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2023 Caldecott, Newbery Winners and More!

2023 Caldecott, Newbery Winners and More!

Posted on January 30, 2023January 8, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

The 2023 Caldecott, Newbery Winners, and More! Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. CST today during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition which is virtual via YouTube!

2023 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books

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.

2023 Caldecott Winner

Hot Dog by Doug Salati

2023 Caldecott Honor Books

Ain’t Burned All the Bright illustrated by Jason Griffin, written by Jason Reynolds

Berry Song illustrated and written by Michaela Goade

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement illustrated by Janelle Washington, written by Angela Joy

Knight Owl illustrated and written by Christopher Denise

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 2023 Picture Book Winner

From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Rachel Wada

Asian/Pacific American Award 2023 Picture Book Honor

Nana, Nenek & Nina by Liza Fernyhough

Asian/Pacific American Award 2023 Children’s Winner

Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee

Asian/Pacific American Award 2023 Children’s Honor

Troublemaker by John Cho

Asian/Pacific American Award 2023 Young Adult Winner

Himawari House by Harmony Becker

Asian/Pacific American Award 2023 Young Adult Honor

The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho

2023 Newbery Medal and Honor Books

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.

2023 Newbery Winner

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

2023 Newbery Honor Books

Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee

 

Printz Award and Honor Books 2023

Michael L. Printz Award honors excellence in literature written for young adults.

2023 Printz Award Winner

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

2023 Printz Award Honor Books

Scout’s Honor by Lily Anderson

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer

 

2023 Geisel Medal and Honor Books

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. When will the Geisel award be renamed?

2023 Geisel Award Winner 

I Did It! by Michael Emberley

2023 Geisel Honor Books 

Fish and Wave by Sergio Ruzzier

Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai

Owl and Penguin by Vikram Madan

A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

 

Pura Belpré Winner and Honor Books 2023

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.

2023 Belpré Children’s Author Award Winner 

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

2023 Belpré Author Award Young Adult Winner 

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

2023 Belpré Author Honor Books 

The Coquíes Still Sing by Karina Nicole González, illustrated by Krystal Quiles

The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border by Stephen Briseño, illustrated by Magdalena Mora

Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

2023 Belpré Author Young Adult Honor Books 

Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reye

 

Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.

2023 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner 

Where Wonder Grows illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia

2023 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Books

The Coquíes Still Sing illustrated by Krystal Quiles, written by Karina Nicole González

A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painter illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh

Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land illustrated and written by Mirelle Ortega

Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illustrated by Loris Lora, written by Anika Aldamuy Denise

Srta. Quinces illustrated and written by Kat Fajardo

Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando illustrated by Magdalena Mora, written by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite

Batchelder Winner and Honor Books 2023

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.

2023 Batchelder Award Winner

Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II published by HarperCollins Publishers, written by Lia Levi & illus. by Jess Mason, translated by Sylvia Notini

2023 Batchelder Honor Books

Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War by Mónica Montañés, illustrated by Eva Sánchez Gómez and translated by Lawrence Schimel

Dragonfly Eyes by Cao Wenxuan and translated by Helen Wang

João by a Thread by Roger Mello and translated by Daniel Hahn

 

The Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award

The Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award is given to a digital media producer that has created distinguished digital media for an early learning audience.

Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Committee opted not to select an award this year based on the current criteria.

 

Carnegie Winner 2023

The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.

Carnegie Award for Fiction is

Carnegie Winner of the Carnegie Award in Non-Fiction

2023 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award

Author Rita Williams-Garcia will deliver the 2024 ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture. Williams-Garcia has written over a dozen books for children and teens and is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Award, three Coretta Scott King Author Awards, and a Newbery Honor Award.

Children’s Literature Legacy Award 2023

The Children’s Literature Legacy 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.

The 2023 winner is James E. Ransome. His award-winning works include “Uncle Jed’s Barbershop,” which won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award, 1994 and “The Creation,” recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 1995. In addition, Ransome has received the IBBY Honor Award for “The Creation,” and the NAACP Image Award for “Let My People Go.”

 

Margaret Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023

The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine.

The 2023 winner is Jason Reynolds, whose books include: “Long Way Down,” “Ghost,” “All American Boys” and “When I Was the Greatest,” among other titles.

Odyssey Winner and Honor Audiobooks 2023

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.

2023 Odyssey Award Children’s Winner

Stuntboy, in the Meantime produced by Taryn Beato for Simon & Schuster Audio, written by Jason Reynolds, narrated by Guy Lockard, Nile Bullock, and Angel Pean with a full cast

2023 Odyssey Award YA Winner

The Honeys produced by Melissa Ellard for Scholastic Audio, written by Ryan La Sala, narrated by Pete Cross

2023 Odyssey Honor Recordings

The Three Billy Goats Gruff produced by Melissa Ellard and Paul Gagne for Weston Woods Studios and Scholastic Audio, retold and narrated by Mac Barnett

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel produced by Steve Wagner and Michelle Altman for Macmillan Young Listeners, an imprint of Macmillan Audio, written by Leigh Bardugo, adaptation by Garet Scott and narrated by Ben Barnes and a full cast

Inheritance: A Visual Poem produced by Caitlin Garing for Quill Books, an imprint of HarperAudio, and written and narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo

The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) produced by Jarrett J. Krosoczka and Lauren Klein; Executive Producer Nick Martorelli for Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Jarrett J. Krosoczka and narrated by Kate Flannery, the author, and a full cast.

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award 2023

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

2023 Sibert Award Winner

Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration by Elizabeth Partridge and illustrated by Lauren Tamaki

2023 Sibert Honor Books

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy, illustrated by Janelle Washington

A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal

Coretta Scott King Winner and Honor Books 2023

Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.

2023 Coretta Scott King Author Book Winner

Amina Luqman-Dawson Freewater

2023 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

The Talk by Alicia D. Williams, illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile

 

2023 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award

Frank Morrison Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual written by Carole Boston Weatherford

2023 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love illustrated by April Harrison, by Michelle Edwards

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile, written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

2023 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

Jas Hammonds We Deserve Monuments

2023 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award

Janelle Washington Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement written by Angela Joy

2023 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.

Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Award:

Dr. Claudette McLinn is the winner of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children’s author Virginia Hamilton. Dr. McLinn is the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL). She is a retired district supervising librarian for the LA Unified School District with over 34 years of experience, a former bookseller, and a much sought-after book award juror/presenter.

 

Schneider Family Book Award Winner and Honor Books 2023

Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.

2023 Schneider Family Book Award for children ages 0 to 10

Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth

2023 Schneider Family Book Honor for children ages 0 to 10

In the Blue by Erin Hourigan

 

2023 Schneider Family Book Award for Middle Grade

Wildoak by C.C. Harrington

2023 Schneider Family Book Honor for Middle Grade

Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn

 

2023 Schneider Family Book Award for Teens ages 13-17

The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart

2023 Schneider Family Book Honor for Teens ages 13-17

Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester

 

2023 Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

A Lady’s Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin

Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R. F. Kuang

Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez, illustrated by Danica Brine

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere written and illustrated by James Spooner

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

True Biz by Sara Nović

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser, illustrated by Robyn Smith

 

Stonewall Book Winner and Honor Books 2023

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.

 2023 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award

Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illustrated by Charlene Chua

 

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

 2023 Stonewall Children’s  Honor

In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington

Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson, illustrated by Daniel Sousa

The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott

Strong by Rob Kearney & Eric Rosswood, illustrated by Nidhi Chanani

 

 2023 Stonewall  Young Adult Literature Honor

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas

Man o’ War by Cory McCarthy

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (Métis/white)

 

 

William C. Morris Award Winner and Honor Books 2023

William C. Morris Award is for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.

2023 Morris Award Winner

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

 

2023  Morris Award Winner Finalists

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (Métis/white)

Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reye

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

 

YALSA Award Winners and Honor Books 2023

YALSA Award is for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

2023 YALSA  Nonfiction Award Winner

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes and illus. by Dawud Anyabwile

2023 YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalists

Abuela, Don’t Forget Me by Rex Ogle

American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South by Gail Jarrow

A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley

Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau

American Indian Youth Literature Award 2023

The American Indian Youth Literature Awards are presented every two years. The awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. Books selected to receive the award will present American Indians in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts.

American Indian Library Association 2022 Youth Picture Book Award

Herizon by Daniel W. Vandever (Diné), illustrated by Corey Begay (Diné)

Herizon by Daniel W. Vandever

American Indian Library Association 2022 Youth Picture Book Honor

Diné Bich’eekę Yishłeeh (Diné Bizaad)/Becoming Miss Navajo (English)by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa (Diné)

Becoming Miss Navajo

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Gold Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell (Cherokee), illustrated by Natasha Donovan (Métis)

Learning My Rights with Mousewoman by Morgan Asoyuf (Ts’msyen)

Learning My Rights with Mousewoman

I Sang You Down From the Stars by Tasha Spillet-Sumner (Cree and Trinidadian), illustrated by Michaela Goade (Tlingit & Haida)

 

We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell (Cherokee), illustrated by Frané Lessac

American Indian Library Association 2022 Middle Grade Winner

Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young (Diné)

American Indian Library Association 2022 Middle Grade Honor

Indigenous Peoples’ Day by Katrina M. Phillips (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), illustrated by Tara Audibert (Wolastoqey)

Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor by Jessica Engelking (White Earth Band of Ojibwe), illustrated by Tashia Hart (Red Lake Anishinaabe)

The Sea in Winter by Christine Day (Upper Skagit)

American Indian Library Association 2022 Young Adult Winner

Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth (Onondaga)

American Indian Library Association 2022 Young Adult Honor

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache Tribe)

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)

Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline (Metis Nation of Ontario)

Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), illustrated by Ciara Sana (Chamoru)

Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry (Yurok, Maidu and Achumawi), illustrated by Rahsan Ekedal

2023 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

Named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series, the award recognizes books for children and teens that exemplify high literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience.

Sydney Taylor Gold Medalists 2023

Sydney Taylor Gold Medalists Picture Book 2023

The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Susan Gal

Sydney Taylor Gold Medalists Middle Grade 2023

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

Sydney Taylor Gold Medalists Young Adult 2023

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

 

Sydney Taylor Silver Medalists 2023

Younger Readers Picture Book Honor

Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen

The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda by Shoshana Nambi, illustrated by Moran Yogev

Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver, illustrated by Michelle Theodore

 

Middle Grade Honor

Honey and Me by Meira Drazin

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass

 

Young Adult Honor

My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement by Jennieke Cohen

Some Kind of Hate by Sarah Darer Littman

Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds

 

Sydney Taylor Notable Books 2023

Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award

The Body of Work Award has been given twelve times in the 50-year history of the Sydney Taylor Awards.

The Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Winner, which recognizes an author or entity who has made a substantial contribution over time to the genre of Jewish children’s literature, is Jane Yolen.

 

 

National Jewish Book Awards 2023

The National Jewish Book Awards program began in 1950 when the Jewish Book Council presented awards to authors of Jewish books at its annual meeting.

National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature 2023 Picture Book Winner

National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature 2023 Picture Book Finalists

National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature 2023 Middle Grade Winner

National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature 2023 Middle Grade Finalists


National Jewish Book Award for Young Adult 2023

National Jewish Book Award for Children’s Literature 2023 Young Adult Finalists

 

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This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
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Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
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