The start of the calendar year is always an exciting time for children’s and young adult literature, as the American Library Association (ALA) announces its Youth Media Awards. Below you will find not only links to the 2017 ALA award-winning and honor books that we blogged about, but links to the many books we blogged […]
The start of the calendar year is always an exciting time for children’s and young adult literature, as the American Library Association (ALA) announces its Youth Media Awards. Below you will find not only links to the 2017 ALA award-winning and honor books that we blogged about, but links to the many books we blogged about over the course of 2016 that have won awards and honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. We invite you to explore our previously written blog entries for these winners and honor books. In the coming weeks, we will select a few more titles from the list of ALA winners and post blog entries to support you as you teach with these titles.
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature

Newbery Honor Book
Written by Adam Gidwitz; Illustrated by Hatem Aly
Published by Dutton Children’s Books, 2016
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
Sibert Honor Book
Written by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016
Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children

Charlotte Huck Honor Book
Wild Robot
Written by Peter Brown
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016

Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
The Seventh Wish
Written by Kate Messner
Published by Bloomsbury USA, 2016
Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
Written by Adam Gidwitz; Illustrated by Hatem Aly
Published by Dutton Children’s Books, 2016

Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2016
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Orbis Pictus Winner
Written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016

Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Written by Debbie Levy; Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016

Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Written by Susan E. Goodman; Illustrated by E. B. Lewis
Published by Bloomsbury, 2016
Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
Written by Diane Stanley; Illustrated by Jessie Hartland
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Children, 2016

Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Published by Carolrhoda, 2015
Written and illustrated by Don Brown
Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2015
Written by Pam Munoz Ryan
Published by Scholastic, 2015

Written and illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Published by Henry Holt, 2015
ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Award for Primary Nonfiction

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear
Written by Lindsay Mattock; Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Published by Little, Brown, 2015

Picture Book Award Winner
Written by Roxane Orgill; Illustrated by Francis Vallejo
Published by Candlewick, 2016

Fiction Honor Winner
Written by Rebecca Stead
Published by Wendy Lamb, 2015
Written by Debbie Levy; Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016
Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 2016

Written by Diane Stanley; Illustrated by Jessie Hartland
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Children, 2016
Written by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016
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