On Monday, January 11, ALA announced their 2016 Youth Media Award Winners. As usual, some of the winners were expected, but there were some surprises as well. Did your favorites win?

 

A full list of award, honor and medal winners can be found here.

 

2016 Newbery Medal Winner:

Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Pena (Grades P-K, Lexile AD601)

Last Stop on Market Street

 

2016 Newbery Honor Books:

The War That Saved My Life, written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Grades 4-7, Level X, Lexile 580)

Roller Girl, written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson (Grades 4-7, Lexile GN440)

Echo, written by Pam Munoz Ryan (Grades 5-9, Lexile 680)

 

The War that Saved My Life Roller Girl Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

 

 

2016 Caldecott Medal Winner:

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (Grades K-3, Level P, Lexile AD590)

 Finding Winnie

 

2016 Caldecott Honor Books:

Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Grades K-5, Lexile 840)

Waiting, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes (Grades P-2, Lexile 260)

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes (Grades 4-8, Lexile 820)

Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Grades P-K, Lexile AD610)

 

Trombone Shorty Waiting Kevin Henkes Voices of Freedom Last Stop on Market Street

 

 

2016 Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award Winner:

Gone Crazy in Alabama, written by Rita Williams-Garcia (Grades 3-7)

 Gone Crazy in Alabama

 

2016 Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Books:

All American Boys, written by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL770)

The Boy in the Black Suit, written by Jason Reynolds (Grades 7-12, Lexile HD760)

X: A Novel, written by Ilyasah Shabazz (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL580)

 

All American Boys The Boy in the Black Suit X A Novel

 

 

2016 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award Winner:

Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Grades K-5, Lexile 840)

 Trombone Shorty

 

2016 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Honor Books:

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Grades 2-4, Lexile 630)

Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Grades P-K, Lexile AD610)

 

The Book Itch Last Stop on Market Street

 

 

2016 Printz Award:

Bone Gap, written by Laura Ruby (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL810)

 Bone Gap

 

2016 Printz Honor Books:

Out of Darkness, written by Ashley Hope Perez (Grades 8-12, Lexile HL660)

The Ghosts of Heaven, written by Marcus Sedgwick (Grades 7-12, Lexile 920)

 

Out of Darkness The Ghosts of Heaven

 

 

2016 Schneider Family Book Award Winners:

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeoboah, written by Laurie Ann Thompson (Grades P-3, Level N, Lexile AD770)

Fish in a Tree, written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Grades 5-8, Level W, Lexile 550)

The War That Saved My Life, written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Grades 4-7, Level X, Lexile 580)

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B, written by Teresa Toten (Grades 7-12, Lexile HL620)

 

Emmanuels Dream Fish in a Tree The War that Saved My Life

 

 

2016 Pura Belpré (Author) Award Winner:

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir, written by Margarita Engle (Grades 6-12, Lexile 1120)

 Enchanted Air

 

 

2016 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award Winner:

Drum Dream Girl, illustrated by Rafael Lopez (Grades P-3, Lexile NP)

 Drum Dream Girl

 

 

2016 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner:

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (Grades 2-5)

 Funny Bones Posada

 

 

2016 Stonewall Book Award Winners:

George, written by Alex Gino (Grades 3-7)

The Porcupine of Truth, written by Bill Konigsberg (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL670)

 

George Porcupine of Truth

 

 

2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner:

Don’t Throw It to Mo!, written by David A. Adler (Grades P-2, Level F, Lexile 270)

 Dont Throw it to Mo

 

 

2016 William C. Morris Award:

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, written by Becky Albertalli (Grades 8-12, Lexile: HL640)

 Simon vs Homosapiens Agenda

 

 

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, written by Steve Sheinkin (Grades 5-9, Lexile 890)

Most Dangerous Daniel Ellsberg