Each year the American Library Association awards outstanding books for children and young adults. Awards include including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards.
This year’s winners include:
Newbery Medal & Coretta Scott King (Author) Award
Instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
Caldecott Medal & Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award
The Undefeated
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Written by Kwame Alexander
The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
Printz Award
Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter.
Schneider Family Book Award
Just Ask – Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans.
William C. Morris Award
Field Guide to the North American Teenager – Ben Philippe
When Norris, a black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as cliches from “a bad 90s teen movie.”
Pura Belpré Award
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño played the piano for President Lincoln – Margarita Engle
Looks at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carreño, one of the most famous pianist who, by age nine, performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House.
