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Judy Blume Judy Blume has been awarded an honorary National Book Award for Contributions to American Letters. |
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J.M Coetzee The South African Nobel Laureate was commended by the Nobel committee as a novelist "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider." |
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Dial Books for Young Readers is a hardcover trade children's book division publishing approximately fifty titles a year for children of all ages, from preschool through young adult. Dial Books for Young Readers traces its roots to 1880 and the founding of The Dial, a monthly literary magazine that was edited over the years by Conrad Aiken, Van Wyck Brooks, and Marianne Moore, and published such literary giants as e.e. cummings, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, and Gerturde Stein. The magazine founded a book publisher, The Dial Press, in 1924. The publishing house survived, although the magazine was long gone by 1961 when the children's book division was established. By the 1960's, Dial was jointly owned by Richard Baron and Dell Publishing Company; E. L. Doctorow was editor-in-chief. Best-selling authors included James Baldwin and Vance Bourjaily.
Since the children's list was begun in 1961, Dial has been known for books of high literary merit and fine design for readers of all ages. It has pioneered books for the young, including the first quality board books published in the U.S., Rosemary Wells's Very First Books line. Since the late 1960s, Dial has had a reputation for publishing excellent books by African-American authors and artists, including Newbery Medal winner Mildred D. Taylor, Newbery Honor author Julius Lester, and five -time Caldecott Honor artist Jerry Pinkney.
Dial has retained its unique identity in the children's books world through a series of changes in corporate ownership. It was originally part of The Dial Press, which became a division of Dell Publishing in the late '60s; Dell was in turn acquired by Doubleday. Doubleday absorbed the adult arm of The Dial Press, but sold the successful children's books division to E.P. Dutton. Dutton was bought by New American Library, which in turn became a part of Penguin USA. Dial is now a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers. Today, Dial continues its tradition of literary and illustrative excellence, publishing such talented picture book creators as Caralyn and Mark Buehner, Steven Kellogg, Tedd Arnold, and Kadir Nelson. Dial's award-winning novelists include Nancy Werlin, Joseph Bruchac, Angela Johnson, and Richard Peck.
Lauri Hornik
Vice President and Publisher
Lauri Hornik joined Dial in 1999 as Editorial Director, and became its Vice President and Publisher in 2005. She previously held positions at Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers and Houghton Mifflin Children's Books. In her time at Dial Lauri has published such talented authors and illustrators as Nancy Werlin, Richard Peck, Angela Johnson, Joseph Bruchac, Jerry Pinkney, Kadir Nelson, and Steven Kellogg.
Awards
The Scott O'Dell Award
2004: The River Between Us by Richard Peck
2002: The Land by Mildred Taylor
Coretta Scott King Award
2003-Text: Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
2002-Text: The Land by Mildred Taylor
1997-Illustration: Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1994-Illustration: Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings
1991-Text: The Road to Memphis by Mildred Taylor
1988-Text: The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
1986-Illustration: The Patchwork Quilt illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1982-Text: Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor
1979-Illustration: Something On My Mind illustrated by Tom Feelings
Coretta Scott King Honor Book
1999-Text: Jazmin's Notebook by Nikki Grimes
The Caldecott Medal
1977: Ashanti to Zulu, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, written by Margaret Musgrove
1976: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, written by Verna Aardema.
The Caldecott Honor
1995: John Henry, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, retold by Julius Lester
1990: The Talking Eggs, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Robert D. San Souci
1989: Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
1977: Fish for Supper by M.B. Goffstein
1975: Jambo Means Hello, illustrated by Tom Feelings, written by Muriel Feelings
1972: Moja Means One, illustrated by Tom Feelings, written by Muriel Feelings
The Newbery Medal
2001: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
The Newbery Honor
1999: A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
1975: Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe. by Bette Greene
1969: To Be a Slave by Julius Lester
The New York Times Best Illustrated Books
2006: The Little Red Hen, written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
1997: The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text retold by Robert San Souci
1994: The Sunday Outing, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Gloria Jean Pinkney
1993: Hue Boy , illustrated by Caroline Binch, written by Rita Phillips Mitchell
1990: The Fool and the Fish, illustrated by Gennady Spirin, written by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, retold by Lenny Hort
1987: 17 Kings and 42 Elephants, illustrated by Patricia MacCarthy, written by Margaret Mahy
1985: Hazel's Amazing Mother by Rosemary Wells
1984: Animal Alphabet by Bert Kitchen Where the River Begins by Thomas Locker
1977: Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, written by Margaret Musgrove
National Book Award Finalists
2006: The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
2003: The River Between Us by Richard Peck
1998: A Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck
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