Following is the list of winners announced at the January 24, 2022 virtual ceremony during ALA’s midwinter conference. Please check ALA Youth Media Awards | News and Press Center for more coverage.
John Newbery Medal
Winner: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querido.
Honor Books:
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca, Quill Tree
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger, Levine Querido
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff, Dial
Watercress by Andrea Wang, Neal Porter Books.
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winner: Watercress illustrated by Jason Chin, written by Andrea Wang, Neal Porter Books.
Honor Books:
Have You Ever Seen a Flower? written and illustrated by Shawn Harris, Chronicle
Mell Fell written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor, Balzer+Bray
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, Carolrhoda
Wonder Walkers written and illustrated by Micha Archer, Nancy Paulsen Books.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Winner: Fox at Night written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor, Balzer+Bray.
Honor Books:
Beak & Ally #1: Unlikely Friends written and illustrated by Norm Feuti, HarperAlley
I Hop written and illustrated by Joe Cepeda, Holiday House
Nothing Fits a Dinosaur written and illustrated by Jonathan Fenske, Simon Spotlight.
Children’s Literature Legacy Award
Grace Lin
Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media
Alma’s Way produced by Fred Rogers Productions.
Odyssey Award
Children’s Winner: Boogie Boogie, Y’all by and narrated by C.G. Esperanza, HarperAudio
Young Adult Winner: When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris, narrated by Preston Butler III, HarperAudio.
Honor Audiobooks:
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson, narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Listening Library
I Talk Like a River by and narrated by Jordan Scott, Dreamscape Media
Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abhahi and narrated by Mitra Jouhari, Listening Library.
Robert F. Sibert Medal
Winner: The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson, illustrated by Evan Turk, Abrams.
Honor Books:
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem by Collen Paeff, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, Margaret K. McElderry Books
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin, Roaring Brook
We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac, Charlesbridge
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate by Melissa Steward, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen, Charlesbridge
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, Carolrhoda.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Winner: Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba, illustrated by Miho Satake, Yonder.
Honor Books:
Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost by Betina Birkjaer, illustrated by Anna Margrethe Kjaegaard, Enchanted Lion
In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi, illustrated by Nooshin Safakhoo, Elsewhere Editions
The Most Beautiful Story by Brynjulf Jung Tjonn, illustrated by Oyvind Torseter, Enchanted Lion
Sato the Rabbit written and illustrated by Yuki Ainoya, Enchanted Lion
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by Maria Garcia Esperon, illustrated by Amanda Mijangos, Levine Querido.
ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture Award
Bryan Collier
Pura Belpré Awards
Winner, Youth Illustration: ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge written and illustrated by Raul Gonzalez, Versify.
Honor Books:
Boogie Boogie, Y’all written and illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, Katherine Tegen Books
Bright Star written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales, Neal Porter Books
De Aqui Como El Coqui written and illustrated by Nomar Perez, Dial
May Your Life Be Deliciosa illustrated by Loris Lora, written by Michael Genhart, Cameron Kids.
Winner: Youth Author: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera, Levine Querida.
Honor Books:
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs, Sourcebooks
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jimenez, Daughter of the Nahua written by Gloria Amescua, illustrated Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams
De Aqui Como El Coqui written and illustrated by Nomar Perez, Dial.
Winner: Young Adult Author: How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Simon & Schuster.
Honor Books:
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa, Skyscape
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp, Little Brown
Where I Belong by Marcia Argueta Mickelson, Carolrhoda.
Michael L. Printz Award
Winner: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt.
Honor Books:
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, Balzer+ Bray
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, Dutton,
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekkla Magoon, Candlewick
Starfish by Lisa Fipps, Nancy Paulsen Books.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Winner: Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield by Gail Jarrow, Calkins Creek.
Finalists:
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert, Balzer+Bray
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo, Norton
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months and Years After the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown, Etch
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizabeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield, Random.
William C. Morris Award
Winner: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt.
Finalists:
Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide, Feiwel & Friends
Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston, Margaret K. McElderry Books
Me (Moth) by Amber McBride, Feiwel & Friends
What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson, Roaring Brook.
Margaret A. Edwards Award
A.S. King
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Winner, Coretta Scott King Author Award: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, Carolrhoda.
Honor Books:
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo, Make Me a World
Revolution In Our Time by Kekla Magoon, Candlewick
The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi, Balzer+Bray.
Winner, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, Carolrhoda.
Honor Books:
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Traci N. Todd, Putnams
We Wait for the Sun illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, written by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, Macmillan.
Soul Food Sunday illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, written by Winsome Bingham, Abrams.
Winner, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award: Me (Moth) by Amber McBride, Feiwel and Friends.
Winner, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award: The Me I Choose to Be illustrated by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt, written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, Little, Brown.
Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Nikki Grimes
Stonewall Book Award
Children’s Literature: Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff, Dial
Young Adult Literature: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, Dutton.
Honor Books:
Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow, Dial
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer, Katherine Tegen Books
Grandad’s Camper written and illustrated by Harry Woodgate, Little Bee.
Schneider Family Book Awards
Winner, Young Children: My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf, illustrated by Ashley Barron, Kids Can.
Honor Books:
A Walk in the Words written and illustrated by Hudson Talbott, Nancy Paulsen Books
A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Peggy Collins, Pajama Press.
Winner, Middle Grade: A Bird Will Soar by Alison Green Myers, Dutton.
Honor Books:
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Raul the Third, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicholl, Crown.
Winner, Teens: Words in My Hands by Asphyxia, Annick.
Honor Book:
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henry, Farrar Straus Giroux.
Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Gold Medalist, Picture Book: The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel, illustrated by Sean Rubin, Neal Porter Books.
Silver Medalists:
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued written and illustrated by Peter Sis, Norton
Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe, Albert Whitman
The Christmas Mitzvah by Jeff Gottesfeld, illustrated by Michelle Laurentia Agatha, Creston.
Winner, Middle Grade: How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani, Kokila.
Silver Medalists:
The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, Candlewick
Linked by Gordon Korman, Scholastic.
Winner, Young Adult: The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros, Inkyard.
Silver Medalists:
The Last Words We Said by Leah Scheier, Simon & Schuster
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero by E. Lockhart, illustrated by Manuel Preitano, DC Comics
The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds, Razorbill.
Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award:
Jane Yolen
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature’
Winner, Picture Book: Watercress by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin, Neal Porter Books.
Honor Book:
A Boy Named Isamu: A Story of Isamu Noguchi written and illustrated by James Yang, Viking.
Winner, Children’s Literature: Amina’s Song by Hena Khan, Salaam Reads.
Honor Book:
Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh, HarperCollins.
Winner, Youth Literature: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, Dutton.
Honor Book:
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Winner, Picture Book: Herizon by Daniel W. Vandever, illustrated by Corey Begay, South of Sunrise Creative.
Honor Books:
Becoming Miss Navajo by Jolyana Begay-Kroupa, Salina Bookshelf
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Gold Ross, Cherokee Space Engineer by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Natasha Donovan, Millbrook
Learning My Rights with Mousewoman written and illustrated by Morgan Asoyuf, Native Northwest
I Sang You Down from the Stars by Tasha Spillet-Sumner, illustrated by Michaela Goade, Little Brown
We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac,Charlesbridge.
Winner, Middle Grade: Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young, Heartdrum.
Honor Books:
Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector by Diane Wilson, illustrated by Tashia Hart, Minnesota Humanities Center
Indigenous Peoples Day by Katrina M. Phillips, illustrated by Tashia Hart, Pebble/Capstone
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be-Best Friend by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert, Heartdrum
Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor by Jessica Engelking, illustrated by Tashia Hart, Minnesota Humanities Center
The Sea in Winter by Christine Day, Heartdrum.
Winner, YA: Apple (Skin to Core) by Eric Gansworth, Levine Querido.
Honor Books:
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai, Levine Querido
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline, Amulet
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Adrienne Keene, illustrated by Ciara Sana, Ten Speed
Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry, illustrated by Rahsan Ekedal, Great Oak.
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