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.
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
American Indian Library Association 2022 Youth Picture Book Honor
Diné Bich’eekę Yishłeeh (Diné Bizaad)/Becoming Miss Navajo (English)by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa (Diné)
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)
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
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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