A Ball for Daisy

Honors:

Blackout

Grandpa Green

by Lane Smith

Me… Jane

Newbery Medal

Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Winner:

Dead End in Norvelt

written by Jack Gantos

Honors:

Breaking Stalin’s Nose

written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

Inside Out & Back Again

written by Thanhha Lai

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal

Awarded to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States.

Winner:

Tales for Very Picky Eaters

written and illustrated by Josh Schneider

Honors:

I Broke My Trunk

written and illustrated by Mo Willems

I Want My Hat Back

See Me Run

written and illustrated by Paul Meisel

Coretta Scott King Medal

Awarded annually to recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.

Winner:

Heart and Soul:  The Story of America and African Americans

The Great Migration: Journey to the North

written by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

Never Forgotten

written by Patricia C. McKissack,illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Schneider Family Book Award

Honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Close to Famous

written by Joan Bauer

Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures

written by Brian Selznick

Siebert Informantional Book Medal
Honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.

Winner:

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

written by Melissa Sweet

Honors

Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor

written by Larry Dane Brimner

Drawing from Memory

written and illustrated by Allen Say

The Elephant Scientist

written by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson, photographs by Caitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwell

Witches!:  The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer