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FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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What is the 1995 Young Adult winner that was authored by Lois Lowry and became a top-selling 2014 motion picture? It is the first of four in a quartet series.
The Giver
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What is the annual award presented annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Artist or illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book
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This annual award is given to the author of "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Assocation.
What is the Newbery Medal?
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This annual award is presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association. Named for the widow of of an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, this award is bestowed on both the author and illustrator of books about the African-American experience that are published for a youth audience of pre-School through twelfth grade.
What is the Coretta Scott King Award
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This annual award, presented by the Mystery Writers of America, recognizes the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theater. This well-known author died at age 40
What is the Edgar Allan Poe Award
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This author has won two Caldecott Medals for American picture book illustration, for Jumanji in 1981 and The Polar Express in 1985. Polar Express also earned the NYRA best picture book award in 1988.
Chris Van Allsburg
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What is name of this illustrator and author who created two Caldecott Honor Books (2005;2008) featuring Knuffle Bunny?
Mo Willems
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This American writer of children's fiction had her 2003 novel The Tale of Despereaux and her 2013 novel Flora and Ulysses each win the annual Newbery Medal. Her Because of Winn-Dixie was a Newbery Honor Book in 2000.
What is Kate DiCamillo
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This 2014 children's book, authored by Kwame Alexander, is the winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and is a Coretta Scott King Award Honor book. The book, told entirely through verse, follows two African-American twin brothers who share a love for basketball but find themselves drifting apart as they head into their middle school years.
What is The Crossover
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This American poet, who received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, was the fourth recipient of the Medal named in his honor. This award is given by the Poetry Society of America for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry.
What is Robert Frost
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What is the 2013 Young Reader choice by Sharon M Draper? She parallel's this story's main character with her own daughter who has cerebral palsy. Ms. Draper traveled to Nevada to received her NYRA award!
Out of My Mind
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What is the creator who won three Caldecott Medals for solo picture books —Tuesday (1991), The Three Pigs (2001), and Flotsam (2007)?
David Wiesner
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This Wisconsin-born author was five times a runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal, the premier American Library Association (ALA) book award for children's literature. The popularity of her Little House series of books was adapted into a long-running television show.
What is Laura Ingalls Wilder
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This African-American artist, author and illustrator won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2012, 2009, 2007, and 2005. He received the Coretta Scott King Honor in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, and 2004.
What is Kadir Nelson
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This set of awards is given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
What are the Hugo Awards
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What is the author of such popular works as Drama, Smile and Sisters. Smile received the Intermediate Award in 2014.
Raina Telgemeier
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What is the creator of the 2008 Caldecott Medal that was the first for a long book, 533 pages with 284 picture? Its creator calls The Invention of Hugo Cabret "not exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things."
Brian Selznick
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One of Ms J-Lynn's most favorite books, which was required reading for all HAL teachers, was not only this year's Newbery Medal but also the 2014 National Book Award in the category of "Young People's Literature".
What is Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
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This 2014 historical drama film is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel,Hosea Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Lewis. In 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had accepted his Nobel Peace Prize. That same year four African-American girls were walking down the stairs of the 16th Street Baptist Church, talking. An explosion occurred, killing all four girls and injuring others.
What is Selma
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Originally published in French in 1943, this book has sold over 140 million copies.
What is The Little Prince
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What are the co-chairpeople of this year's Nevada Young Reader's Award Committee?
Andi Morency and J-Lynn Van Pelt
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What is the 2006 Caldecott Medal where a little girl describes her visits with her grandparents where she helps Nanna in the garden and Poppy chases her with the hose. She views her grandparents' kitchen window as a magic window where she imagines seeing Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Queen of England. Chris Raschka also earned praise for his Yo! Yes? which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1994 and his book A Ball for Daisy won the 2012 Caldecott Medal.
The Hello, Goodbye Window
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The American Library Association recently named this book one of its top 2015 awards. This is the first time a graphic novel has received the Newbery Honor!
What is El Deafo by Cece Bell
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The Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement pays tribute to creators of quality African-American works for children The recipient of the 2009 Award authored such books as Amiri & Odette: A Love Story; Fallen Angels; Monster; and Sunrise Over Fallujah.
Who is Walter Dean Myers
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Enjoying more than $300 million in sales, this book series, launched in 1992, is geared toward children.
What is Goosebumps by R L Stine
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