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2026 ALA Youth Media Awards: Children's Books

This list features the honorees and winners for this year's best books for children, as chosen by the awards committees of the American Library Association.

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  • John Newbery Medal winner, for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025. — j F WATSON R
  • A Sea of Lemon Trees

    the Corrido of Roberto Alvarez

    Águila, María Dolores,
    Newbery honoree; Pura Belpre Award (Children's Author) honoree
    Book, 2025New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2025 — j F AGUILA M
  • Newbery honoree
    Book, 2025Montclair, NJ : Levine Querido, 2025. — j F NAYERI D
  • Randolph Caldecott Medal winner, for the most distinguished American picture book for children
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Clarion Books, [2025] — j P CELEBRAT BURGESS
  • Caldecott honoree
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2025] — j P TRANSPOR AWAN J
  • Caldecott honoree
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — j P GROWING KANG A
  • Stalactite & Stalagmite

    a Big Tale From a Little Cave

    Beckmeyer, Drew,
    Caldecott honoree
    Book, 2025New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2025] — j P NATURE BECKMEYE
  • Caldecott honoree
    Book, 2025New York : Kokila, 2025. — j P STORIES PENA Z
  • Coretta Scott King Award for African American Author winner
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — j F RHODES J
  • Coretta Scott King (Author) honoree
    Book, 2025New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025] — j F BARNES D
  • Coretta Scott King (Author) honoree; Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) winner
    Book, 2025Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2025] — j P ARTS RAMSEY C
  • André

    André Leon Talley--a Fabulously Fashionable Fairy Tale

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) honoree
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2025. — j B TALLEY A WEATHERF
  • Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) honoree
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Kokila, an imprint of Pnguin RandomHouse LLC., 2025. — j PO LAYMON K
  • Wanda Hears the Stars

    a Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe

    Hansen, Amy,
    Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children) winner, for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
    Unknown, 2025Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2025] — j B DIAZ MER HANSEN A
  • Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children) honoree
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — j F ARNOLD E BOY CALL bk. 4
  • Schneider Family Book Award (Young Children) honoree
    Book, 2025New York : Anne Schwartz Books, 2025. — j P NATURE MILUSICH
  • Schneider Family Book Award (Middle Grade) honoree
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2025. — j F PYRON B
  • Schneider Family Book Award (Middle Grade) honoree
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — j F FARUQI S