ALA Youth Media Award Winners
Below are the winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, Michael L. Printz and Coretta Scott King Awards. For the winners of the rest of the awards, go to the official ALA Press Announcement.
Newbery Award
Medal Winner:
The Crossover, Kwame Alexander, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (also a Coretta Scott King Honor Book)
Honor Books (2):
El Deafo, Cece Bell, Abrams/ Amulet
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson, Penguin/Nancy Paulsen (also winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, a Sibert Honor and of the National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature).
Caldecott Award
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, Dan Sentat, Hachette/Little, Brown
Honor Books (6):
Nana in the City, Lauren Castillo, HMH/Clarion
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, Mary GrandPre, Barb Rosenstock, RH/Knopf
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole, Jon Klassen, Mac Barnett, Candlewick
Viva Frida, Yuyi Morales, Macmillan/Roaring Book Press, (also the winner of the ALA Pura Belpré Illustrator Award)
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, Melissa Sweet, Jen Bryant, Eerdmans (also the winner of the ALA Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award)
This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Macmillan/First Second (also a Printz Honor Book; that’s right, BOTH a Caldecott and a Printz, the first time ever)
Michael L. Printz Award
I’ll Give You the Sun, Jandy Nelson, Penguin/Dial (also an ALA Stonewall Honor Book)
Honor Books (4):
And We Stay, Jenny Hubbard, RH/Delacorte Press
The Carnival at Bray, Jessie Ann Foley, Elephant Rock Books (also a William C. Morris Honor Book)
Grasshopper Jungle, Andrew Smith, Penguin/Dutton Juvenile
This One Summer, Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Macmillan/ First Second (also a Caldecott Honor Book; that’s right, BOTH a Caldecott and a Printz, the first time ever)
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award
Medal Winner:
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson, Penguin/Nancy Paulsen (also a Newbery Honor Book, Sibert Honor and winner of the National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature).
Honor Books (3):
The Crossover, Kwame Alexander, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (also the Newbery Winner)
How I Discovered Poetry, Marilyn Nelson, Hadley Hooper, Penguin/Dial
How It Went Down, Kekla Magoon, Macmillan/Holt
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
Medal Winner:
Firebird, Chirsopher Myers, Misty Copeland, Penguin/ Putnam
Honor Books (2):
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, Christian Robinson, Patricia Hruby Powell, Chronicle Books (also an ALA Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book)
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, Frank MorrisonKatheryn Russell-Brown, Lee & Low
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Deborah D. Taylor, Coordinator of School and Student Services at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award
Jason Reynols, When I Was the Greatest, S&S/Atheneum