Or you can read the press release.
One thing struck me after the ALA Youth Media Award ceremony was over was how many of the award-winners we have read, talked about, or have in our classroom. Check it out:
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (finalist):
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
Odyssey Honor (audiobook award):
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
Coretta Scott King Awards:
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Firebird by Misty Copeland, illustrated by Christopher Myers
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
Caldecott
Honors:
Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Caldecott Winner:
The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
And finally, the Newbery...
Honors:
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Winner:
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
