Awards

It Fell From the Sky by Terry Fan and Eric Fan and Cougar Crossing by Meeg Pincus are this year's winners. Three silver medalists were chosen for each award.

Twenty-five libraries in Title I schools have been awarded $700 grants, presented by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, in partnership with SLJ.

The NCTE Excellence in Children’s Poetry Award Committee has recognized 21 exceptional books of poetry and nine novels in verse in their annual list. Read and evaluated by each member of the committee, these books published in 2021 are notable for their use of language, poetic devices, and their application to children ages three to 13.

Artist Faith Ringgold, authors and publishers Wade and Cheryl Hudson, and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are among those recognized by the annual awards.

The district librarian for Redmond (OR) School District is passionate about diverse collections and creating welcoming spaces for Latinx children.

Boyd, librarian at Jefferson Middle School Academy in Washington, DC, earned the annual honor for her innovative programming, advocacy, and dedication to her students and community. 

The annual awards selected a winner and honor title for each of the seven categories.

The National Coalition Against Censorship creates a Book Challenge Crisis Hotline and Youth Censorship Database and Map in response to the rising censorship attempts across the county; We Need Diverse Books offers new educator grants; Cook Prize nominees announced; and more news. 

Watch now! In this episode of the kid lit game show, Fipps and a middle school contestant go head-to-head on the finer points of Starfish.