2020 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award

WINNER ILLUSTRATOR

What Is Given from the Heart by April Harrison

WINNER AUTHOR

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

 

 

2020 Coretta Scott King/Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER

Mildred D. Taylor

2020 Stonewall Book Award

WINNER

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

HONOR BOOKS

Pet by Akwaeka Emezi

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy

 

2020 Schneider Family Book Awards

YOUNG CHILDREN’S WINNER

Just Ask by Sonia Sotomayor, illustrated by Rafael Lopez

HONOR BOOK

A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey

 

MIDDLE GRADE WINNER

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

HONOR BOOK

Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya

 

YA WINNER

Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein

HONOR BOOK

The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais

2020 American Indian Youth Literature Awards

PICTURE BOOK WINNER

Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder

HONOR BOOKS

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Millard

Birdsong by Julie Flett

At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorrell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrell, illustrated by Frane Lessac

Raven Makes the Aleutians illustrated by Janine Gibbons

 

MIDDLE GRADE WINNER

Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis

HONOR BOOKS

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

The Grizzly Mother by Brett D. Huson, illustrated by Natasha Donovan

 

YA WINNER

Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

HONOR BOOKS

Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett

Reawakening Our Ancestors Lines by Angela Hovak Johnston, photographs by Cora Devos and Meta Antolin

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Debbie Reese

Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley

2020 Sydney Taylor Book Awards

PICTURE BOOK WINNER

The Book Rescuer by Sue Macy

HONORS

Gittel’s Journey by Leslea Newman

The Key from Spain by Debbie Levy

 

MIDDLE GRADE WINNER

White Bird by R. J, Palacio

HONORS

Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Games of Deception by Andrew Maraniss

 

TEEN WINNER

Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin

HONORS

Dissenter on the Bench by Victoria Ortiz

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz

2020 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

PICTURE BOOK WINNER

Queen of Physics by Teresa Robeson

HONOR BOOK

Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed

CHILDREN’S LIT AWARD

Stargazing by Jen Wang

HONOR BOOK

I’m OK by Patti Kim

YA AWARD

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

HONOR BOOK

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

2020 Youth Media Awards Liveblog

I’ll once again be liveblogging the YMAs. Looking forward to cheering, crying and loving the winners and honor books.