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January 23, 2017 by Grace Enriquez

2016-2017 Children’s & Young Adult Book Awards

January 23, 2017 by Grace Enriquez   Leave a Comment

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
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Newbery Honor 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

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
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Sibert Honor Book
Giant Squid
 Written by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
 Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016

2016 NCTE Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Awards

Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children

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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

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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

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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
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Orbis Pictus Winner
Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White
Written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016

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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

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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
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Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Giant Squid
 Written by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
 Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016

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Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
Written by Diane Stanley; Illustrated by Jessie Hartland
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Children, 2016

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

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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore
Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Published by Carolrhoda, 2015
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
Written and illustrated by Don Brown
Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2015
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 Echo: A Novel
Written by Pam Munoz Ryan
Published by Scholastic, 2015

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 Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems / Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales
Written and illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Published by Henry Holt, 2015

 2016 ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards

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

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

2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

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Picture Book Award Winner
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Written by Roxane Orgill; Illustrated by Francis Vallejo
Published by Candlewick, 2016

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Fiction Honor Winner
Goodbye Stranger
Written by Rebecca Stead
Published by Wendy Lamb, 2015

 2017 Notable Books for a Global Society

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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
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Towers Falling
Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 2016

NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children

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Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
Written by Diane Stanley; Illustrated by Jessie Hartland
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Children, 2016
Giant Squid
Giant Squid
 Written by Candace Fleming; Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
 Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016

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About Grace Enriquez

Grace is an associate professor of language and literacy at Lesley University. A former English Language Arts teacher, reading specialist, and literacy consultant, she teaches and writes about children’s literature, critical literacies, and literacies and embodiment. Grace is co-author of The Reading Turn-Around and co-editor of Literacies, Learning, and the Body.

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