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Mi papi tiene una moto/My Papi Has a Motorcycle is the first-ever award winner of the Center for Children's Literature at Bank Street College of Education Best Spanish Language Picture Book.

The only national book awards voted on by kids and teens, this year’s finalists include Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love, The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton, and The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Students can cast their vote until June 2.

The Center for Children's Literature at Bank Street College of Education selected four semifinalists for the 2019 Irma S. Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature. The winner will be selected by first and second graders across the country; teachers and librarians can register their students to participate in the voting process before April 19.

Before we tune in to the Youth Media Awards on January 28, we’d like to focus on a handful of outliers that perhaps lack the broad consensus-building qualities of previously highlighted titles but are just as impressive.

Could there be a repeat of 2017? The children’s literature scholar thinks two nonfiction titles about race in the United States could take the medal.

We rounded up our reviews of the five titles on YALSA’s 2019 Excellence in Nonfiction Award Shortlist.

Check out our reviews—all starred—for the recently announced Morris finalists, including two SLJ Best Books.

The former “Heavy Medal” blogger makes a case for Neal Shusterman’s sequel and points to a strong crop of middle grade titles that might have a chance at the medal.

A former Printz committee and current Coretta Scott King Award Book Jury member discusses her possible Printz picks for 2019.