Carolyn W. Field Award

Given by Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA)

76 Works 64,193 Books 2,750 Reviews 4.0
This award was established in 1983 by the Youth Services Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association. A Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, Carolyn Wicker Field retired in 1983 from the show more Free Library of Philadelphia where she served as Coordinator of Work with Children for 30 years. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (40), Honor Book (30), Nominee (6)
Categories:
All, Children's (30), No Category (46)
Years:
All, 2023 (3), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (3), 2010 (5), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1)

Winner 40

WorkCategoryYear
How Do Meerkats Order Pizza? Wild Facts about Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them by Brooke Barker2023
A Bird Will Soar by Alison Green Myers2022
Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo2021
SLAY by Brittney Morris2020
The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates2019
The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade by Jordan Sonnenblick2018
Snow White: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan2017
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2016
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier2015
No Fits, Nilson! by Zachariah OHoraChildren's2014
Ask the Passengers by A. S. KingChildren's2013
Around the World by Matt PhelanChildren's2012
After Ever After by Jordan SonnenblickChildren's2011
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth FantaskeyChildren's2010
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell BartolettiChildren's2009
Way Down Deep by Ruth WhiteChildren's2008
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta2007
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2006
Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli2005
The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape from the Tower of London by Elvira WoodruffChildren's2004
Yo, Vikings! by Judy SchachnerChildren's2003
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti2002
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald HowardChildren's2001
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonChildren's2000
I Am Mordred by Nancy SpringerChildren's1999
Wringer by Jerry SpinelliChildren's1998
Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti1997
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan WojciechowskiChildren's1996
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie PricemanChildren's1995
Dreamplace by George Ella LyonChildren's1994
The Great Pumpkin Switch by Megan McDonaldChildren's1993
I Am Regina by Sally M. KeehnChildren's1992
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli1991
Box Turtle at Long Pond by William T. GeorgeChildren's1990
Catwings by Ursula K. Le GuinChildren's1989
Little Tree by E. E. Cummings1988
The Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd AlexanderChildren's1987
The New Baby (First Experiences) by Fred RogersChildren's1986
Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend by Margaret HodgesChildren's1985
Some Things Go Together by Charlotte ZolotowChildren's1984

Honor Book 30

WorkYear
Harvest Days (World of Celebrations, 4) by Kate DePalma2023
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A. S. King2023
The Boy and the Sea by Camille Andros2022
A Thousand White Butterflies by Jessica Betancourt-Perez2022
Miosotis Flores Never Forgets by Hilda Eunice Burgos2022
Stretchy and Beanie by Judy Schachner2022
When I Draw a Panda by Amy June Bates2021
I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick2021
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong2021
Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow2021
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett2020
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake2020
A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy2020
A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity by Nicole Valentine2020
Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera2019
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland2019
Hunger: A Tale of Courage by Donna Jo Napoli2019
Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian2019
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability by Shane Burcaw2018
The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke2018
A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck2018
Sarabella's Thinking Cap by Judy Schachner2018
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier2017
Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta2017
Still Life with Tornado by A. S. King2017
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp2017
Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper2016
How to Say I Love You Out Loud by Karole Cozzo2016
Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the Invention of the Modern Zoo by Cassandre Maxwell2016
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff2016

Nominee 6

WorkCategoryYear
Not That Kind Of Girl by Siobhan VivianChildren's2011
A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn WilliamsChildren's2011
Crow Call by Lois LowryChildren's2010
The Storm in the Barn by Matt PhelanChildren's2010
My Name Is Sangoel by Karen Lynn WilliamsChildren's2010
Funny How Things Change by Melissa WyattChildren's2010

Tags

adventure(232) animals(165) art(175) biography(213) bullying(179) cats(206) chapter book(236) children(329) children's(659) children's fiction(156) children's literature(274) Christmas(532) coming of age(255) contemporary(158) depression(307) diversity(158) England(160) family(551) fantasy(882) fiction(2,649) friendship(524) graphic novel(233) high school(581) historical fiction(794) history(456) Holocaust(205) homelessness(181) horror(192) juvenile(197) mystery(165) Newbery(222) Newbery Medal(231) non-fiction(474) novel(188) orphans(187) own(196) picture book(1,091) racism(302) rape(768) read(417) realistic fiction(834) romance(235) school(258) teen(299) to-read(2,542) vampires(157) wwii(338) ya(1,180) young adult(1,575) young adult fiction(254)

Top Members

RLNunezKPL (42 works), stansteiner (28), rdg301library (25), CurrColl (24), fernandie (24), arak (23), kday_working (23), mosylu1 (21), Sullywriter (21), chinatowne (20), JeanLittleLibrary (20), Kaethe (19), ltcl (19), mffowler (19), ASKier (18), ltfl_isblib (18), ltfl_mountviewms (18), amandabock (17), bfritzlibrary (17), coveschool (17), matthewbloome (17), meyerson (17), AbigailAdams26 (16), CuriosityWorkshop (16), e-zReader (16), manlius (16), mhagenberg (16), OMSspartans (16), SWONlibraries (16), tarpfarmer (16), Conway_Library (15), DWEmma (15), ghsmediacenter (15), JennyArch (15), zjeszay (15), book_lady15 (14), DrQ (14), eduscapes (14), glhs (14), LMS_Library (14), alaskabookworm (13), casebrad (13), Christa_Josh (13), mwpp555 (13), NightMarily (13), StayerLibrary (13), Whisper1 (13), cabyrum (12), EBassett (12), foxly (12), FrontierGirl (12), janillabean (12), kamills2 (12), rmatottNCSD (12), SlateLibrary (12), stdamian (12), tglovell (12), theresearcher (12), agenbiteofinwit (11), Annica2001 (11), ASIJ (11), buddingnaturalist (11), CatB (11), charzie (11), ChelseaWorden (11), DebbieBaker27 (11), KathryneWilkerson (11), lbhlibrary (11), LibrarianDest (11), Pages_Aplenty (11), RTCALibrary (11), scatlett (11), Sharquin (11), Spunkypineapple (11), Summer345456 (11), timjdarling (11), BrandyLuther (10), Caralen (10), ChildrensLibraryLady (10), Cliffisland (10), Crystal.Lake (10), CynthiaM (10), dsadma13 (10), elfschild (10), EmilyRokicki (10), ewyatt (10), foggidawn (10), Glowworm33 (10), GowanScienceAcademy (10), griffinel (10), htrege (10), IslandsLibrary (10), Jill41 (10), KeithKron (10), KimSalyers (10), kswin (10), kteacherSC (10), LibrarianDanielle (10), lilibrarian (10), lmackiewicz (10), LutheranSouthUnity (10), MercedesMLMW (10), Merryann (10), prengel90 (10), rchevallier (10), Rickmaniac (10), Saunders_Library (10), shauneeh (10), sheardliteracycenter (10), shillcutt (10), sjstigers (10), Spoto-Media (10), teachermike (10), teenybeanie25 (10), aabdelrahmanm (9), alo1224 (9), Casey.Woodard (9), CTraffie (9), d2dusk (9), doloress (9), DrPSchmidt (9), eandino2012 (9), EnterpriseCharter (9), GigasCodex (9), goodreads (9), hrcentre (9), jbarry (9), KatieLamb (9), keeneam (9), kerribrary (9), kidsread (9), kleahey (9), LadyKnightLibrarian (9), MillPondLibrary (9), MuhammedSalem (9), pisgah13 (9), pricem (9), sophiestreitwieser (9), sparklecookie (9), sweetiegherkin (9), torygy (9), yowst9 (9)