The 2018 Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. Eastern time today during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition!
My predictions for the 2018 Caldecott are here and Newbery are here.
2018 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.
2018 Caldecott Winner
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
2018 Caldecott Honor Books
Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by
A Different Pond by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
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
Asian/Pacific American Award Picture Book Honor
The Nian Monster by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Alina Chau
Asian/Pacific American Award Children’s Winner
Step Up to the Plate Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
Asian/Pacific American Award Children’s Honor
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan
Asian/Pacific American Award Young Adult Winner
It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura
Asian/Pacific American Award Young Adult Honor
Saints & Misfits by S. K. Ali
2018 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.
2018 Newbery Winner
Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
2018 Newbery Honor Books
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick D. Barnes,
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Printz Award and Honor Books 2018
Michael L. Printz Award honors excellence in literature written for young adults.
2018 Printz Award Winner
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
2018 Printz Award Honor Books
Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
2018 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.
2018 Geisel Award Winner
Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes
2018 Geisel Honor Books
I See A Cat by Paul Meisel
King and Kayla by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Nancy Meyers
My Kite is Stuck by Salina Yoon
Noodleheads See the Future by Mitch Weiss, Martha Hamilton, and Tedd Arnold, illustrated by Tedd Arnold
Snail and Worm Again by Tina Kugler
Pura Belpré Winner and Honor Books 2018
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.
2018 Belpré Author Award Winner
2018 Belpré Author Honor Books
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
2018 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner
La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
2018 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
All Around Us illustrated by Xelena Gonzalez , illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
Batchelder Winner and Honor Books 2018
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.
2018 Batchelder Award Winner
The Murderer’s Ape by Jakob Wegelius
2018 Batchelder Honor Books
Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education by Raphaële Frier, illustrated by Aurélia Fronty
When a Wolf is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin, illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo
You Can’t Be Too Careful by Roger Mello, translated by Daniel Hahn
Carnegie Winner 2018
The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.
Carnegie Award for Fiction is
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Carnegie Winner of the Carnegie Award in Non-Fiction
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
2018 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
The Laura Ingalls 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.
Margaret Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
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.
Angela Johnson
Odyssey Winner and Honor Audiobooks 2018
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.
2018 Odyssey Award Winner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, narrated by Bahni Turpin
2018 Odyssey Honor Recordings
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
A Boy Called Christmas by
The Wizards of Once by
Robert F. Silbert Informational Book Award 2018
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
2018 Sibert Award Winner
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Rides 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner
2018 Sibert Honor Books
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee, illustrated by Man One
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
Not So Different by
See Otter Heroes by Patricia Newman
Coretta Scott King Winner and Honor Books 2018
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.
2018 Coretta Scott King Author Book Winner
2018 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2018 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes,
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransom, illustrated by James E. Ransome
2018 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
2018 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
Mama Africa by Kathrybn Erskine, illustrated by Charly Palmer
2018 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.
Eloise Greenfield is the 2018 Virgnia Hamilton Award Winner.
Schneider Family Book Award Winner and Honor Books 2018
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.
2018 Schneider Family Book Award for children ages 0 to 10
2018 Schneider Family Book Award for middle-school ages 11-13
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
2018 Schneider Family Book Award for Teens ages 13-17
You’re Welcome Universe by Whitney Gardner
2018 Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Electric Arches by Eve. L. Ewing
A Hope More Powerful than the Sea by Melissa Fleming
An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh
Roughneck by Jeff Lemire
Malagash by Joey Comeau
2018 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 2018
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.
2018 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
2018 Stonewall Award Honor Books
As The Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
William C. Morris Award Winner and Honor Books 2018
William C. Morris Award is for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.
2018 Morris Award Winner
2018 Morris Award Winner Finalists
YALSA Award Winners and Honor Books 2018
YALSA Award is for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.
2018 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner
Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman
2018 YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalists
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changes Their Lives by Dashka Slater
The Whydah: A Pirate Shipe Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W. Sandler
American Indian Library Association
The awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.
American Indian Library Association Youth Picture Book Award
Shanyaak’utlaax: Salmon Boy, published by the Sealaska Heritage Institute
American Indian Library Association Youth Picture Book Honor
Black Bear Red Fox by Julie Flett
I’m Dreaming of…Animals of the Native Northwest by Melaney Gleeson-Lyall and illustrated by First Nations artists
All Around Us by Xelena González, illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia
Mission to Space by John Herrington
Fall in Line, Holden! by Daniel W. Vandever
American Indian Library Association Middle Grade Winner
Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Volume 1 by Native Realities, edited by Arigon Starr
American Indian Library Association Middle Grade Honor
The Wool of Jonesy, Part 1 by Jonathan Nelson
American Indian Library Association Young Adult Winner
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
American Indian Library Association Young Adult Honor
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology edited by Hope Nicholson
Fire Starters by Jen Storm, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson and colorist Donovan Yaciuk
National Jewish Book Awards
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
The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Karla Gudeon
National Jewish Book Award for Young Adult
Refugee by Alan Gratz
2018 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
The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Karla Gudeon
Refugee by Alan Gratz
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, translated by Lilit Thwaites
Sydney Taylor Silver Medalists
Younger Readers
Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam adapted by Fawzia GilaniWilliams, illustrated by Chiara Fedele
Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva by Jacqueline Jules, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg
Older Readers
Viva, Rose! by Susan Krawitz
This Is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
The SixDay Hero by Tammar Stein
Teen
To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen’s Account of a War Criminal Trial by Kathy Kacer with Jordana Lebowitz
Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin, translated by Rosie Hedger
The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award
Harold Grinspoon and PJ Library won the Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award. PJ Library, a project of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, is a family engagement program that sends free books celebrating Jewish values and culture to families with children 6 months through 8 years old. This program has revolutionized the field of Jewish children’s literature by providing dramatically improved access to Jewish books for families. It has also significantly increased the publication of children’s books with Jewish content. The Body of Work Award has been given twelve times in the 50-year history of the Sydney Taylor Awards. The last recipient was author Eric Kimmel in 2004.
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
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- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award longlist
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I am especially thrilled for Andrea Wang & The Nian Monster, since she’s a good friend & my critique partner. I was lucky enough to see early drafts of this wonderful story! I also loved A Different Pond, so I was also happy to see it recognized. I was most surprised by the Sibert, since I’ve only read Grand Canyon, which was on my radar. I also enjoyed the Sea Otters book, but was surprised it got an award over some other titles like How to Be an Elephant. I also really liked Crown and how celebratory and affirmative it is, but again, I am surprised that it received both a Newbery honor as a PB and a Caldecott honor. I can think of some other titles I would have liked to see win a Newbery. Happy for Hello, Universe though 🙂
I was surprised that How To Be An Elephant didn’t win awards either!
Thanks for all the great new book suggestions!
So many great books recognized today! I love the ALA awards!