2016-2017 Children’s & Young Adult Book Awards

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.

ALA Youth Media Awards

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature

2016 NCTE Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Awards

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

The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

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 Honor Book

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Written by Debbie Levy; Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley

Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016

Orbis Pictus Honor Book

The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial

Written by Susan E. Goodman; Illustrated by E. B. Lewis

Published by Bloomsbury, 2016

Orbis Pictus Honor Book

Giant Squid

 Written by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann

 Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016

CLA 2016 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore

Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Published by Carolrhoda, 2015

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans

Written and illustrated by Don Brown

Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2015

 2016 ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards

ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Award for Primary Nonfiction

2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

 2017 Notable Books for a Global Society

NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children

Filed under: Announcements, Awards, Book Lists