Last night while everyone was watching the Golden Globes Awards, I was obsessively trying to predict this years ALA Youth Media Award Winners… (while watching the GGA) 🙂
ALA Youth Media Awards IS the Librarian’s Award Show.
I have to say that I am thrilled with the outcome! I am ecstatic with the diversity among the winners this year!
Just in case you missed the announcement, you can see all the winners here.
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature…
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena. Illustrated by Christian Robinson
 Newbery Honor Books..
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonÂ
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children…
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Sophie Blackall
Trombone Shorty illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Troy Andrews
Waiting by Kevin Henkes,
Last Stop on Market Street illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de le Pena
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award, recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
Trombone Shorty illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the King Illustrator Book winner.
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Last Stop on Market Street illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Matt de la Pena
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement illustrated by Ekua Holmes, is the Steptoe illustrator award winner.
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Jerry Pinkney is the winner of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Sean Qualls and published by Schwartz & Wade Books wins the award for children ages 0 to 10.
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley are the winners of the middle-school (ages 11-13).
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten, teen award winner (ages 13-18)
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences.
All Involved by Ryan Gattis
Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
The Unraveling of Mercy Louis by Keija Parssinen
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.
David Levithan is the 2016 Edwards Award winner
Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
The Drum Dream Girl illustrated by Rafael Lopez, is the Belpre Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Margarita EngleÂ
Honor Books for illustration
My Tata’s Remedies = Los remedios de mi tata illustrated by Antonio Castro L., written by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford
Pura Belpre (Author) Award
Belpre Author Honor Books
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sibert Honor Books
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, illustrated by PJ Loughran
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Stonewall Book Award – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.
2016 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Awards
George by Alex Gino
The Porcupine of Truth by Bill KonigsbergÂ
Two Honor Books
Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak
Sex is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth, illustrated by Fiona Smyth
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book
Don’t Throw It to Mo! by David A. Adler and illustrated by Sam Ricks
Geisel Honor Books
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box by Jonathan Fenske
Supertruck by Stephen Savage
Waiting by Kevin Henkes
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
 Books were finalists for the award
Because You’ll Never Meet Me by Leah Thomas
Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
Books were finalists for the award
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir by Margarita Engle
First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim Grove
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon by Nancy Plain
Here are a few pictures of Michael & I with the winners!
Matt De La Pena
