Awards

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin, Jr., and The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel are the winners of the 2022 Freedman Award.

Attention publishers: The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. is open to book submissions for the current cycle of its Children & Young Adult Literary Awards.

An emotional Tahir said winning the prestigious award felt like "an impossible dream."

Judges chose Harmony Becker's graphic novel over five other finalists for the prestigious award.

Almost a year since a fall caused a severe concussion, the Newbery winner and The Ogress and the Orphans author is celebrating being a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature as she continues her recovery.

The finalists for 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature have been announced. Here are their reviews from SLJ.

The National Book Foundation has longlisted 10 titles for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

Here are SLJ's reviews of the books that made the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

SLJ welcomes applications for the annual award, sponsored by Scholastic, honoring outstanding achievement by a K-12 library professional.