Scroll down the page to find the lists of selected awards, medals, and honors.
Check the library catalog for title availability.
For more information on Juvenile Award Winner books, it is recommended to consult one of the databases.
Just use the links on the Find Information on Juvenile Books page of this guide.
*Note that a number of titles appear in two or more lists as they are winners of multiple awards and honors.
Also note that unless otherwise indicated, the awards are announced in late January of each year the Midwinter meeting of the American Library Association.
* denotes the title was selected as a top ten.
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Older Readers
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All Ages
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PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER:
FICTION AWARD WINNER:
NONFICTION & POETRY AWARD WINNER:
PICTURE BOOK HONOR WINNERS:
FICTION HONOR WINNERS:
NONFICTION & POETRY HONOR WINNER:
Medal
Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz, written by Andrea L. Rogers
Honors
Home in a Lunchbox, written and illustrated by Cherry Mo, published by Penguin Workshop
My Daddy Is a Cowboy, illustrated by C. G. Esperanza, written by Stephanie Seales
Noodles on a Bicycle, illustrated by Gracey Zhang, written by Kyo Maclear
Up, Up, Ever!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Anita Yasuda
Author Award Winner
"Twenty-four Seconds from Now...,” written by Jason Reynolds
Illustrator Award Winner
“My Daddy Is a Cowboy,” illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, written by Stephanie Seales
Author Honors
“Black Girl You Are Atlas,” written by Renée Watson
“Black Star", written by Kwame Alexander
“One Big Open Sky,” written by Lesa Cline-Ransom
"Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King," illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Coretta Scott King with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynoldse
"Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava," illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Gary Golio
"Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller," illustrated by April Harrison, written by Breanna J. McDaniel
John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Author)
“Kwame Crashes the Underworld," written by Craig Kofi Fa
John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Illustrator)
“Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin,” illustrated by Jamiel Lawrmer
To be announced in May 2025
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Picture Book (Primary) –
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Children’s Fiction –
Young Adult Fiction –
Children’s Nonfiction –
To be announced in April 2025
Young Adult Nonfiction –
"John the Skeleton" by Triinu Laan
Award
Brownstone by Samuel Teer
Honors
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
Road Home by Rex Ogle. Norton
Medal Winner
“The First State of Being,” written by Erin Entrada Kelly
Honors
"Across So Many Seas," written by Ruth Behar
"Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All," written and illustrated by Chanel Miller
"One Big Open Sky," written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
"The Wrong Way Home," written by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Award Winner
Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools written by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
Honor Books
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story by David Dorado Romo
Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Kari Lavelle
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle and Jason Chin
Behold the Hummingbird by Suzanne Slade and Thomas Gonzalez
Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White
Children's Author Award Winner
Lola by Karla Arenas Valentin
Illustrator Award Winner
The Dream Catcher written by Marcelo Verdad, illustrated by Marcelo Verdad.
Children's Author Honor Books
Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granill
Ultraviolet by Aida Salazar
Young Adult Author Award Winner
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Young Adult Author Honor Books
Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar
Illustrator Honor Books
A Maleta Full of Treasures by Natalia Sylvester
Abuelo, the Sea, and Me by Ismée Williams
Medal Winner
Honor Books
Medal Winner
Honors
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