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
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
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’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 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
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
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
Kekla Magoon
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
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
Waking Brain Cells 