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Newbery Award

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller [eBook here]

Newbery Honors

All Thirteen: The Incredible Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat [eBook here]

BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Michele Wood [eBook here]

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley [eBook here]

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly; illustrated by Erin Entrada Kelly and Celia Krampien [eBook here]

A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat [eBook here]

Caldecott Award

We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstorm

Caldecott Honors

A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart illustrated by Noe Denmon and written by Zetta Elliott

The Cat Man of Aleppo illustrated by Yuko Shimizu  and written by Irene Latham & Karim Shamsi-Basha

Me & Mama illustrated and written by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Outside In illustrated by Cindy Derby and written by Deborah Underwood

Coretta Scott King Author Award

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson [eBook here]

Coretta Scott King Author Honors

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor [eBook here]

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender [eBook here]

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Boxes by Evette Dionne [eBook here]

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul illustrated by Frank Morrison and written by Carole Boston Weatherford

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors

Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration illustrated by Kaylani Juanita and written by Samara Cole Doyon [eBook here]

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera and written by Suzanne Slade

Me & Mama illustrated and written by Cozbi A. Cabrera

Schneider Family Book Award

Ages 0-10

I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and illustrated by Sydney Smith [eBook here]

Ages 11-13

Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte [eBook here]

Odyssey Award

Kent State written by Deborah Wiles and narrated by Christopher Gebauer, Lauren Ezzo, Christina DeLaine, Johnny Heller, Roger Wayne, Korey Jackson, and David de Vries [eBook here, print book here]

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award

¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat illustrated and written by Raúl Gonzalez [eBook here]

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor

Sharuko : el arqueólogo Peruano Julio CTello = Peruvian archaeologist Julio CTello illustrated by Elisa Chavarri and written by Monica Brown

Pura Belpré Author Award

Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

Pura Belpré Author Honors

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas [eBook here]

Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez [eBook here]

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog by David LaRochelle and illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka

Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors

The Bear in My Family by Maya Tatsukawa

Ty’s Travels: Zip, Zoom! by Kelly Staring Lyons and illustrated by Nina Mata

What About Worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins

Where’s Baby by Anne Hunter

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

Picture Book Winner

Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung and illustrated by Chris Saski

Children’s Literature Winner

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller [eBook here]

Youth Literature Winner

This Light Between Us by Andrew Fukuda

Sydney Taylor Book Award

God Medalists

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Leslea Newman and illustrated by Susan Gal [eBook here]

Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

Silver Medalists

I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book by Mychal Copeland and illustrated by Andre Ceolin

Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Khoa Le [eBook here]

No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen [eBook here]

Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack [eBook here]

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman [eBook here]

They Went Left by Monica Hesse