The ALA Unveils the 2013 Newbery & Caldecott Medal Winners
John Newbery Medal
WINNER: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers)
HONOR: Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick Press)
HONOR: Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin (Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press)
HONOR: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
Caldecott Medal
WINNER: This Is Not My Hat illustrated & written by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)
HONOR: Creepy Carrots! illustrated by Peter Brown & written by Aaron Reynolds (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division)
HONOR: Extra Yarn illustrated by Jon Klassen & written by Mac Barnett (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
HONOR: Green illustrated & written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press)
HONOR: One Cool Friend illustrated by David Small & written by Toni Buzzeo (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)
HONOR: Sleep Like a Tiger illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski & written by Mary Logue (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)
