The ALA Youth Media Awards (Monday, January 23rd) are upon us and it’s time to share my predictions! This is always fun. 🙂
I have more faith in my picture book predictions; my middle grade (and young adult) reading this year has been abysmal! The awards I’m covering reflect this and I didn’t choose awards that are specifically for YA books though I did make a few YA predictions for other awards.
If you haven’t guessed already, Caldecott is my favorite, so I spent a lot of time thinking about this award. I even attended a Mock Caldecott at Cincinnati’s Main Library (which was a fun experience).
I picked awards that I had confident & informed guesses about and I tried my best to research and read as many books as I could. I’m certain that I’m leaving a lot out! We’ll see what I miss on Monday! Please feel free to tell me if a pick is ineligible and leave your thoughts in the comments.
So…let’s start, shall we? MY WINNERS ARE:
Image Credit: Simon & Schuster, Ashley Bryan
CORETTA SCOTT KING (AUTHOR) BOOK AWARD: FREEDOM OVER ME by ASHLEY BRYAN
HONORS: DON’T CALL ME GRANDMA by VAUNDA MICHEAUX NELSON & illustrated by ELIZABETH ZUNON
AS BRAVE AS YOU by JASON REYNOLDS
GHOST by JASON REYNOLDS
Image Credit: Little Bee Books, Carole Boston Weatherford/R. Gregory Christie
CORETTA SCOTT KING (ILLUSTRATOR) BOOK AWARD: FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE illustrated by R. GREGORY CHRISTIE & written by CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD
HONORS: RADIANT CHILD by JAVAKA STEPTOE
IN PLAIN SIGHT illustrated by JERRY PINKNEY & written by RICHARD JACKSON
WHOOSH! illustrated by DON TATE & written by CHRIS BARTON
Image Credit: Harper Collins, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Audrey Vernick
CORETTA SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE NEW TALENT AWARD: OLUGBEMISOLA RHUDAY-PERKOVICH (for the middle grade novel TWO NAOMIS)
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Image Credit: Simon & Schuster, Margarita Engle
PURA BELPRÉ AUTHOR AWARD: LION ISLAND by MARGARITA ENGLE
HONORS: BURN BABY BURN by MEG MEDINA
Image Credit: Abrams, Duncan Tonatiuh
PURA BELPRÉ ILLUSTRATOR AWARD: THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR by DUNCAN TONATIUH
HONORS: CANTICOS: LOS POLLITOS by SUSIE JAMARILLO
MAYBE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL illustrated by RAFAEL LÓPEZ & written by ISABEL CAMPOY & THERESA HOWELL
MARTA BIG & SMALL illustrated by ANGELA DOMINGUEZ & written by JEN ARENA
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Image Credit: Penguin Random House, Lauren Wolk
JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL: WOLF HOLLOW by LAUREN WOLK
HONORS: AS BRAVE AS YOU BY JASON REYNOLDS
PAX BY SARAH PENNYPACKER
THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON BY KELLY BARNHILL
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Image Credit: Chronicle Books, Brendan Wenzel
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT MEDAL: THEY ALL SAW A CAT by BRENDAN WENZEL
HONORS: RADIANT CHILD by JAVAKA STEPTOE
BEFORE MORNING illustrated by BETH KROMMES & written by JOYCE SIDMAN
FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE illustrated by R. GREGORY CHRISTIE & written by CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD
THUNDER BOY JR. illustrated by YUYI MORALES & written by SHERMAN ALEXIE
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Image Credit: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Melissa Sweet
ROBERT F. SIBERT INFORMATIONAL BOOK MEDAL: SOME WRITER by MELISSA SWEET
HONORS: GIANT SQUID by CANDACE FLEMING
WE WILL NOT BE SILENT BY RUSSELL FREEDMAN
SACHIKO: A NAGASAKI BOMB SURVIVOR’S STORY by CAREN STELSEN
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STONEWALL BOOK AWARD (MIKE MORGAN & LARRY ROMANS CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AWARD): WORM LOVES WORM written J.J. AUSTRIAN & illustrated by MIKE CURATO
GIRL MANS UP by M-E GIRARD
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Image Credit: Enchanted Lion Books, Glenn Ringtved, Charlotte Pardi, Robert Moulthrop
MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD: CRY, HEART, BUT NEVER BREAK written by GLENN RINGTVED, illustrated by CHARLOTTE PARDI and translated by ROBERT MOULTHROP
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Image Credit: Disney-Hyperion, Laurie Keller
THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD: WE ARE GROWING by LAURIE KELLER
HONORS: HORRIBLE BEAR! written by AME DYCKMAN & illustrated by ZACHARIAH OHORA
THUNDER BOY JR. written by SHERMAN ALEXIE & illustrated by YUYI MORALES
THIS IS NOT A PICTURE BOOK by SERGIO RUZZIER
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Image Credit: Harper Collins, Aaron Philip & Tonya Bolden
SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD: THIS KID CAN FLY: IT’S ABOUT ABILITY (NOT DISABILITY) by AARON PHILIP (and TONYA BOLDEN)
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