JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature.
Winner: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Honors: Red, White, and Whole written by Rajani LaRocca, A Snake Falls to Earth written by Darcie Little Badger, Too Bright to See written by Kyle Lukoff, Watercress written by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin
RALPH CALDECOTT MEDAL for the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Winner: Watercress illustrated by Jason Chin, written by Andrea Wang
Honors: Have You Ever Seen a Flower? illustrated and written by Shawn Harris, Mel Fell illustrated and written by Corey R. Tabor, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, Wonder Walkers illustrated and written by Micha Archer and published by Nancy Paulsen Books
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Winner of the John Newbery Medal
Winner of the Pura Belpré Award
TIME's Best Books of the Year
Wall Street Journal's Best of the Year
Minneapolis Star Tribune's Best of the Year
Boston Globe's Best of the Year
BookPage's Best of the Year
Publishers Weekly's Best of the Year
Newbery Honor Book! A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia.
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST
Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best of the Year
Kirkus Best the Year
Apple Best of the Year
Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
New York Public Library's Best of the Year
A Newbery Honor Book • Winner of the Stonewall Book Award • A National Book Award Finalist
"A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding." –The New York Times Book Review
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Caldecott Medal Winner
Newbery Honor Book
APALA Award Winner
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.
New England Book Award Winner
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
A 2022 Caldecott Honor Book
A Caldecott Honor Book and ALA Notable Book of the Year! An innovative and charming tale about a plucky little bird, from the award-winning author-illustrator of Fox the Tiger.
Longlisted for the National Book Award
A Kirkus Prize Finalist
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
A must-have--Booklist (starred review)
A Caldecott Honor winner!
Micha Archer's gorgeous, detailed collages give readers a fresh outlook on the splendors of nature.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
“Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X
A National Book Award Finalist
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book—a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. This lyrical, powerful tribute is sumptuously illustrated by New Yorker artist and rising star Loveis Wise.
A 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Honoree!
This luminous, defining picture book biography illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Christian Robinson, tells the remarkable and inspiring story of acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy.
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