Author: Tasha

Children’s Literature Legacy Award

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Mildred D. Taylor

Early Learning Digital Media Award

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HONOR TITLE

Sesame Street Family Play: Caring for Each Other

WINNER

The Imagine Neighborhood

Sibert Medal

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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 Cover

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

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

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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

Pura Belpré Awards

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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

TEXT FOR CHILDREN AWARD

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

Printz Award

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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

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction

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YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year.

FINALISTS

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team Cover

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L. Sullivan

How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure by John Rocco

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

You Call This Democracy?: How to Fix Our Government and Deliver Power to the People by Elizabeth Rusch

WINNER

The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

William C. Morris Award

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The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first given in 2009, honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.  

FINALISTS

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

WINNER

If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley

Odyssey Award

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The Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production is an annual award conferred by the American Library Association upon the publisher of “the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States”.

HONOR AUDIOBOOKS

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

WINNER

Kent State by Deborah Wiles