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Newbery Winners

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

2024 Newbery Winner
The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers

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The Eyes & the Impossible
BIG

Caldecott Winners

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

2024 Caldecott Winner
BIG written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison

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Coretta Scott King Award

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually by the American Library Association to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

2024 Author Award
Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

2024 Illustrator Award
An American Story by Kwame Alexander * Art by Dare Coulter

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Nigeria Jones
An American Story
Mexikid - A Graphic Memoir
Saints of the House Hold

Pura Belpré Winners

This award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

2024 Pura Belpré Medal Winners

Children’s Author Award and Youth Illustration Award
MexiKid: A Graphic Memoir, by Pedro Martin

Young Adult Author Award
Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

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Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. The award’s namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas, and a marketing consultant for Econo-Clad, as well an active member of YALSA. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school.

2024 Printz Medal Award
The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King

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The Collectors Stories