Kids & Parents
The Results Are In: The ALA Youth Media Awards
02.03.17
At the end of each year I become an amateur pollster.
I survey people to help me predict the winner of an election for which I am not even a registered voter.
This year I predicted that March: Book Three, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin would win an award.
I was wrong.
The book actually won an amazing FOUR awards: Coretta Scott King Award, Robert F. Sibert Award , Michael L. Printz Award, and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.
Take a look to see which of these honored books you might enjoy sharing with your children.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
written by Kelly Barnhill
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature.
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children. This book also received the Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award, recognizing an African-American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
illustrated by Raúl Gonzalez
written by Cathy Camper
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
Juana & Lucas
written and illustrated by Juana Medina
Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
March: Book Three
written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
illustrated by Nate Powell
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African-American author of outstanding books for children and young adults. This book also received the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults; the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children; and the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.
We Are Growing: A Mo Willems’ Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Book
written by Laurie Keller
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book.