2026 ALA Youth Media Awards: Children's BooksLike this list

73 items

• All the Blues in the Sky

  Watson, Renée,

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  John Newbery Medal winner, for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature

• The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli

  Glaser, Karina Yan,

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  Newbery honoree

• A Sea of Lemon Trees

  the Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

  Águila, María Dolores,

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  Newbery honoree; Pura Belpre Award (Children's Author) honoree

• The Teacher of Nomad Land

  a World War II Story

  Nayeri, Daniel,

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  Newbery honoree

• Fireworks

  Burgess, Matthew,

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  Randolph Caldecott Medal winner, for the most distinguished American picture book for children

• Every Monday Mabel

  Awan, Jashar,

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  Caldecott honoree

• Our Lake

  Kang, Angie,

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  Caldecott honoree

• Stalactite & Stalagmite

  a Big Tale From a Little Cave

  Beckmeyer, Drew,

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  Caldecott honoree

• Sundust

  Peña, Zeke, 1983-

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  Caldecott honoree

• Will's Race for Home

  a Western

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker,

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  Coretta Scott King Award for African American Author winner

• The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

  Barnes, Derrick,

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  Coretta Scott King (Author) honoree

• The Library in the Woods

  Ramsey, Calvin A.,

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  Coretta Scott King (Author) honoree; Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) winner

• André

  André Leon Talley--a Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) honoree

• City Summer, Country Summer

  Laymon, Kiese,

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  Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) honoree

• Wanda Hears the Stars

  a Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe

  Hansen, Amy,

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children) winner, for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience

• Bat and the Business of Ferrets

  Arnold, Elana K.,

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children) honoree

• I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea

  Milusich, Janice,

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children) honoree

• WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW: A NOVEL ABOUT THE DUST BOWL

  ON ORDER

  Colman, Alyssa. ON ORDER

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Middle Grade) winner

• Octopus Moon

  Pyron, Bobbie,

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Middle Grade) honoree

• The Strongest Heart

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  Schneider Family Book Award (Middle Grade) honoree