The American Library Association (ALA) announced its youth media awards today. See more information about these awards
here and this year's winners
here.
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form at the library or online
here.
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, written by Kelly Barnhill
Newbery Honor Books
Freedom Over Me: Eleven
Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, written
and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and
Their Holy Dog, written by Adam Gidwitz, illustrated by Hatem Aly
Wolf Hollow, written by
Lauren Wolk (
ebook)
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,
illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe
Caldecott Honor Books
Leave Me Alone!,
illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol
Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory
Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Du Iz Tak?, illustrated and written by Carson Ellis
They All Saw a Cat, illustrated and written by Brendan
Wenzel
Corretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African-American author of outstanding books for children and young adults:
March: Book Three, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
King Author Honor Books
As Brave as You, written
by Jason Reynolds
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives
and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, written and illustrated by
Ashley Bryan
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award recognizing an African-American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,
illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe
King Illustrator Honor Books
Freedom in Congo
Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston
Weatherford
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and
Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, illustrated and written by
Ashley Bryan
In Plain Sight, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by
Richard Jackson
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award:
The Sun Is Also a Star, written by Nicola Yoon (
ebook,
e-audiobook)
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
March: Book Three, created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate
Powell
Printz Honor Books
Asking for It, by Louise
O’Neill
The Passion of
Dolssa, by Julie Berry (
ebook)
Scythe, by Neal Shusterman (
ebook)
The Sun Is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon (
ebook,
e-audiobook)
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
For children ages 0 to 10:
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille, written by Jen Bryant,
illustrated by Boris Kulikov
For middle grades (ages 11 to 13):
as brave as you, written by Jason Reynolds
For teens (ages 13 to 18)
When We Collided, written by Emery Lord
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
The Queen of Blood, by Sarah Beth Durst
The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, by Diane Guerrero with Michelle Burford
Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded, by Hannah Hart
Arena, by Holly Jennings
Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Choosable-Path Adventure, by Ryan North
Die Young with Me: A Memoir, by Rob Rufus
The Wasp that Brainwashed the Caterpillar, by Matt Simon
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko, by Scott Stambach
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video:
Ryan Swenar of Dreamscape Media, LLC, producer of
Drum Dream Girl:
How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, adapted from the book by Margarita Engle
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honoring an author or
illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over
a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature
for children:
Nikki Grimes
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
Sarah Dessen
2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of
children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host
site
Naomi Shihab Nye
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding
children’s book originally published in a language other than English in
a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated
into English for publication in the United States:
Cry, Heart, But Never Break, originally published in Danish in 2001 as “Græd blot hjerte,” the book
was written by Glenn Ringtved, illustrated by Charolotte Pardi, and
translated by Robert Moulthrop
Batchelder Honor Books
Over the Ocean, written and illustrated by Taro Gomi
and translated from the Japanese by Taylor Norman
As Time Went By, written and illustrated by José
Sanabria and translated from the German by Audrey Hall
The Ballad
of a Broken Nose, written by Arne
Svingen and translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson
Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States:
Anna and the Swallow Man, produced by Listening Library. The book is written by Gavriel Savit and narrated
by Allan Corduner.
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
Ghost (
book,
ebook) produced by Simon and Schuster Audio, written by Jason
Reynolds and narrated by Guy Lockard
Dream On, Amber, produced by
Recorded Books, written by Emma Shevah and narrated by Laura Kirman
Nimona, (
book) produced by HarperAudio, written by Noelle Stevenson and
narrated by Rebecca Soler, Jonathan Davis, Marc Thompson, January LaVoy,
Natalie Gold, Peter Bradbury and David Pittu.
Pura Belpré Awards honoring a Latino writer and
illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate
the Latino cultural experience:
Belpré Illustrator Award winner:
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, illustrated by Raúl Gonzalez, written by Cathy
Camper
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books:
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, written by Susan Wood
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, illustrated
and written by Duncan Tonatiuh
Pura Belpré
Author Award winner:
Juana & Lucas, written and illustrated by Juana Medina
Belpr
é Author Honor Book:
The Only
Road, written by Alexandra Diaz
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:
March: Book Three, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and
illustrated by Nate Powell
Sibert Honor Books:
Giant Squid, written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric
Rohmann
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, written by Caren Stelson
a
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World
War II, written by Albert Marrin
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance
Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler, written by Russell Freedman
Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of
exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
experience:
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor, written by
Rick Riordan
If I Was Your Girl written by Meredith Russo (
ebook)
Honor Books:
When the Moon Was Ours, written by Anna-Marie McLemore a
Unbecoming, written by Jenny Downham
Pride: Celebrating
Diversity & Community, written by Robin Stevenson
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
We Are Growing!, (an Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! book), written by Laurie Keller
Geisel Honor Books
Good Night Owl, written and
illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! An Alphabet Caper,
written and illustrated by Mike Twohy
Go Otto Go!, written and
illustrated by David Milgrim (
ebook)
The
Infamous Ratsos, written by Kara LaReau
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
The Serpent King, written by Jeff Zentner
Finalists for the Morris Award:
Girl Mans Up, written
by M-E Girard,
Rani Patel in Full Effect, written by Sonia Patel
The Smell of Other People’s Houses,
written by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Tell Me Something Real, written by Calla Devlin
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
March: Book Three, created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate
Powell
Finalists for the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
Hillary Rodham
Clinton: A Woman Living History, by Karen Blumenthal
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four
Presidents, and Five Black Lives, by Kenneth C. Davis
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune, written by
Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Gareth Hinds
This Land Is Our Land: A History of American
Immigration, written by Linda Barrett Osborne
For more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables,
please visit
www.ala.org/yma .
