2017-2018 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 2018 ALA award-winning and honor books that we blogged about, but links to the many books we blogged about over the course of 2017 that have won awards and honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature.
The following awards are included in this post:
- 2018 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards
- 2018 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Book Awards
- 2017 Children’s Literature Assembly (CLA) Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts
- 2018 Notable Books for a Global Society
- 2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
- 2018 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children
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.
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2018 ALA Youth Media Awards
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature
Newbery Honor Book
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Written by Derrick D. Barnes; Illustrated by Gordon C. James
Published by Bolden, Agate Publishing, 2017
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
Caldecott Medal Winner
Written and Illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Published by Feiwel and Friends, 2017
Caldecott Honor Book
Written and Illustrated by Jason Chin
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2017
Caldecott Honor Book
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Written by Derrick D. Barnes; Illustrated by Gordon C. James
Published by Bolden, Agate Publishing, 2017
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
Sibert Honor Book
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee; Illustrated by Man One
Published by Readers to Eaters, 2016
Sibert Honor Book
Written and Illustrated by Jason Chin
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2017
Coretta Scott King Award for outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Written by Derrick D. Barnes; Illustrated by Gordon C. James
Published by Bolden, Agate Publishing, 2017
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
Written by Kwame Alexander, with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth; Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Published by Candlewick Press, 2017
2018 NCTE Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Awards
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again
Written and Illustrated by Dan Santat
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2017
Charlotte Huck Honor Book
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
Published by Schwartz & Wade, 2017
Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
Written by Celine Claire; Illustrated by Qin Leng
Published by Kids Can Press, 2017
Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Written by Derrick D. Barnes; Illustrated by Gordon C. James
Published by Bolden, Agate Publishing, 2017
Charlotte Huck Recommended Book
Written by Katherine Applegate; Illustrated by Charles Santoso
Published by Feiwel and Friends, 2017
Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Written and Illustrated by Jason Chin
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2017
Orbit Pictus Honor Book
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee; Illustrated by Man One
Published by Readers to Eaters, 2016
Written by Joyce Sidman; Illustrated by Beth Krommes
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
Written by Kwame Alexander
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
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
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Written by Roxane Orgill; Illustrated by Francis Vallejo
Published by Candlewick Press, 2016
Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson
Published by Viking Press, 2016
Written by Kate DiCamillo
Published by Candlewick Press, 2016
Written by Melissa Sweet; Afterword by Martha White
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
Written and Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Published by Candlewick Press, 2016
Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems
Written by Bob Raczka
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016
Will’s Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk
Written by Jane Sutcliffe; Illustrated by John Shelley
Published by Charlesbridge, 2016
2018 Notable Books for a Global Society
Written by Kwame Alexander, with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth; Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Published by Candlewick Press, 2017
Written by Paige Britt; Illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko
Published by Scholastic Press, 2017
Written by Katherine Applegate; Illustrated by Charles Santoso
Published by Feiwel and Friends, 2017
2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
Nonfiction Honor Winner
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Written by Melissa Sweet; Afterword by Martha White
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
Picture Book Honor Winner
Written and Illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Published by Feiwel and Friends, 2017
2018 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children
Written by Melissa Stewart; Illustrated by Steve Jenkins
Published by Beach Lane Books, 2017
Written and Illustrated by Jason Chin
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2017
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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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It looks like you accidentally put Crown twice as a Caldecott honor and forgot Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper.
Hi Danielle,
Thanks for reading and for your comment! Crown is one of those amazing books that won multiple awards, so we’ve listed it for each award it’s won. Grand Canyon is another one. For this post, we’ve only included books we’ve blogged about in the past year so readers can click on them for the variety of teaching books we included in the previous posts. We’ll be posting about a few more recent ALA winners over the next few weeks, so we can share more teaching ideas and invitations about award winners we haven’t blogged about yet.