The 2016 Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. Eastern time today during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition!
My predictions for the Caldecott are here and Newbery are here.
Caldecott Medal and Honor Books 2017
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
2017 Caldecott Winner
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
2017 Caldecott Honor Books
Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Leave Me Alone by Vera Brosgol
They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Asian/Pacific American Award For Literature (APALA Awards)
The goal is to honor and recognize individual works related to Asian/Pacific American experiences (either historical or contemporary) or Asian/Pacific American cultures.
Asian/Pacific American Award Picture Book Winner
Puddle by Hyewon Yum
Asian/Pacific American Award Children’s Winner
The Land of the Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly
Asian/Pacific American Award Children’s Honor
Momotaro Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway
Asian/Pacific American Award Young Adult Winner
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
Asian/Pacific American Award Young Adult Honor
Watched by Marina Budhos
Newbery Medal and Honor Books 2017
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2017 Newbery Winner
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
2017 Newbery Honor Books
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves,Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz, illuminations by Hatem Aly
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Printz Award and Honor Books 2017
Michael L. Printz Award honors excellence in literature written for young adults.
2017 Printz Award Winner
March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andres Aydin
2017 Printz Award Honor Books
The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
Asking For It by Louise O’Neill
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Geisel Medal and Honor Books 2017
The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States.
2017 Geisel Award Winner
We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller
2017 Geisel Honor Books
Go, Otto, Go! by David Milgrim
Goodnight Owl by Greg Pizzoli
The Infamous Ratsos by Kara Lareau, illustrated by Matt Myers
Oops Pounce Quick Run by Mike Twohy
Pura Belpré Winner and Honor Books 2017
The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
2017 Belpré Author Award Winner
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
2017 Belpré Author Honor Books
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
2017 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by Cathy Camper, illustrated by Raúl Gonzalez
2017 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh
Batchelder Winner and Honor Books 2017
The Batchelder Award is given to the most 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.
2017 Batchelder Award Winner
Cry, Heart, But Never Break by
2017 Batchelder Honor Books
Over the Ocean by Taro Gomi
As Time Went By by José Sanabria
The Ballad of a Broken Nose by
Carnegie Winner 2017
The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.
Carnegie Award for Fiction is The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Carnegie Winner of the Carnegie Award in Non-Fiction: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal is Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, produced by Ryan Swenar.
2017 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
The Wilder Award honors 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
Odyssey Winner and Honor Audiobooks 2017
This annual award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
2017 Odyssey Award Winner
Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit, narrated by Allan Corduner
2017 Odyssey Honor Recordings
Ghost produced by Simon and Schuster Audio, written by Jason Reynolds, narrated by Guy Lockard
Dream On Amber by
Nimona by
Robert F. Silbert Informational Book Award 2017
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award.Silbert Informational Winner and Honor Books 2016
2017 Sibert Award Winner
March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andres Aydin
2017 Sibert Honor Books
Sachiko by Caren Stelson
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin
We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman
Giant Squid by
Coretta Scott King Winner and Honor Books 2017
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.
2017 King Author Book Winner
March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andres Aydin
2017 King Author Honor Books
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
2017 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
2017 King Illustrator Book Winner
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
2017 King Illustrator Honor Book
In Plain Sight by Richard Jackson, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan
2017 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
2017 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
2017 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
The annual award is presented in even years to an African American author, illustrator or author/illustrator for a body of his or her published books for children and/or young adults, and who has made a significant and lasting literary contribution.
Rudine Sims Bishop is the 2017 Virgnia Hamilton Award Winner.
Schneider Family Book Award Winner and Honor Books 2017
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.
2017 Schneider Family Book Award for children ages 0 to 10
Six Dots by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Boris Kulikov
2017 Schneider Family Book Award for middle-school ages 11-13
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
2017 Schneider Family Book Award for Teens ages 13-17
When We Collided by Emery Lord
2017 Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach
The Wasp that Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon
Die Young with Me: A Memoir by Rob Rufus
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Choosable-Path Adventure by Ryan North
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Arena by Holly Jennings
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
The Regional Office is Under Attack!: A Novel by Manuel Gonzales
2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
Sarah Dessen is the 2017 Edwards Award winner.
Stonewall Book Winner and Honor Books 2016
Stonewall Book Award – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.
2017 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
2017 Stonewall Award Honor Books
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
Pride by Robin Stevenson
William C. Morris Award Winner and Honor Books 2017
William C. Morris Award is for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.
2017 Morris Award Winner
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
2017 Morris Award Winner Finalists
Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devlin
Ravi Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel
Girl Mans Up by M. E. Girard
Serpent King by Jeff Zenther
The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
YALSA Award Winners and Honor Books 2017
YALSA Award is for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.
2017 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner
March: Book Three by John Lewis
2017 YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalists
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal
In the Shadow of Liberty by Kenneth C. Davis
This Land is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner
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So glad that MARCH won so many awards!! We need this book as an urgent reminder of our own shameful and very recent history of Jim Crow and segregation. As a reminder that we need to keep moving forward, and not backwards!
Thanks for posting this handy list here, and congrats to all the winners!
I feel the exact same way Maria! Especially after the cat fight that Trump picked with John Lewis!
Don’t forget They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel. It won a Caldecott Honor.
How did I miss that one?! Thanks! Adding!!!