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American Library Association Youth Media Awards
Newbery Medal
New Kid by Jerry Craft, illus. by Jerry Craft
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Caldecott Medal
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Kadir Nelson
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award:
New Kid by Jerry Craft, illus. by Jerry Craft
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Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award:
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Kadir Nelson
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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award:
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
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Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award:
What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack, illus. by April Harrison
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Printz Award
Dig by A.S. King
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Schneider Family Book Awards
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayer, illus. by Rafael López
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Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
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Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Brown by Håkon Øvreås, illus. by Øyvind Torseter, translated by Kari Dickson
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Pura Belpré Awards
Pura Belpré Author Book Award:
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
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Pura Belpré Illustrator Book Award:
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle, illus. by Rafael López
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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard, illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal
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Stonewall Book Award
When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Kaylani Juanita
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William C. Morris Award
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
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Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
Asian/Pacific American Picture Book Award:
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson, illus. by Rebecca Huang
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Asian/Pacific American Children’s Literature Award:
Stargazing by Jen Wang, illus. by Jen Wang
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Asian/Pacific American Young Adult Literature Award:
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, illus. by Justine Eisinger
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Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Sydney Taylor Picture Book Award:
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come by Sue Macy, illus. by Stacy Innerst
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Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Award:
White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio
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Sydney Taylor Young Adult Award:
Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin
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The American Indian Youth Literature Awards
American Indian Youth Literature Middle Grade Award:
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell
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American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Award:
Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Booklist Editors’ Choice Books for Youth
Nonfiction
Middle Readers
Young Readers
Older Readers
Fiction
Middle Readers
Young Readers
Older Readers
BookPage Best Lists
Best Picture Books
Best Middle Grade Books
Best Young Adult Books
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
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Internment by Samira Ahmed
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illus. by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
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Lovely War by Julie Berry
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Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
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The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbons
Fiction
Nonfiction
Picture Books
Charlotte Huck and Orbitus Pictus Awards
Charlotte Huck Honor
Between Us and Abuela by Mitali Perkins, illus. by Sara Palacios
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I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
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Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
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When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Kaylani Juanita
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New Kid by Jerry Craft, illus. by Jerry Craft
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Orbitus Pictus Winner
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Jerry Pinkney
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Orbitus Pictus Honor
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise, illus. Paola Escobar
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Soldier for Equality: José De La Luz Saénz and the Great War by Duncan Tonatiuh, illus. by Duncan Tonatiuh
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The Golden Kite Awards
Golden Kite Award Winners
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Non-Fiction for Young Readers
Picture Book Illustration
Picture Book Text
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Winner
Golden Kite Honor Books
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Non-Fiction for Young Readers
Picture Book Text
Picture Book Illustration
Horn Book Fanfare
Picture Books
Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction
Kirkus Best Books
Best Picture Books that Celebrate Family
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Best Picture Books for Animal Lovers
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Best Picture Books for a Good Laugh
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Best Picture Books to Explore Complex Emotions
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Best Picture-Book Poetry
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Best Picture Books to Get Kids Thinking
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Best Picture Books About Small People in a Big World
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Best Picture Books with Themes of Resilience
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Best Informational Picture Books
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Best Picture-Book Biography
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NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
All in a Drop: How Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander, illus. by Vivien Mildenberger
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Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel by Carl Safina, illus. by Carl Safina
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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade, illlus. by Veronica Miller Jamison
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Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, Amazing NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by Raul Colon
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The Frog Book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
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Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark, illus. bu Katy Wu
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Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future by Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn, illus. by Chelsea Beck
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Mario and the Hole in the Sky by Elizabeth Rusch, illus. by Teresa Martinez
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Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas, illus. by Daniel Egneus
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Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, illus. by Shennen Bersani
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Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty, illus. by Rachel Dougherty
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Titanosaurio: El Descubrimiento Del Dinosaurio Mas Grande Del Mundo (Titanosaur: Discovering The World’s Largest Dinosaur) by Diego Pol and Jose Luis Carballido, illus. by Florencia Gigena
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What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett, illus. by Diana Sudyka
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Rainbow Book List
Picture Book Nonfiction
Picture Book Fiction
Juvenile Nonfiction
Middle Grade Nonfiction
Middle Grade Fiction
Young Adult Nonfiction
Young Adult Fiction
Graphic Novel Nonfiction
Graphic Novel Fiction
School Library Journal’s Best Books
Best Picture Books
How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Melissa Sweet
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The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol, illus. by Vera Brosgol
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When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illus. by Kaylani Juanita
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Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons, illus. by Daniel Minter
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Fry Bread by by Kevin Noble Maillard, illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal
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Saturday by Oge Mora, illus. by Oga Mora
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My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illus. by Zeke Peña
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¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market by Raul the Third, illus. by Raul the Third
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Another by Christian Robinson, illus. by Christian Robinson
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The Quiet Boat Ride and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier, illus. by Sergio Ruzzier
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The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden by Heather Smith, illus. by Rachel Wada
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Best Transitional Chapter Books
Smell my Foot! by Cece Bell, illus. by Cece Bell
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King & Kayla and the Case of Found Fred by Dori Hillestad Butler, illus. by Nancy Meyers
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Snail and Worm: All Day by Tina Kugler, illus. by Tina Kugler
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Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas by Juana Medina, illus. by Juana Medina
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Poof! A Bot! by David Milgrim, illus. by David Milgrim
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Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat, illus. by Dan Santat
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Who Is The Mystery Reader? by Mo Willems, illus. by Mo Willems
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Best Middle Grade Books
The Line Tender by Kate Allen
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I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
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Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
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For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington
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A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Ramee
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds, illus. by Alexander Nabaum
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The Moon Within by Aida Salazar
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Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
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Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
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Best Young Adult Books
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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Light it Up by Kekla Magoon
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We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
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Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
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Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
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White Rose by Kip Wilson
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Frankly In Love by David Yoon
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America by Ibi Zoboi
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Best Nonfiction
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Kadir Nelson
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Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
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The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett, illus. by Sarah Jacoby
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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve
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An Indigenous People’s History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Soaring Earth by Margarita Engle
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Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across America by Steve Sheinkin, illus. by Bijou Karman
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Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas, illus. Daniel Egneus
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein, illus. by Jerry Pinkney
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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
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Best Graphic Novels
New Kid by Jerry Craft, illus. by Jerry Craft
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Best Friends by Shannon Hale, illus. by Leuyen Pham
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The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner, illus. by Emma Steinkellner
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illus. by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
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Guts by Raina Telgemeier, illus. by Raina Telgemeier
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Stargazing by Jen Wang, illus. by Jen Wang
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USBBY Outstanding International Books List
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour, illus. by Daniel Egneus
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One Fox by Kate Read, illus. by Kate Read
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Along the Tapajós by Fernano Vilela, illus. by Fernando Vilela
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The Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson
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The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
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The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden by Heather Smith, illus. by Rachel Wada
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Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin by Sean Taylor, illus. by Shirin Adl
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The Taste of Rain by Monique Polak
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The Red Zone: An Earthquake Story by Silvia and Sualzo Vecchini, illus. by Silvia and Sualzo Vecchini
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Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus and Julian Sedgwick
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Walter Awards
2020 Walter Award
2020 Walter Honors
2020 Walter Award, Younger Readers Category
2020 Walters Honors, Younger Readers Category
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