Wednesday, January 29, 2025

American Library Association Award Winners 2025

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Pura Belpré Children’s Author Award



The 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 whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate, ALSC, and YALSA. 


Award Winner

Lola, written by Karla Arenas Valenti and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House.


Honor Books:

Cruzita and the Mariacheros, written by Ashley Granillo and published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group Inc.

Ultraviolet, written by Aida Salazar and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.


Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Award

The 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 whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by REFORMA, ALSC, and YALSA. 


Award Winner

Shut Up, This Is Serious, written by Carolina Ixta and published by Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.


Honor Books:

Libertad, written by Bessie Flores Zaldívar and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Wild Dreamers, written by Margarita Engle and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.


Pura Belpré Youth Illustration Award

The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by REFORMA, ALSC, and YALSA. Learn more about the Pura Belpré Award.


Winner:

The Dream Catcher, illustrated by Marcelo Verdad, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group Inc.


Honor Books:

Abuelo, the Sea, and Me, illustrated by Tatiana Gardel, written by Ismée Williams and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing.

A Maleta Full of Treasures, illustrated by Juana Medina, written by Natalia Sylvester and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House.


Coretta Scott King (Author) Award




The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award is sponsored by ALA's Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART). 


Medal Winner

Twenty-four Seconds from Now..., written by Jason Reynolds, published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.


Honor Books:

Black Girl You Are Atlas, by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes and published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Black Star, by Kwame Alexander, and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group Inc.

One Big Open Sky, by Lesa Cline-Ransome, and published by Holiday House.


Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award is sponsored by CSKBART. 


Medal Winner

My Daddy is a Cowboy, illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.


Honor Books:

Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Coretta Scott King with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds and published by Godwin Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company.

Everywhere Beauty is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava, illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Gary Golio and published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers.

Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller, illustrated by April Harrison, written by Breanna J. McDaniel and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House.


Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award

The John Steptoe New Talent Award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee. The award is sponsored by CSKBART. 


Author Award

Craig Kofi Farmer, author of Kwame Crashes the Underworld.


Illustrator Award

Jamiel Law, illustrator of Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin.


Newbery (John Newbery Medal)




The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by ALSC to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 


Medal Winner

The First State of Being, written by Erin Entrada Kelly, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.


Honor Books:

Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All, written and illustrated by Chanel Miller and published by Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House

One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House

The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy, A Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House


Caldecott (Randolph Caldecott Medal)




The Randolph Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by ALSC to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. 


Medal Winner

Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz, written by Andrea L. Rogers and published by Levine Querido.


Honor Books:

Home in a Lunchbox, illustrated and written by Cherry Mo and published by Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House

My Daddy Is a Cowboy, illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, written by Stephanie Seals and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS

Noodles on a Bicycle, illustrated by Gracey Zhang, written by Kyo Maclear, and published by Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House

Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Anita Yasuda and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers


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