Author: Tasha

Margaret A. Edwards Award

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Kekla Magoon

ALEX Awards

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Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice — Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O’Brady

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

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Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD

WINNER

RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Frank Morrison, written by Carole Boston Weatherford

HONOR

Magnificent Homespun Brown by Kaylani Juanita, written by Samara Cole Doyon

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Cozbi A. Cabrera, written by by Suzanne Slade

Me & Mama by Cozbi Cabrera

AUTHOR AWARD

HONOR

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

WINNER

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

Coretta Scott King Book Awards – Virginia Hamilton Award

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Dorothy L. Guthrie

Stonewall Book Awards

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The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table. Since Isabel Miller’s Patience and Sarah received the first award in 1971, many other books have been honored for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.

HONOR BOOKS

Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

WINNER

Beautiful photos of real-life families showcase all the wonderful forms of family, while poetic text builds both vocabulary and family connection.

We Are Little Feminists: Families by Archaa Shrivastav

Schneider Family Book Awards

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The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

YOUNG CHILDREN’S

WINNER

I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney Smith

HONOR BOOKS

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi Ali

Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman, illustrated by Abigail Halpin

MIDDLE GRADE

WINNER

Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

HONOR BOOKS

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

TEEN

WINNER

This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. Gregorio

Sydney Taylor Book Award

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The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Scroll to the bottom for the Notable Books that were not shared at the YMA announcements.

PICTURE BOOK

WINNER

Welcoming Elijah by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal

HONOR BOOKS

I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book Cover

I Am the Tree of Life by Mychal Copeland, illustrated by Andre Ceolin

Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Khoa Le

MIDDLE GRADE

WINNER

Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

HONOR BOOKS

No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen

Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

YOUNG ADULT

WINNER

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

HONOR BOOK

They Went Left by Monica Hesse

NOTABLE BOOKS

PICTURE BOOKS

The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Galia Bernstein

The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica S. Perl, illustrated by Shahar Kober

The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine by Linda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Lisa Anchin

MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS

Beni’s War by Tammar Stein

Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport by Deborah Hopkinson

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS

The Assignment by Liza Wiemer

The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

The Way Back by Gavriel Savit

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

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The goal of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.

PICTURE BOOK

WINNER

Paper Son by Julie Leung, illustrated by Chris Sasaki

HONOR BOOK

Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim

CHILDREN’S LIT

WINNER

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

HONOR BOOK

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

YOUTH LIT

WINNER

This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda

HONOR BOOK

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

ALA Youth Media Awards

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I will be continuing my tradition of liveblogging the YMAs. Because I’m typing as fast as I can at times, please forgive any misspellings or missed author names. I plan to go back to fix them later in the day.

You can watch live too at 8 am Central Time, and the webcast will be provided in an archived format by 11 am.