{"id":28382,"date":"2019-01-29T07:30:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=28382"},"modified":"2019-01-29T07:30:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T12:30:07","slug":"and-the-2019-childrens-literature-awards-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=28382","title":{"rendered":"Hits, Misses, a Different List, and Some Award Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The children’s literature equivalent of the Oscars\u2014aka the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards\u2014were announced on Monday morning, and\u00a066\u00a0books from\u00a023\u00a0publishers took home 77 awards (plus\u00a010 adult\u00a0titles from the Alex Awards). Forty-seven\u00a0awards (excluding the Alex Awards) went to women; 30 went to men.
\nSo many beautiful, enduring books were included, along with some surprising omissions.\u00a0And oh, the humanity! Only two Newbery Honor books?! I loved the choices,\u00a0and judges, our shelves also have room for a couple more!\u00a0(Scroll down for a complete list of winners and honors, grouped by age range instead of separated by award.)<\/em>
\nReaders, what books were you sad, surprised, and\/or outraged not to see on these lists? I’ll join that conversation in the comments.
\nSeveral books took home multiple awards: one book, The Poet X<\/strong><\/em> by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen) took home three, and the following books each took home two:\u00a0Darius the Great Is Not Okay<\/strong><\/em> by Adib Khorram (Dial),\u00a0The Parker Inheritance<\/strong><\/em> by Varian Johnson (Scholastic\/Levine),\u00a0Thank You, Omu!<\/strong><\/em> by Oge Mora (Little, Brown), The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees<\/strong><\/em> by Don Brown (HMH),\u00a0What the Night Sings<\/strong><\/em> by Vesper Stamper (Knopf), and\u00a0When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana<\/strong><\/em> by Michael Mahin, illustrated by Jose Ramirez (Atheneum).
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\nAnd big congratulations to M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman, and (in memoriam) Walter Dean Myers, who won the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award, and the Children’s Literature Legacy Award, respectively.
\n(Can’t resist a local shout-out to\u00a0Vermonters M.T. Anderson and Kekla Magoon for their awards! Woot!!)
\nMore numbers: by my count (not including the adult Alex titles), the publishers\u00a0celebrated\u00a0the following numbers of awards: Abrams-2, Candlewick-5, Charlesbridge-1, Chronicle-1, Cinco Puntos-1, Disney Book Group-2, Enchanted Lion-1, Hachette-5, HarperCollins-11, Highlights-2, Holiday House-2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt-6, Lerner-2, Live Oak Media-1, Macmillan-5, NorthSouth-1, Peachtree-1, Penguin Random House-11, Restless Books-1, Scholastic-6, Simon & Schuster-5, Thames & Hudson-1, Workman-1.
\nCongratulations, everyone!
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\nDoes it matter which books win? You bet.\u00a0While\u00a0the big awards, especially the Newbery, do not offer monetary prizes as such, they reap rich rewards for their publishers and authors, whose sales increase exponentially and whose books’ shelf lives improve considerably. (I’m not sure what it is now, but just a few years ago, the average in-print life of a children’s book\u00a0was 18 months.) A Newbery or Caldecott award can take a quiet book and catapult its sales into the tens, even hundreds of thousands of copies. Honor book sales usually soar, too.\u00a0Authors who win the major awards are also hot tickets on the paid speaking circuit\u2014often a writer’s bread and butter.
\nAlthough most people are aware of the major awards, the ALA actually offers\u00a021\u00a0different youth media awards and 1 award for adult books that appeal to teens (the\u00a0Alex Awards). Three of these awards are given to authors rather than books.\u00a0Also, please note: the American Indian Youth Literature Awards will officially be added to the ALA Youth Media Awards next year! In the meantime, check out the rich offerings and award winners here<\/a>! [https:\/\/ailanet.org\/activities\/american-indian-youth-literature-award\/]
\nInstead of repeating the ALA’s press release listing all of the winners<\/a>, which you can readily access yourselves, I thought I’d\u00a0provide a list of the winning and honor books grouped by picture books, beginning readers, middle grade, and young adult books. That way, ShelfTalker readers can do a quick cut-and-paste for their home and library collections.<\/p>\n

2019 ALA YOUTH MEDIA AWARD WINNERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNERS<\/strong><\/span>
\nAll-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah<\/strong><\/em> by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Random House\/Schwartz & Wade)\u2014Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger Readers Winner
\nDrawn Together\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Minh L\u00ea, illustrated by Dan Santat (Disney Hyperion)\u2014Asian\/Pacific Award for Literature Picture Book Winner
\nDreamers <\/strong><\/em>by Yuyi Morales (Holiday House\/Neal Porter)\u2014Pura Belpr\u00e9 Illustrator Award Winner
\nThe Fox on the Swing<\/strong><\/em> by Evelina Daci\u016bt\u0117, illustrated by Au\u0161ra Kiudulait\u0117, translated by The Translation Bureau (Thames & Hudson) (Originally published in Lithuanian as Laim\u0117 Yra Lap\u0117)\u2014Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner
\nHello Lighthouse<\/em><\/strong> by Sophie Blackall (Little, Brown)\u2014Randolph Caldecott Winner
\nJuli\u00e1n Is a Mermaid<\/strong><\/em> by Jessica Love (Candlewick)\u2014Stonewall Children’s Book Award Winner
\nRescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship<\/strong><\/em> by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, illustrated by Scott Magoon (Candlewick)\u2014Schneider Family Book Award for Young Children Winner
\nThe Stuff of Stars<\/em><\/strong>, illustrated by Ekua Holmes (text by Marion Dane Bauer) (Candlewick)\u2014Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner
\nThank You, Omu! <\/em><\/strong>by Oge Mora (Little, Brown)\u2014Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
\nPICTURE BOOK AWARD\u00a0HONORS<\/strong><\/span>
\nAlma and How She Got Her Name<\/strong><\/em> by Juana Martinez-Neal (Candlewick)\u2014Caldecott Honor
\nA Big Mooncake for Little Star<\/strong><\/em> by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)\u2014Caldecott Honor
\nDu Iz Tak?<\/strong><\/em> by Carson Ellis\u2014narrated by Eli D\u2019Amico, Sebastian D\u2019Amico, Burton Fott, Galen Fott, Laura Fott, Sarah Hart, Bella Higginbotham, Evelyn Hipp, and Brian Hull (produced by Weston Woods Studio\/Scholastic)\u2014Odyssey Audiobook Award Honor
\nEsquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist<\/strong> <\/em>by Susan Wood\u2014narrated by Brian Amador (produced by Live Oak Media)\u2014Odyssey Audiobook Award Honor
\nHidden Figures<\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by Laura Freeman (text by Margot Lee Shetterly) (HarperCollins)\u2014Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor
\nIslandborn<\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by Leo Espinosa (written by Junot D\u00edaz) (Dial)\u2014Pura Belpr\u00e9 Illustrator Award Honor
\nJerome by Heart<\/strong> <\/em>by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallec and translated from the French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick and Karin Snelson (Enchanted Lion)\u2014Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor
\nLet the Children March<\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by Frank Morrison (text by Monica Clark-Robinson) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)\u2014Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor
\nMemphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop<\/strong><\/em>, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (text by Alice Faye Duncan) (Calkins Creek)\u2014Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor
\nThe Remember Balloons<\/strong><\/em> by Jessie Oliveros, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte (Simon & Schuster)\u2014Schneider Family Book Award for Young Children Honor
\nThe Rough Patch<\/strong><\/em> by Brian Lies (Greenwillow)\u2014Caldecott Honor
\nThank You, Omu!<\/strong><\/em> by Oge Mora (Little, Brown)\u2014Caldecott Honor
\nWe Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga<\/strong><\/em> by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Fran\u00e9 Lessac (Charlesbridge)\u2014Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor
\nWhen Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana<\/strong><\/em> by Michael Mahin, illustrated by Jose Ramirez (Atheneum)\u2014Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor,\u00a0Pura Belpr\u00e9 Illustrator Award Honor
\nBEGINNING READER\u00a0AWARD WINNER<\/strong><\/span>
\nFox the Tiger<\/strong><\/em> by Corey R. Tabor (HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray)\u2014Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner
\nBEGINNING READER AWARD HONORS<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Adventures of Otto: See Pip Flap <\/strong><\/em>by David Milgrim (Simon Spotlight)\u2014Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor
\nFox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories<\/strong><\/em> by Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle)\u2014Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor
\nKing & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth<\/strong><\/em> by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Nancy Meyers (Peachtree)\u2014Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor
\nTiger vs. Nightmare<\/strong><\/em> by Emily Tetri (First Second)\u2014Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor
\nMIDDLE GRADE\u00a0AWARD\u00a0WINNERS<\/strong><\/span>
\nFront Desk<\/strong><\/em> by Kelly Yang (Scholastic\/Arthur A. Levine)\u2014Asian\/Pacific Award for Literature Children’s Literature Winner
\nThe Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian\u2019s Art Changed Science<\/strong><\/em> by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)\u2014Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner
\nHurricane Child<\/strong><\/em> by Kheryn Callender (Scholastic Press)\u2014Stonewall Young Adult Book Award Winner
\nMerci Su\u00e1rez Changes Gears\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Meg Medina (Candlewick)\u2014John Newbery Winner
\nSweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster<\/strong><\/em> by Jonathan Auxier (Abrams\/Amulet)\u2014Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers Winner
\nThe Truth as Told by Mason Buttle<\/strong><\/em> by Leslie Connor (HarperCollins\/Katherine Tegen)\u2014Schneider Family Book Award for Middle Grades Winner
\nMIDDLE GRADE AWARD\u00a0HONORS<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Book of Boy<\/strong><\/em> by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr (Greenwillow)\u2014Newbery Honor
\nCamp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild<\/strong><\/em> by Catherine Thimmesh (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)\u2014Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor
\nThe Collectors<\/strong><\/em> by Jacqueline West (Greenwillow)\u2014Schneider Family Book Award for Middle Grades Honor
\nEdison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure<\/strong><\/em> by Torben Kuhlmann and translated from the German by David Henry Wilson (NorthSouth Books)\u2014Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor
\nFinding Langston<\/strong><\/em> by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Holiday House)\u2014Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor
\nIvy Aberdeen\u2019s Letter to the World<\/strong><\/em> by Ashley Herring Blake (Little, Brown)\u2014Stonewall Children’s Book Award Honor
\nMy Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder<\/strong><\/em> by Nie Jun, originally published in Mandarin and translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (Lerner\/Graphic Universe)\u2014Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor
\nThe Night Diary<\/strong><\/em> by Veera Hiranandani (Dial)\u2014Newbery Honor
\nThe Parker Inheritance<\/strong><\/em> by Varian Johnson (Scholastic\/Levine)\u2014Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor; Odyssey Audiobook Award Honor,\u00a0narrated by Cherise Booth (produced by Scholastic Audiobooks)
\nRun for Your Life<\/strong><\/em> by Silvana Gandolfi (translated from the Italian by Lynne Sharon Schwartz) (Restless Books\/Yonder)\u2014Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor
\nThe Season of Styx Malone<\/strong><\/em> by Kekla Magoon (Random House\/Wendy Lamb)\u2014Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor
\nSpooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America<\/strong><\/em> by Gail Jarrow (Calkins Creek)\u2014Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor
\nThey Call Me G\u00fcero: A Border Kid\u2019s Poems<\/strong><\/em> by David Bowles (Cinco Puntos)\u2014Pura Belpr\u00e9 Author Award Honor
\nYOUNG ADULT AWARD WINNERS<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnger Is a Gift<\/strong><\/em> by Mark Oshiro (Tor Teen)\u2014Schneider Family Book Award for Teens Winner
\nA Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919<\/strong><\/em> by Claire Hartfield (Clarion)\u2014Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
\nDarius the Great Is Not Okay<\/strong><\/em> by Adib Khorram (Dial)\u2014William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Book Award Winner,\u00a0Asian\/Pacific Award for Literature Young Adult Literature Winner
\nMonday\u2019s Not Coming<\/strong><\/em> by Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins\/Katherine Tegen)\u2014Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner
\nThe Poet X<\/strong><\/em> by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen)\u2014Michael L. Printz Award Winner;\u00a0Pura Belpr\u00e9 Author Award Winner
\nSadie <\/strong><\/em>by Courtney Summers\u2014narrated by Rebecca Soler, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, Gabra Zackman, and more (produced by Macmillan Audio from Wednesday Books)\u2014Odyssey Audiobook Award Winner
\nThe Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees<\/strong><\/em> by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)\u2014YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Winner
\nWhat the Night Sings<\/strong><\/em> by Vesper Stamper (Knopf)\u2014Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers Winner
\nYOUNG ADULT AWARD HONORS<\/strong><\/span>
\n(Don\u2019t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health<\/strong><\/em>, edited by Kelly Jensen (Algonquin Young Readers)\u2014Schneider Family Book Award for Teens Honor
\nThe Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor<\/strong><\/em> by Sonia Sotomayor (Delacorte)\u2014YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Honor
\nBlood Water Paint<\/strong><\/em> by Joy McCullough (Dutton)\u2014William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Book Award Honor
\nBoots on the Ground: America\u2019s War in Vietnam<\/strong><\/em> by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking)\u2014YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Honor
\nCheck, Please!: #Hockey<\/strong><\/em> by Ngozi Ukazu (First Second)\u2014William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Book Award Honor
\nChildren of Blood and Bone<\/strong><\/em> by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt)\u2014William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Book Award Honor
\nDamsel<\/strong> <\/em>by Elana K. Arnold (HarperCollins\/Balzer + Bray)\u2014Michael L. Printz Award Honor
\nThe Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler<\/strong><\/em> by John Hendrix (Abrams\/Amulet)\u2014YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Honor
\nA Heart in a Body in the World<\/strong><\/em> by Deb Caletti (Simon Pulse)\u2014Michael L. Printz Award Honor
\nHey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction<\/strong><\/em> by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Scholastic\/Graphix)\u2014YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Honor
\nI, Claudia<\/strong> <\/em>by Mary McCoy (Carolrhoda Lab)\u2014Michael L. Printz Award Honor
\nPicture Us in the Light<\/strong><\/em> by Kelly Loy Gilbert (Hyperion)\u2014Stonewall Young Adult Book Award Honor
\nThe Poet X<\/strong> <\/em>by Elizabeth Acevedo\u2014narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo (produced by HarperAudio)\u2014Odyssey Audiobook Award Honor
\nThe Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees<\/strong><\/em> by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)\u2014Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor
\nWhat the Night Sings<\/strong><\/em> by Vesper Stamper (Knopf)\u2014William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Book Award Honor
\nADULT BOOKS WITH TEEN APPEAL\u00a0\u2014 ALEX AWARD BOOKS<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Black God\u2019s Drums<\/strong><\/em> by P. Dj\u00e8l\u00ed Clark (Tor.com)
\nThe Book of Essie<\/strong><\/em> by Meghan MacLean Weir (Knopf)
\nCirce<\/strong><\/em> by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown)
\nEducated: A Memoir<\/strong><\/em> by Tara Westover (Random House)
\nThe Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After<\/strong><\/em> by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil (Crown)
\nGreen<\/strong><\/em> by Sam Graham-Felsen (Random House)
\nHome After Dark<\/strong><\/em> by David Small (W. W. Norton)\/Liveright
\nHow Long \u2019Til Black Future Month?<\/strong><\/em> by N. K. Jemisin (Hachette\/Orbit)
\nLawn Boy<\/strong><\/em> by Jonathan Evison (Algonquin)
\nSpinning Silver<\/strong><\/em> by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)<\/p>\n

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It’s a beautiful\u00a0list of books! Most weren’t surprising, but there are some books I was really surprised not to see honored.\u00a0Jacqueline Woodson’s The Day You Begin<\/strong><\/em>, for one. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge<\/strong><\/em> by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin. Jewell Parker Rhodes’ Ghost Boys<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

We want to hear from you! What books were you sad, surprised, and\/or outraged not to see on these lists? Add your comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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