About this month's books
Last week, the American Library Association announced its winners of the Youth Media Awards, among which are some of the most coveted literary prizes in children's literature (Newbery! Caldecott! Printz! Coretta Scott King! Sibert!)
Here are the winners and honors of several awards.
Newbery • Most distinguished contribution to children's literature
The Last Cuentista
Newbery Medal
Red, White, and Whole
Newbery Honor
A Snake Falls to Earth
Newbery Honor
Too Bright to See
Newbery Honor
Watercress
Newbery Honor
Caldecott • Most distinguished illustrations in picture book for children
Watercress
Caldecott Medal
Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
Caldecott Honor
Mel Fell
Caldecott Honor
Unspeakable
Caldecott Honor
Wonder Walkers
Caldecott Honor
Printz • Most distinguished contribution to young adult literature
Fire Keeper's Daughter
Printz Medal
Concrete Rose
Printz Honor
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Printz Honor
Starfish
Printz Honor
Coretta Scott King Author Award • Most distinguished writing that affirms the African American experience
Unspeakable
Coretta Scott King Author Medal
Home Is Not a Country
Coretta Scott King Author Honor
The People Remember
Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Revolution in Our Time: the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award • Most distinguished illustrations that affirms the African American experience
Unspeakable
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Nina
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Soul Food Sunday
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
We Wait for the Sun
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Sibert • Most distinguished contribution to nonfiction text for children
The People's Painter
Sibert Medal
Fallout
Sibert Honor
The Great Stink
Sibert Honor
Summertime Sleepers
Sibert Honor
Unspeakable
Sibert Honor
We Are Still Here!
Sibert Honor
Geisel • Most distinguished contribution to early readers
Fox at Night
Geisel Medal
Beak and Ally #1: Unlikely Friends
Geisel Honor
I Hop
Geisel Honor
Nothing Fits a Dinosaur
Geisel Honor
Pura Belpré Author Award • Most distinguished writing that affirms the Latin American experience
The Last Cuentista
Belpré Author Award, Children's Category
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
Belpré Author Honor, Children's Category
Child of the Flower-Song People
Belpré Author Honor, Children's Category
Coquí in the City
Belpré Author Honor, Children's Category
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
Belpré Author Award, Teen Category
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun
Belpré Author Honor, Teen Category
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
Belpré Author Honor, Teen Category
Where I Belong
Belpré Author Honor, Teen Category
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award • Most distinguished illustrations that affirm the Latin American experience
¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge
Belpré Illustration Award
Boogie Boogie, Y'all
Belpré Illustration Honor
Bright Star
Belpré Illustration Honor
Coquí in the City
Belpré Illustration Honor
May Your Life Be Deliciosa
Belpré Illustration Honor
Morris • Most distinguished debut young adult novel
Fire Keeper's Daughter
Morris Award
Ace of Spades
Morris Finalist
Me (Moth)
Morris Finalist
Vampires, Hearts and Other Dead Things
Morris Finalist
What Beauty There Is
Morris Finalist
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction • Most distinguished contribution to nonfiction for young adults
Ambushed!
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Medal
Black Birds in the Sky
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
The Woman All Spies Fear
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
Stonewall • Most distinguished literature about the LGBTQ+ experience
Too Bright to See
Stonewall Award
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Stonewall Award
Almost Flying
Stonewall Honor
The Darkness Outside Us
Stonewall Honor
Grandad's Camper
Stonewall Honor