Awards

"Wherever K.C. Boyd goes, excellence is bound to follow." So began our profile of Boyd, named the 2022 School Librarian of the Year. 

The winner will be announced during the Youth Media Awards ceremony on January 30.

Illustrator John S. Dykes festooned our January 2022 cover with visual references to some iconic moments marking the centenary of the Newbery Medal. Book nerd bragging rights if you can ID the notable people and events pictured.

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.