy Rathmann, Officer Buckle and Gloria

Caldecott Honor Books

• Stephen T. Johnson, Alphabet City
• Marjorie Priceman, Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (Text: Lloyd Moss)
• Brian Pinkney, The Faithful Friend (Text: Robert D. San Souci)
• Janet Stevens, Tops & Bottoms

Full list of Caldecott Winners

Coretta Scott King Author Award

• Virginia Hamilton, Her Stories, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books

• Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
• Rita Williams-Garcia, Like Sisters on the Homefront
• Jacqueline Woodson, From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

• Tom Feelings, The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (Introduction by John Henrik Clarke)

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books

• Leo and Diane Dillon, Her Stories (Text: Virginia Hamilton)
• Brian Pinkney, The Faithful Friend (Text: Robert D. San Souci)

Full List of Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Other Awards and Honors

Uri Orlev, The Lady with the Hat (Houghton Mifflin) wins the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for outstanding translated book for children. Two Honor Books were named: Jo Hoestland, Star of Fear, Star of Hope (Walker & Co.), and Lutz van Dijk, Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. and Stephan K. (Henry Holt).

Judy Blume is the 1996 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature For Young Adults (ALA's Press Release).

Paul R. Gagne wins the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video for Owen (Weston Woods), based on the book by Kevin Henkes (ALA's Press Release).

ALA Notable Book Lists