Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 1999
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.
| 1998 Coretta Scott King Awards, honoring black authors and illustrators: | (author): |
| Heaven, Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster); | |
| (illustrator): | |
| i see the rhythm, Michele Wood (Children's Book Press) | |
| 1998 Coretta Scott King Honor Books: | (author): |
| Jazmin's Notebook, Nikki Grimes (Dial Books for Young Readers); | |
| Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground, Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan (Henry Holt); | |
| The Other Side: Shorter Poems, Angela Johnson (Orchard Books); | |
| (illustrator): | |
| I Have Heard of a Land, Floyd Cooper (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins); | |
| The Bat Boy & His Violin, E. B. Lewis (Simon & Schuster); | |
| Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, illustrated by Brian Pinkney, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Hyperion Books for Children) |
| 1998 Pura Belpre Awards, honoring Latino writers and illustrators (awarded biennially): | (author): |
| Parrot in the Oven, Victor Martinez (Joanna Cotler Books); | |
| (illustrator): | |
| Snapshots from the Wedding, illustrated by Stephanie Garcia, written by Gary Soto (Putnam) | |
| 1998 Pura Belpre Honor Awards: | (author): |
| Spirits of the High Mesa, Floyd Martinez (Arte Publico); | |
| Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems (Children's Book Press); | |
| (illustrator): | |
| The Golden Flower, Enrique Sanchez (Simon & Schuster); | |
| My Family, Carmen Lomas Garza (Children's Book Press); | |
| Gathering the Sun, Simon Silva (Lee & Shepard) |
| 1999 Mildred L. Batchelder Award, for best book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country: | Thanks to My Mother, by Schoschana Rabinovici, originally published in Hebrew (Dial Books for Young Readers) |
| 1999 Margaret A. Edwards Award, lifetime achievement award for outstanding literature for young adults: | Anne McCaffrey |
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