Awards

The James Addams Peace Association and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction announce their 2024 winners; the kid lit community and free speech advocates mourn the loss of author Robie Harris, Lerner launches space books partnership, Paw Prints Publishing expands to middle grade, and more in this edition of News Bites.

Here are the overall Top 10 books chosen from six curated lists, spanning early readers to YA.

In each of the 41 titles on this year’s United States Board on Books for Young People’s (USBBY) Outstanding International Books list, the authors and ­illustrators empower readers to make sense of themselves and the world at large. Download the full list.

This dedicated page features everything about the awards, including all of SLJ's reporting of the ceremony and recognized titles and authors; a complete list of winners and honor books; plus links to book reviews, author interviews, blog posts, and related coverage.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2024 Youth Media Awards.

La guardiana de la libreta: Una historia de bondad desde la frontera has won the 2024 Premio, Mejor Libro Infantil/Best Spanish Language Picture Book Award.

A list of the winners of the 2024 Youth Media Awards.

Read about the winners and honorees of the top awards along with more news and reactions to the 2024 Youth Media Awards announcements.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2024 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Michael L. Printz Award and Honors winners.