New YA: July 2026

Library Admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:49:46 +0000

Oh my affogato!	YA ANG, DAPHNE
Princess in love	YA CABOT, MEG
You, me, and infinity	YA CALETTI, DEB
Checking you out	YA CHEN, JENNIFER
Winners & liars	YA OMOTONI, ALEEMA
When dealing with dragons	YA SWIFT, DANA
Their will undone	YA VALLDEPERAS, R.J.
The river she became	YA VARGA, EMILY
Consent Comics:	YNF 462.5 BRAXTON, TIFFANY

2026 Youth Media Awards!

Library Admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:30:48 +0000

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