The American Library Association has announced the 2020 winners of the Youth Media Awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Medals. These are the highest American honors for books written for young people. Check out the full list, including honors, at the ALA website, or use this list of winners to help place holds on these award-winning items from MHL!
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New kid by Jerry Craft Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature & Coretta Scott King Author Award for an African-American authorof outstanding books for children and young adults: Enrolled in a prestigious private school where he is one of only a few students of color, talented seventh-grade artist Jordan finds himself torn between the worlds of his Washington Heights apartment home and the upscale circles of Riverdale Academy. |
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The undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for an African-American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: "The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover celebrates black American heroism and culture in a picture-book rendering of his performance on ESPN's ""The Undefeated."" Illustrated by the Caldecott Honor-winning artist of Henry's Freedom Box. |
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What is given from the heart by Pat McKissack, illustrated by April Harrison Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award A final picture book by the three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner follows the story of a little boy from a disadvantaged home where he and his mother count their blessings while helping their church collect donations for a family that has lost everything in a fire. |
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Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement A long-awaited conclusion to the story that began in the Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry finds young adult Cassie Logan searching for a sense of belonging before joining the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Mississippi. |
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Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults When their rags-to-riches grandparents decide against bequeathing the family fortune to their descendants, five teens confront difficult secrets and the realities of their disadvantages before uniting in the face of a terrible choice to save the family name. By the award-winning author of Still Life With Tornado. |
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Just ask! : be different be brave, be you by Sonia Sotomayor Schneider Family Award for Young Readers for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience: The boundary-breaking Supreme Court Justice and the award-winning author of Book Fiesta present a celebration of the world’s diversity that explains why different people make the world more vibrant and wonderful, just the way a variety of plants and flowers enhance a garden. |
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Song for a whale by Lynne Kelly Schneider Family Award for Middle Grades for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience: Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales. |
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Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein Schneider Family Award for Teens for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience: Depicts young teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with her recent chronic illness diagnosis, which comes amid family upheaval and challenges at school. |
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Kitten's first full moon by Kevin Henkes Children’s Literature Legacy Award for an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children’s lives and experiences. When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it, but her adventure eventually leads her back home where something special is waiting just for her. |
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Most dangerous : Daniel Ellsberg and the secret history of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: The award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 traces the story of how an obscure government analyst exposed two decades of political deception about the Vietnam War in what became known as the Pentagon Papers. |
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Brown by Håkon Øvreås Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States: With help from his recently-deceased grandfather, new friends and their superhero alter egos, and some paint, Rusty stops the bullies who have been terrorizing their small town. |
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Hey, kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States: Shares the author's upbringing in a family grappling with addiction and how he used art to survive. |
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Dancing hands : how Teresa Carreño played the piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle Pura Belpré Illustrator Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: Looks at the life and accomplishments of Teresa Carreño, one of the most famous pianists who, by age nine, performed for President Abraham Lincoln at the White House. |
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Sal & Gabi break the universe by Carlos Alberto Pablo Hernandez Pura Belpré Author Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: In order to heal after his mother's death, thirteen-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes |
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Fry bread : a Native American family story by Kevin Noble Maillard Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children. A celebration of the long-cherished Seminole Nation tradition of sharing fry bread during family meals combines evocative verses with vibrant artwork by the award-winning illustrator of La Princesa and the Pea. Illustrations. |
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When Aidan became a brother by Kyle Lukoff Stonewall Book Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience Aidan, a transgender boy, experiences complicated emotions as he and his parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby. |
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Stop! Bot! by James Yang Theodore Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book A lively follow-up to Bus! Stop! finds a little boy and his apartment building’s friendly doorman racing through elaborately detailed, increasingly wacky spreads in search of a runaway bot. By the award-winning creator of Puzzlehead. |
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William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens Uprooted from his native Montreal to Austin, Texas, a black French-Canadian teen navigates the joys and clichés of the American high school experience, including falling in love, before challenging himself to accept friendship into his life. |
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A sixth grader from an economically disadvantaged family struggles in a new school where he is forced to endure humiliation over his secondhand clothing and public daily requests for his school’s free lunch program. |
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Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom by Teresa Robeson Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Picture Book When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split. |
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Chinese-American student Christine is devastated when her artistic best friend, Moon, falls dangerously ill amid revelations that she has been having visions about celestial beings telling her she does not really belong on Earth. |
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They called us enemy by George Takei Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Young Adult Literature The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism. |
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The book rescuer : how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come by Sue Macy The Sydney Taylor Book Award, Picture Book for outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience A folkloric account of the efforts of MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Aaron Lansky to preserve Jewish-European literature describes how for more than 40 years he has combed through dumpsters, basements and attics to collect and preserve Yiddish-language books. |
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The Sydney Taylor Book Award, Middle Grade for outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience Inspired by the author’s best-selling Wonder, a graphic novel debut traces the heartrending story of a grandmother who as a Jewish girl was hidden by a brave, compassionate family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II. |
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Someday we will fly by Rachel DeWoskin The Sydney Taylor Book Award, Young Adult for outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience Fleeing 1940 Poland when her mother disappears, the 15-year-old daughter of circus performers struggles to care for a dangerously malnourished sibling in Shanghai, one of the few places that accepts Jewish refugees without visas, before the war arrives at the hands of the Japanese. |
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Bowwow powwow : bagosenjige-niimi'idim by Brenda J. Child American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dress dancers--all with telltale ears and paws and tails. All celebrating in song and dance. All attesting to the wonder of the powwow. |
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When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home |
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Hearts unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith American Indian Youth Literature Award, Young Adult While working with the new photojournalist to cover the school musical's ethnically diverse casting, Muscogee (Creek) Louise Wolfe finds herself confronting the politics of being Native and the feasibility of dating while Native |