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Newbery Winners

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

2026 Newbery Winner
All the Blues in the Sky  by Renée Watson

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Caldecott Winners

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

2026 Caldecott Winner
Fireworks  written by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Cátia Chien

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Coretta Scott King Award

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually by the American Library Association 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.

2026 Author Award
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

2026 Illustrator Award
The Library in the Woods written by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

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Pura Belpré Winners

This 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 and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Belpré Children’s Author Award

The Pecan Sheller, written by Lupe Ruiz-Flores, is the Pura Belpré Children’s Author Award winner.

Popo the Xolo, illustrated by Abraham Matias and written by Paloma Angelina Lopez, is the Pura Belpré Illustration Award winner.

Belpré Young Adult Author Award

On the Wings of la Noche, written by Vanessa L. Torres, is the Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Award winner.

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Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. The award’s namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas, and a marketing consultant for Econo-Clad, as well an active member of YALSA. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school.

2026 Printz Medal Award
Legendary Frybread Drive-in: Intertribal Stories edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith.

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