Children's Book Awards

The American Library Association's youth media award winners
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2018 Honor Book - An Asian-American father and daughter explore this national park, from the Inner Gorge to the South Rim.
2018 Honor Book -An early morning fishing trip between father and son provides food for that evening’s dinner and time to reflect on a similar pond in Vietnam.
2018 Honor Book-Sometimes a haircut is so much more than just a haircut. Sometimes a haircut makes you royalty. A love-letter to the contemporary barbershop experience and the empowerment it affords,

2018

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2016 Newbery Medal Winner and King Illustrator Honor - A young boy, CJ, rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
2016 Newbery Honor - A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother
2016 Newbery Honor-A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apar

2016

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Alex Award: Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born severely deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan is forced to interact with the world through the vivid prism of his mind. For the most part, every day is exactly the same for Ivan. That is until the seventeen-year-old Polina arrives at the hospital. At first, Ivan resents Polina. She ste
Alex Award: hat if Romeo never met Juliet? What if Juliet got really buff instead of moping around the castle all day? What if they teamed up to take over Verona with robot suits? You get to decide if there should be romance, epic fight scenes... or robot suits! Packed with exciting choices, fun puzzles, secret surprises, terrible puns, and more than a billion possible storylines, you'll discover a new experience every time you read it. It's the first book with an unlockable character. Choose we
Alex Award: hildren have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere ... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced ... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each o

2017

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2018 Honor Book - An Asian-American father and daughter explore this national park, from the Inner Gorge to the South Rim. Literature Circles, Children's Literature, Grand Canyon National Park, National Parks, New Books, Good Books, Science And Nature Books, Earth Science, Nonfiction Reading
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2018 Honor Book - An Asian-American father and daughter explore this national park, from the Inner Gorge to the South Rim.
2018 Honor Book -An early morning fishing trip between father and son provides food for that evening’s dinner and time to reflect on a similar pond in Vietnam. Refugee Stories, Graphic Novelists, Personal Narrative Writing, Caldecott Medal, Powerful Pictures, American Children, Small Ponds, Promote Book, Book Awards
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2018 Honor Book -An early morning fishing trip between father and son provides food for that evening’s dinner and time to reflect on a similar pond in Vietnam.
2018 Honor Book-Sometimes a haircut is so much more than just a haircut. Sometimes a haircut makes you royalty. A love-letter to the contemporary barbershop experience and the empowerment it affords, Children’s Books, Story Books, Best Books Of 2017, King Author, Diverse Books, Black Authors, Art Watercolor
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2018 Honor Book-Sometimes a haircut is so much more than just a haircut. Sometimes a haircut makes you royalty. A love-letter to the contemporary barbershop experience and the empowerment it affords,
2018 Honor Book-Simple and joyful domestic routines underscore the deeply entwined lives of two feline companions and the impact of loss on one. Cooper uses expressive black-and-white line art with strategic, evocative washes of color to convey the reassuring circular nature of life. Simple Illustration, Black And White Illustration, Big Book, Book Club Books, Book Art, Cat Years, Stupid Cat, Older Cats, Medal Of Honor
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2018 Honor Book-Simple and joyful domestic routines underscore the deeply entwined lives of two feline companions and the impact of loss on one. Cooper uses expressive black-and-white line art with strategic, evocative washes of color to convey the reassuring circular nature of life.
2018 medal winner - In this spare, nearly wordless picture book, a girl and a wolf cub each get lost in the snow and rescue each other. Cordell uses pen and ink and watercolor wash to capture the frenzied snowfall and the brave girl’s frantic, frightful journey. Caldecott Books, Caldecott Winners, Learning Letters, Alphabet Activities, Book Activities, Winter Literature, Wordless Picture Books
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2018 medal winner - In this spare, nearly wordless picture book, a girl and a wolf cub each get lost in the snow and rescue each other. Cordell uses pen and ink and watercolor wash to capture the frenzied snowfall and the brave girl’s frantic, frightful journey.
Alex Award: Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born severely deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan is forced to interact with the world through the vivid prism of his mind. For the most part, every day is exactly the same for Ivan. That is until the seventeen-year-old Polina arrives at the hospital. At first, Ivan resents Polina. She ste Books To Read, The Rosie Project, Young Adult Fiction, Thing 1, The Fault In Our Stars, Adults Books
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Alex Award: Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born severely deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan is forced to interact with the world through the vivid prism of his mind. For the most part, every day is exactly the same for Ivan. That is until the seventeen-year-old Polina arrives at the hospital. At first, Ivan resents Polina. She ste
Alex Award: hat if Romeo never met Juliet? What if Juliet got really buff instead of moping around the castle all day? What if they teamed up to take over Verona with robot suits? You get to decide if there should be romance, epic fight scenes... or robot suits! Packed with exciting choices, fun puzzles, secret surprises, terrible puns, and more than a billion possible storylines, you'll discover a new experience every time you read it. It's the first book with an unlockable character. Choose we Ode An Die Freude, Terrible Puns, Robot Suit, Romeo And Juliet, Stevenson
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Alex Award: hat if Romeo never met Juliet? What if Juliet got really buff instead of moping around the castle all day? What if they teamed up to take over Verona with robot suits? You get to decide if there should be romance, epic fight scenes... or robot suits! Packed with exciting choices, fun puzzles, secret surprises, terrible puns, and more than a billion possible storylines, you'll discover a new experience every time you read it. It's the first book with an unlockable character. Choose we
Alex Award: hildren have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere ... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced ... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each o The Ashes, Philippa Gregory, Reading Lists, Book Lists, Book Worth Reading, Reading Room, Summer Reading, Reading Ideas, Book Series
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Alex Award: hildren have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere ... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced ... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each o
Alex Award: A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming ... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She's died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier ... The RAGE tournaments--the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern gladiator--leading a life of ulti Books For Teens, Find A Book, The Book, Book Corners, Fiction And Nonfiction, Bookbub
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Alex Award: A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming ... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She's died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier ... The RAGE tournaments--the Virtual Gaming League's elite competition where the best gamers in the world compete in a no-holds-barred fight to the digital death. Every bloody kill is broadcast to millions. Every player is a modern gladiator--leading a life of ulti
Alex Award: By combing through the journals that Hannah has kept for much of her life, this collection of narrative essays deliver a fuller picture of her life, her experiences, and the things she’s figured out about family, faith, love, sexuality, self-worth, friendship and fame. Children's Book Awards, American Library Association, Narrative Essay, County Library, Award Winner, Bestselling Author, Hannah, Fame, Childrens Books
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Alex Award: By combing through the journals that Hannah has kept for much of her life, this collection of narrative essays deliver a fuller picture of her life, her experiences, and the things she’s figured out about family, faith, love, sexuality, self-worth, friendship and fame.
Alex Award: Diane Guerrero, the television actress from Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family Orange Is The New Black, Jane The Virgin, Happy Books, Amazing Books, Books 2016, Love My Family
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Alex Award: Diane Guerrero, the television actress from Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family
Alex Award: n a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, the Regional Office and its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation. The mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. Now the Regional Office is under attack, led by Rose, who is eager to stretch into her powers and prove herself on her first mission. Defending the Regional Office is Best Fiction Books, Literary Fiction, Sci Fi Books, Audio Books, Manuel Gonzales, Good New Books, Female Assassin, The Resistance
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Alex Award: n a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, the Regional Office and its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation. The mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. Now the Regional Office is under attack, led by Rose, who is eager to stretch into her powers and prove herself on her first mission. Defending the Regional Office is
Alex Award: In Renthia, everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river. But the spirits of the land want to rid it of all humans. The queen is the only woman who stands between the spirits and the end of humankind, and no matter how strong or good the queen is, the threat of danger always looms. And so, Daleina is one of the young women chosen and trained as heirs to the throne. She joins forces with Ven, a disgraced champion who has neve High Fantasy, Fantasy Novel, Fantasy Books, Fantasy Series, Ya Fantasy, Medieval Fantasy, The River
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Alex Award: In Renthia, everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river. But the spirits of the land want to rid it of all humans. The queen is the only woman who stands between the spirits and the end of humankind, and no matter how strong or good the queen is, the threat of danger always looms. And so, Daleina is one of the young women chosen and trained as heirs to the throne. She joins forces with Ven, a disgraced champion who has neve
Schneider Family Book Award winner for teens: Can seventeen-year-old Jonah save his family restaurant from ruin, his mother from her sadness, and his danger-seeking girlfriend Vivi from herself?
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Schneider Family Book Award winner for teens: Can seventeen-year-old Jonah save his family restaurant from ruin, his mother from her sadness, and his danger-seeking girlfriend Vivi from herself?
Schneider Family Book Award winner for middle grades: When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"-- Class Books, Best Audiobooks, Middle Grade Books, Summer Reading Lists
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Schneider Family Book Award winner for middle grades: When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally"--
Schneider Family Book Award Winner for young children: Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet--a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today. Random House, Book Finder, Family Books, Kid Books, Reading Books, Kids Reading, School Library Journal, Class Library
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Schneider Family Book Award Winner for young children: Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet--a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today.
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner: Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them. Books Young Adult, Young Adults, Reading Stories
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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner: Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them.
Coretta Scott King Author Winner and Michael L. Printz Award Winner: Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world. John Lewis, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, National Book Award Winners, March Book, Book Week, Young Adult Literature
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Coretta Scott King Author Winner and Michael L. Printz Award Winner: Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.
2017 winner of Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King awards: Award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message and art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful. Coretta Scott King, Jean Michel Basquiat, African American Artist, American Artists, Joelle, Poetry Books, Easy Books
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2017 winner of Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King awards: Award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message and art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines--to be beautiful.
2017 John Newbery Medal winner: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. Newbery Award, Newbery Medal, Barnhill, American Literature, American Author
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2017 John Newbery Medal winner: An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her.
2016 Newbery Medal Winner and King Illustrator Honor - A young boy, CJ, rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things. Top Ten Books, Great Books, Library Books, Hardcover Books, Library Ideas
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2016 Newbery Medal Winner and King Illustrator Honor - A young boy, CJ, rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
2016 Newbery Honor - A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother Reading Class, Summer Books, Guided Reading, Book Of Life
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2016 Newbery Honor - A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother
2016 Newbery Honor-A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apar Roller Derby, Roller Skating, Victoria
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2016 Newbery Honor-A graphic novel adventure about a girl who discovers roller derby right as she and her best friend are growing apar
2016 Newbery Honor-Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, as the second World War approaches, the lives of three children -- Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California -- become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. Middle School Books, Reading Log, Happy Reading, Reading Skills
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2016 Newbery Honor-Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, as the second World War approaches, the lives of three children -- Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California -- become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives.
2016 Caldecott Medal Winner -A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Caldecott Award Winners, Mock Caldecott, This Is A Book, Winnie The Pooh, Album Illustré, Award Winning Books
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2016 Caldecott Medal Winner -A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
2016 Caldecott Honor Book and King Illustrator Award - Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest. Abrams Books, Library Lessons
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2016 Caldecott Honor Book and King Illustrator Award - Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
2016 Caldecott Honor and Theodor Seuss Geisel honor - Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected? Kevin Henkes, New Children's Books, Cat Books
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2016 Caldecott Honor and Theodor Seuss Geisel honor - Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected?
2016 Caldecott Honor, Steptoe illustrator award winner and Sibert honor - Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer Women In History, Black History, Album Ilustrado, Weatherford, Hamer, Civil Rights Movement, African American History
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2016 Caldecott Honor, Steptoe illustrator award winner and Sibert honor - Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer
2016 Coretta Scott King Award - Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible- African American Childrens Books, African American Authors, African Americans, American Art, American Story, American Girls
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2016 Coretta Scott King Award - Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother, Big Ma, and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible-