ALA - Award Winners
The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards.
Below are some of those Award Winners and Honor Books!
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Winner:
Freewater
by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Honor Books
1. Iveliz Explains It All, Andrea Beatriz Arango
2. The Last Mapmaker, Christina Soontornvat
3. Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, Lisa Yee
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
Winner:
Hot Dog
illustrated and written by Doug Salati
Honor Books
1. Ain’t Burned All the Bright, illustrated by Jason Griffin, written by Jason Reynolds
2. Berry Song, illustrated and written by Michaela Goade
3. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Janelle Washington, written by Angela Joy
4. Knight Owl, illustrated and written by Christopher Denise
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Awards recognizing an African American authors
Winner:
Freewater
by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Honor Books
1. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler, Ibi Zoboi
2. The Talk, Alicia D. Williams
3. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice, Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Awards recognizing an African American illustrators
Winner:
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual
illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Honor Books
1. Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love, illustrated by April Harrison, written by Michelle Edwards
2. Swim Team, illustrated and written by Johnnie Christmas
3. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile, written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Winner:
All My Rage
by Sabaa Tahir
Honor Books
1. Scout’s Honor, Lily Anderson
2. Icebreaker, A.L. Graziadei
3. When the Angels Left the Old Country, Sacha Lamb
4. Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality, Eliot Schrefer
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:
Winner:
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
written by Elizabeth Partridge and illustrated by Lauren Tamaki
Honor Books
1. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement, written by Angela Joy, illustrated by Janelle Washington
2. A Seed Grows, written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis
3. Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, written by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
4. The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs, written by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
Winner:
I Did It!
written and illustrated by Michael Emberley
Honor Books
1. Fish and Wave, written and illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier
2. Gigi and Ojiji, written and illustrated by Melissa Iwai
3. Owl and Penguin, written and illustrated by Vikram Madan
4. A Seed Grows, written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Winner:
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
Honor Books
1. Abuela, Don't Forget Me, Rex Ogle
2. American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South, Gail Jarrow
3. A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome, Ariel Henley
4. Unequal: A Story of America, Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau