Youth Media Awards 2020

Each year, the American Library Association recognizes outstanding youth books, audiobooks, videos, and more with a variety of awards.

Some of the Youth Media Award winning books
are on display at the library this month.

Information about each award is here and a complete list of this year's winners is here.

To see the books our library owns, you can search our catalog here and type Youth Media Awards 2020 in the search box.

Some of this year's award winners are:

New Kid by Jerry Craft
John Newbery Medal winner
and
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award winner

Bear Came Along illustrated by LeUyen Pham
written by Richard T. Morris
Randolph Caldecott Medal honor book

Dig by A. S. King
Michael L. Printz Award winner

Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot
written and illustrated by Cece Bell
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
written by Kevin Noble Maillard
illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Robert F. Sibert Information Book Award winner

Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
written by Sonia Sotomayor
illustrated by Rafael Lopez
Schneider Family Book Award 
for young children winner

Lety Out Loud 
by Angela Cervantes
Pura Belpré Author Award winner

Song for a Whale 
by Lynne KellySchneider 
Family Book Award
for middle grades winner

Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein
Schneider Family Book Award
for teens winner

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño 
Played the Piano for President Lincoln
illustrated by Rafael López
written by Margarita Engle
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner