Over my long career in traditional publishing, I was privileged to draft, negotiate, and finalize the contracts for a record number of titles that went on to win medals or honors from the American Literary Association (“ALA”). Three of my favorites are The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg (1986 CALDECOTT MEDAL); The Giver, by Lois Lowry (1994 NEWBURY MEDAL); and The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights, by Russell Freedman (2005 SIBERT MEDAL).
Complete list:
CALDECOTT MEDAL
- The Three Pigs, by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
- Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Illustrations by Mary Azarian (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Golem, by David Wisniewski (Clarion Books)
- Grandfather’s Journey, by Allen Say; Edited by Walter Lorraine (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Tuesday, by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
- Black and White, by David Macaulay (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin Company)
CALDECOTT HONOR BOOKS
- The Red Book, Text and illustrations by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Sector 7, by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
- Bill Peet: An Autobiography, by Bill Peet (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- The Boy of the Three-Year Nap, Text by Diane Snyder; Illustrations by Allen Say (Houghton Mifflin Company)
NEWBURY MEDAL
- A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park (Clarion Books)
- The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman (Clarion Books)
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin Company)
NEWBURY HONOR BOOKS
- The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights, by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books)
- Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion Books)
- An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, by Jim Murphy (Clarion Books)
- Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman (Clarion Books)
- Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books)
- On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer (Clarion Books)
CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD
- Remember: The Journey to School Integration, by Toni Morrison (Houghton Mifflin Company)
CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR BOOKS
- My Rows and Piles of Coins, Text by Tololwa M. Mollel; Illustrations by E. B. Lewis (Clarion Books)
CORETTA SCOTT KING & JOHN STEPTOE NEW TALENT AWARD
- Missy Violet and Me, by Barbara Hathaway (Houghton Mifflin Company)
BATCHELDER AWARD
- Run, Boy, Run, by Uri Orlev; translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- The Lady with the Hat, by Uri Orlev, translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- The Man from the Other Side, by Uri Orlev, translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- The Island on Bird Street, by Uri Orlev, translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin (Houghton Mifflin Company)
SIBERT MEDAL
- The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights, by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books)
- An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, by Jim Murphy (Clarion Books)
- The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, by James Cross Giblin (Clarion Books)
- Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado, by Marc Aronson (Clarion Books)
SIBERT HONOR BOOKS
- The Tarantula Scientist, Text by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing, by James Rumford, translated into Cherokee by Anna Sixkiller Huckaby (Houghton Mifflin Company)
- My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal, by Sophie Webb (Houghton Mifflin Company)
