It’s been an amazing year for children’s literature! Check out all of the wonderful titles that have won awards!
John Newbery Medal
Winner:
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Honors:
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
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winner:
We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade
Honors:
A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart illustrated by Noa Denmon
The Cat Man of Aleppo illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
Me & Mama illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Outside In illustrated by Cindy Derby
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Winner:
See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog by David LaRochelle
Honors:
The Bear in My Family by Maya Tatsukawa
Ty’s Travels: Zip, Zoom! by Kelly Starling Lyons
What About Worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins
Where’s Baby? by Anne Hunter
Coretta Scott King Book Award
Winner (Illustrator Award):
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul illustrated by Frank Morrison
Honors (Illustrator Awards):
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Me & Mama illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Winner (Author Award):
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Honors (Author Awards):
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Winner:
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming
Honors:
How We Got to the Moon by John Rocco
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat
Schneider Family Book Award
Winner (Young Children):
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
Honors (Young Children):
All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman
Winner (Middle Grades):
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Honors (Middle Grades):
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Pura Belpré Award
Winner (Illustrator):
¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat by Raúl Gonzalez
Honor (Illustrator):
Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano/Peruvian Archaeologist illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
Winner (Author):
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Honors (Author):
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
Stonewall Book Award
Winner:
We are Little Feminists: Families by Archaa Shrivastav
Honor:
Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne