The Children’s Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education has announced their collection of the best children’s books published in 2024. The collection includes over 600 titles that represent literary quality and potential emotional impact of the books. The entire list is available for free download here.

The 2025 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winners have been announced. The awards celebrate excellence in children’s and YA literature. Winners and honor books are selected in each category. You can learn more about the awards here. The winners and honor books are below.

PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER

I Know How to Draw an Owl by Hilary Horder Hippely; illustrated by Matt James

FICTION AWARD WINNER

Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay

NONFICTION AWARD WINNER

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

PICTURE BOOK HONOR BOOKS

My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales; illustrated by C. G. Esperanza

Nose to Nose by Thyra Heder

FICTION HONOR BOOKS

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Oasis by Guojing

NONFICTION HONOR BOOKS

Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu

Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan

The Carnegies are the longest running children’s book awards in the UK. The medals are judged by children’s librarians. The Shadow Awards allow children and youth throughout the UK to vote on their favorite books. Here are the winners:

CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR ILLUSTRATION

Clever Crow illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill, written by Chris Butterworth (available in US)

CARNEGIE SHADOWERS’ CHOICE MEDAL FOR ILLUSTRATION

Home Body by Theo Parish (available in US)

CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING

Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald

CARNEGIE SHADOWERS’ CHOICE MEDAL FOR WRITING

King of Nothing by Nathanael Lessore

The winners of the 2025 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards have been announced by the Ontario Arts Foundation. Here is the link to the shortlists that I posted about in May.

PICTURE BOOK WINNER

The Little Regent by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade, illustrated by Ken Daley

YA/MIDDLE GRADE WINNER

The New Girl by Cassandra Calin

The winners of the 2025 Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) Children’s Book Awards have been announced by The Australian School Library Association. Started only a year ago, the awards “celebrate diverse children’s fiction published in Australia and New Zealand, honouring books that challenge stereotypes, push boundaries, and highlight diverse and marginalised communities, including those representing disability, culture, LGBTQI+, race and religion.”

Here are the winners as well as the books that were shortlisted. Thanks to Books+Publishing for the news.

GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER

Ghost Book by Remy Lai (available in U.S.)

GRAPHIC NOVEL SHORTLIST

Neverlanders by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva (available in U.S.)

The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle (available in U.S.)

NONFICTION WINNER

The Trees by Victor Steffensen, illustrated by Sandra Steffensen

NONFICTION SHORTLIST

Looking After Country with Fire by Victor Steffensen, illustrated by Sandra Steffensen

Our Mob by Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher, illustrated by Seantelle Walsh

POETRY WINNER

Pasifika Navigators by 52 Pasifika student authors

POETRY SHORTLIST

It’s the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke

YA WINNER

Catch a Falling Star by Eileen Merriman

YA SHORTLIST

Inkflower by Suzy Zail (available in US)

Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough