Something tells me everyone’s reading list just got a little longer today. With so many amazing children’s and teen titles honored at today’s American Library Association’s 2018 Youth Media Awards, we know ours did.
This morning, in Denver, ALA announced the top books for children and young adults, including the prestigious Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards. ICYMI, here are the winners:
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Wolf in the Snow | written and illustrated by Matthew Cordell and published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan
John Newbery Medal
Hello, Universe | written by Erin Entrada Kelly and published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollions
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Piecing Me Together | written by Renée Watson and published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | illustrated by Ekua Holmes and published by Candlewick
Full list: Author | Illustrator
Michael L. Printz Award
We Are Okay | written by Nina LaCour and published by Dutton Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers
Pura Belpré Awards
Lucky Broken Girl | written by Ruth Behar and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
La Princesa and the Pea | illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal and published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Full list: Author | Illustrator
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