Awards

The winner of the annual award for YA debut author will be announced at the Youth Media Awards in January.

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd and Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera won the 2022 Orbis Pictus and Charlotte Huck awards, respectively. 

Malinda Lo's Last Night at the Telegraph Club won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. In her speech, the author asked viewers to help ensure the stories of the LGBTQ community and people of color continue to be told and available in libraries and schools.

Applications are being accepted for the annual honor highlighting outstanding achievement by a K–12 library professional. Sponsored by Scholastic, this year's expanded award program features new prizes and participation in an upcoming event.

They are here! Finalists for 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and their reviews from SLJ.

School librarian Jessica Scheller and art teacher Andrea Ramirez of Eiland Elementary School in Klein ISD, Houston, win inaugural award.

Ten contenders span genre, form, and topic, ranging from coming-of-age stories that explore gender, sexuality, and acceptance, to pivotal events in American history that resonate today.

Here are SLJ's reviews of the books that made the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

The Georgia high school librarian and Read Woke columnist is one of 50 educators from around the world who are up for the $1 million honor.