Announcing the ALA Youth Media Awards, 2017
Medalists below, as they are announced.
UPDATE: Download our spreadsheet of the award-winning titles, with full ordering information, ALA Youth Media Awards, 2017
Link to the press release for the full list of Medalists and Honorees.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Radiant Child, Javaka Steptoe, (Little, Brown)
Coretta Scott King Author Award: March: Book 3, John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, (IDW/Top Shelf)
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award: The Sun Is Also a Star, Nicole Yoon, (PRH/Delacorte)
Margaret Edwards Award: Sarah Dessen
Odyssey Award: Anna and the Swallow Man, narrated by Allan Corduner, (PRH/Listening Library)
Morris Award: The Serpent King, Jeff Zentner, (PRH/Crown Books for Young Readers)
Excellence In Non-Fiction For Youth: March: Book 3, John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, (IDW/Top Shelf)
Michael L. Printz Award: March: Book 3, John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, (IDW/Top Shelf)
Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award: Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, illus. by Raul Gonzalez, written by Cathy Camper (Chronicle Books)
Pura Belpré (Author) Award: Juana & Lucas, written and illustrated by Juana Medina, (Candlewick)
Arbuthnot Lecture: Naomi Shihab Nye
Batcheldor Award: Cry Heart But Never Break, written by Glenn Ringtved, illus. by Charlotte Pardi, Translated from the Danish by Robert Moulthrop, (Enchanted Lion)
Sibert Award: March: Book 3, John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, (IDW/Top Shelf)
Carnegie Medal: Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music, produced by Ryan Swear
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award: Nikki Grimes
Geisel Award: We Are Growing: A Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Book, written and illustrated by Laurie Keller, (Disney/Hyperion)
Caldecott Medal: Radiant Child, Javaka Steptoe, (Little, Brown)
Newbery Medal: The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill, (Workman/Algonquin Young Readers)