HONOR BOOKS
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Michele Wood
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
WINNER
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
HONOR BOOKS
A Place Inside of Me by Noa Denmon, written by Zetta Elliott
The Cat Man of Aleppo by Yuko Shimizu, written by Irene Latham and Karim Shamsi-Basha
Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Outside In by Cindy Derby, written by Deborah Underwood
WINNER
We Are Water Protectors by Michaela Goade, written by Carole Lindstrom
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 during the preceding year.
HONOR BOOKS
The Bear in My Family by Maya Tatsukawa
Ty’s Travels: Zip, Zoom! by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Nina Mata
What About Worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins
Where’s Baby? by Anne Hunter
WINNER
See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Mildred D. Taylor
HONOR TITLE
Sesame Street Family Play: Caring for Each Other
WINNER
The Imagine Neighborhood
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.
HONOR BOOKS
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure by John Rocco
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
WINNER
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming
The Batchelder Award is awarded to a United States publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year.
HONOR BOOK
Catherine’s War by Julia Billet, illustrated by Claire Fauvel
WINNER
Telephone Tales by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Valerio Vidali
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.
ILLUSTRATION AWARD
HONOR BOOK
Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Elisa Chavarri, written by Monica Brown
WINNER
¡Vamos!: Let’s Go Eat by Raúl Gonzalez
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HONOR BOOKS
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
WINNER
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
YOUNG ADULT
HONOR BOOKS
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera
We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
WINNER
Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
HONOR BOOKS
Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
WINNER
Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri
Waking Brain Cells 