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2004 Jane Addams Children's Book Award
The Jane Addams Children's Book Award is presented annually by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
and the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's book that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice,
and world community.
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Parvana's Journey
by Deborah Ellis
Honor Books:
The Same Stuff as Stars
by Katherine Paterson
When My name Was Keoko
by Linda Sue Park
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Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam
by Walter Dean Myers
Honor Books:
Si, Se Puede! Yes We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A.
by Diana Cohn
The Village That Vanished
by Ann Grifalconi
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2004 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
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The River Between Us
by Richard Peck
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2004 John Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal honors the year's most distinguished contribution to
American literature for children.The recipient must be a citizen or resident
of the United States.
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo
Honor Books:
Olive's Ocean
by Kevin Henkes
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2004 Michael L. Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award recognizes excellence in young adult literature.
The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library
Association.
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The First Part Last
by Angela Johnson
Honor Books:
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
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2004 Mildred L. Batchelder Award
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's
book considered to be the most outstanding translated book of the year.
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Run, Boy, Run
by Uri Orlev,
Translated from Hebrew
by Hillel Halkin
Honor Book:
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
by Bea Uusman Schyffert
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2004 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
The Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, established in 1993, is presented annually to an American poet or anthologist
for the most outstanding new book of children's poetry.
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The Wishing Bone and Other Poems
by Stephen Mitchell
Honor Books:
Animal Sense
by Diane Ackerman
Blues Journey
by Walter Dean Myers
The Pond God and Other Stories
by Samuel Jay Keyser
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2004 Lambda Literary Foundation Award
Children / Young Adult
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Letters in the Attic
by Bonnie Shimko
Felicia's Favorite Story
by Leslea Newman
King & King
by Linda de Hann and Stern Nijland
Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths
by Andrew Calimach
The Sissy Duckling
by Harvey Fierstein
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2004 Randolph Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American
Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordicai Gerstein
Honor Books:
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
by Mo Willems
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2004 Coretta Scott King Awards
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the
American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table ( EMIERT).
Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an
understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."
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The First Part Last
by Angela Johnson
Honor Books:
Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States
by Patricia C. McKissack
Locomotion
by Jacqueline Woodson
The Battle of Jericho
by Sharon M. Draper
Beautiful Blackbird
by Ashley Bryan
Almost to Freedom
by Colin Bootman
Thunder Rose
by Kadir Nelson
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2004 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
The award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration.
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The Way a Door Closes
by Hope Anita Smith
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My Family Plays Music
by Judy Cox
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2004 Robert F. Sibert Book Award
This award is for the most distinguished informational book for children
published in 2001.
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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic
by Jim Murphy
Honor Book:
I Face the Wind
by Vicky Cobb
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2004 Pura Belpre Medal Winners
The Pura Belpre Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best
portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
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Before We Were Free
by Julia Alvarez
Honor Books:
Cuba 15
by Nancy Osa
My Diary from Here to There
by Amada Irma Perez
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Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
Honor Books:
First Day in Grapes
by L. King Perez
The Pot That Juan Built
by Nancy Andrews-Goebel
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull
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2004 Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Best books for Young Adults ages 12-18
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True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
by Martha Brooks
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: A Novel
by Mark Haddon
The First Part Last
by Angela Johnson
Boy Meets Boy
by David Levithan
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