The Winners of the 2018 American Library Association Youth Media Awards

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2018 American Library Association Youth Media Awards! Below find the complete list of all the award winners. Watch the full video of the press conference here. Randolph Caldecott Medal This medal is to be given to the artist who had created the most distinguished picture book of the year and named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott. Caldecott Honor Books Big Cat, little cat illustrated and written by Elisha Cooper Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes, A Different Pond illustrated by Thi Bui, written by Bao Phi Grand Canyon illustrated and written by Jason Chin Caldecott Medal Wolf in the Snow illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell   John Newbery Medal This award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Newbery Honor Books Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James Newbery Medal Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly   Schneider Family Book Award The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Best Young Children’s Book: Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say Best Middle Grade Book: Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green Best Teen Book: You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner   The Stonewall Book Award The Stonewall Book Awards is sponsored by the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table. Stonewall Honor Books As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gillman The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee Stonewall Book Award Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater   The Coretta Scott King Book Awards The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually 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.  The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: Eloise Greenfield (author of Nathaniel Talking, The Great Migration, Africa Dream, among many others) Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award Author: David Barclay Moore, the author of The Stars Beneath Our Feet Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors Charly Palmer for Mama Africa How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope With Her Song Gordon C. James for Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut James E. Ransome for Before She was Harriet Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Ekua Holmes for Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets Coretta Scott King Author Honors Derrrick Barnes for Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Jason Reynolds for A Long Way Down Angie Thomas for The Hate U Give Coretta Scott King Author Award Renée Watson for Piecing Me Together         Pura Belpré Award 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. Belpré Honor Books for Illustration All Around Us by Xelena Gonzalez, illustrated by Adriana M. Garcia Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos by John Parra, illustrated by Monica Brown Belpré Award Book for Illustration La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal  Belpré Honor Book for Text The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez Belpré Award Book for Text Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar   Theodore Seuss Geisel Award The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is a literary award by the American Library Association (ALA) that annually recognizes the “author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.” Geisel Honor Books I See a Cat by Paul Meisel King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Nancy Meyer My Kite is Stuck! And Other Stories by Salina Yoon Noodleheads See the Future by Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton, and Mitch Weiss Snail and Worm Again, written and illustrated by Tina Kugler Geisel Award Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes   Alex Awards The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming Malagash by Joey Comeau Roughneck by Jeff Lemire She Ride Shotgun by Jordan Harper Things We Have in Common by Tasha Kavanagh An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard   The Margaret A. Edwards Award The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine. It recognizes an author’s work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world. Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner: Angela Johnson (author of Looking for Red, The First Part Last, Sweet, Hereafter, Bird)   William C. Morris Award The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first awarded in 2009, honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. William C. Morris Honor Awards Dear Martin by Nic Stone Devils Within by S.F. Henson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman Morris Award The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas   Excellence in Nonfiction #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Charleyboy and Leatherdale Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers, by Deborah Heiligman The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W. Sandler Winner for Excellence in Nonfiction Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman   Michael L. Printz Award The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. Printz Honor Books Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers, by Deborah Heileigman Printz Award We Are Okay by Nina LaCour   Odyssey Award This annual award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States. Odyssey Honors The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman, narrated by Michael Sheen A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Heig, narrated by Stephen Fry Long Way Down, written and narrated by Jason Reynolds Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty”, narrated by Dion Graham The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell, narrated by David Tennant Odyssey Award The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, narrated by Bahni Turpin   May Hill Arbuthnot Honore Lecture Award The May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture is an annual event featuring an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children’s literature, of any country, who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature. Winner: Debbie Reese   Mildred L. Batchelder Award Batchelder Honors Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education by by Raphaële Frier and Aurélia Fronty When a Wolf is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin You Can’t Be Too Careful! by Roger Mello, translated by Daniel Hahn Batchelder Award The Murderer’s Ape by Jakob Wegelius   Robert F. Sibert Medal The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author( s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. Sibert Honor Books Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and June Jo Lee Grand Canyon written and illustrated by Jason Chin Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability by Shane Burcaw and Matt Carr Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem by Patricia Newman Sibert Medal Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimmer   Laura Ingalls Wilder Award The Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. Winner: Jacqueline Woodson (author of After Tupac and D Foster, brown girl dreaming, Locomotion, and many more)         SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave SaveSaveSaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave