John Newbery Medal
Winner:
All the blues in the sky by Renée Watson
Newbery Honor Books:
The nine moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser / A Sea of Lemon Trees by María Dolores Águila / The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri / The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winner:
Fireworks, illustrated by Cátia Chien, written by Matthew Burgess
Caldecott Honor Books:
Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan / Our Lake by Angie Kang / Stalactite and Stalagmite : a big tale from a little cave by Drew Beckmeyer / Sundust by Zeke Peña
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
King Author Award Book:
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
King Author Honor Books:
The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes / The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie /Split the Sky by Marie Arnold
King Illustrator Award Book
The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
King Illustrator Honor Books:
André :André Leon Talley-a fabulously fashionable fairy tale, illustrated by Lamont O’Neal / City summer, country summer, illustrated by Alexis Franklin
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Under the Neon Lights by Arriel Vinson
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Kadir Nelson
Michael L. Printz Award
Winner:
Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Printz Honor Books:
Cope Field by T.L. Simpson /The House That No One Sees by Adina King /Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley / Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
Schneider Family Book Award
Schneider Younger Children’s Award:
Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe by Amy S. Hansen with Wanda Díaz Merced
Schneider Younger Children Honor Books:
Bat and the Business of Ferrets by Elana K. Arnold / I hear the snow, I feel the sea by Janice Milusich
Schneider Middle Grade Award:
Where only storms grow by Alyssa Colman
Schneider Middle Grade Honor Books:
Octopus moon by Bobbie Pyron / The Strongest Heart by Saadia Faruqi
Schneider Young Adult Award:
Whale eyes : a memoir about seeing and being seen by James Robinson
Schneider Young Adult Honor Books:
The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes / The Poetry of Car Mechanics by Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Children’s Literature Lecture Award
Kwame Alexander
Children’s Literature Legacy Award
Candace Fleming
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Candace Fleming
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Winner:
Croco by Azul López
Batchelder Honor Books:
The Adventures of Cipollino by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova / From Memen to Mori by Shinsuke Yoshitake / Picking Tea with Baba by Xu Bin, illustrated by Yu Yin / Pilgrim Codex by Vivian Mansour, illustrated by Emmanuel Valtierra
Odyssey Award
Odyssey Award for Children:
Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story by Traci Sorell
Odyssey Award for Young Adults:
Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks:
The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala / Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith / Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds / Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson
Pura Belpré Awards
Youth Illustrator Award:
Popo the Xolo, illustrated by Abraham Matia
Honor Books:
A-Ztec: A Bilingual Alphabet Book, illustrated and written by Emmanuel Valtierra / The Invisible Parade, illustrated by John Picacio
Children’s Author Award:
The Pecan Sheller by Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Children’s Author Honor Books:
A Hero’s Guide to summer Vacation by Pablo Cartaya / The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñeiro / A Sea of Lemon Trees by María Dolores Águila
Young Adult Author Award:
On the Wings of la Noche by Vanessa L. Torres
Young Adult Author Honor Books:
Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz / Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon / The Story of My Anger by Jasminne Mendez
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Winner:
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa by Sara Andrea Fajardo
Sibert Honor Books:
At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly / Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer by Quartez Harris, illustrated by Gordon C. James / The History of We by Nikkolas Smith / Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon/ A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura
Stonewall Book Award
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Literature Award:
Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta
Stonewall Honor Books for Children’s Literature:
Call Me Gray by Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen / The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell /Ollie in Between by Jess Callans / Woods & Words :the story of poet Mary Oliver by by Sara Holly Ackerman ; illustrated by Naoko Stoop
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award:
One of the boys by Victoria Zeller
Stonewall Honor Books for Young Adult Literature:
Devils Like Us by L. T. Thompson / He’s so possessed with me by Corey Liu / Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart by Sarah Miller / Sometimes the Girl by Jennifer Mason-Black
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Winner:
Stop that mop! by Jonathan Fenske
Geisel Honor Books:
The Big Mess and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli / The Tunneler Tunnels in the Tunnel by Michael Rex
William C. Morris Award
All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis
William C. Morris Award Finalists
First love language by Stefany Valentine/ Love, Misha by Askel Aden/ Red Flags and Butterflies by Sheryl Azzam/You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Winner:
Death in the jungle : murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming
Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalists
American spirits : the famous Fox sisters and the mysterious fad that haunted a nation by Barb Rosenstock/ White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-Ups by Gail Jarrow/ White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum/ A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Best Picture Book:
Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers ; illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz
Picture Book Honor Books:
Braided roots by Pasha Westbrook ; illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight / Fierce Aunties! by Laurel Goodluck, illustrated by Steph Littlebird / For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo ; illustrated by Adriana Garcia/ Raven’s Ribbons by Tasha Spillett, illustrated by Daniel Ramirez / We Weave by Daniel W. Vandever, illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell
Best Middle Grade Book:
Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan
Middle Grade Honor Books:
Jo Jo Makoons: The Super-Scary Sleepover by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert / Lost at Windy River by Trina Rathgeber / Outfoxed by Elise McMullen-Ciotti /Red Bird danced by Dawn Quigley / The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa
Best Young Adult Book:
Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Young Adult Honor Books:
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger / Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley / Super Indian, Volume Three by Arigon Starr / The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs / Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
Pasifika Picture Book:
Kahoʻolawe :the true story of an island and her people by Kamalani Hurley; illustrated by Harinani Orme
Honor Titles for Pasifika Picture Book:
Filo’s Butterflies by Litea Fuata, illustrated by Myo Yim / White Sunday by Litea Fuata, illustrated by Myo Yim
Asian American Picture Book:
Many Things at Once by Veera Hiranandani ; illustrated by Nadia Alam
Honor Titles for Asian American Picture Book:
Every Peach Is a Story by David Mas Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto, illustrated by Lauren Tamaki / A Vaisakhi to Remember by Simran Jeet Singh ; illustrated by Japneet Kaur
Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature:
Hungry Bones by Louise Hung
Honor Title for Children’s Literature:
The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu / Fresh Start by Gale Galligan
Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature:
The Red Car to Hollywood by Jennie Liu
Honor Title for Young Adult Literature:
Tall Water by SJ Sindu ; Dion MBD
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Gold Medalist for Picture Book:
Shabbat Shalom: Let’s Rest and Reset by Suzy Ultman
Silver Medalists for Picture Book:
The book of candles : eight poems for Hanukkah by Laurel Snyder ; illustrated by Leanne Hatch / The Keeper of Stories by Caroline Kusin Pritchard / My Body Can by Laura Gehl, illustrated by Alexandra Colombo
Gold Medalist for Middle Grade Book:
Neshama by Marcella Pixley
Silver Medalist for Middle Grade Book:
Beinoni by Mari Lowe
Gold Medalist for Young Adult Book:
D.J. Rosenblum becomes the G.O.A.T.* by Abby White
Silver Medalist for Young Adult Book:
The Rebel Girls of Rome by Jordyn Taylor
Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award
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