On Monday, January 11, ALA announced their 2016 Youth Media Award Winners. As usual, some of the winners were expected, but there were some surprises as well. Did your favorites win?
A full list of award, honor and medal winners can be found here.
2016 Newbery Medal Winner:
Last Stop on Market Street, written by Matt de la Pena (Grades P-K, Lexile AD601)
2016 Newbery Honor Books:
The War That Saved My Life, written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Grades 4-7, Level X, Lexile 580)
Roller Girl, written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson (Grades 4-7, Lexile GN440)
Echo, written by Pam Munoz Ryan (Grades 5-9, Lexile 680)
2016 Caldecott Medal Winner:
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, illustrated by Sophie Blackall (Grades K-3, Level P, Lexile AD590)
2016 Caldecott Honor Books:
Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Grades K-5, Lexile 840)
Waiting, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes (Grades P-2, Lexile 260)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes (Grades 4-8, Lexile 820)
Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Grades P-K, Lexile AD610)
2016 Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award Winner:
Gone Crazy in Alabama, written by Rita Williams-Garcia (Grades 3-7)
2016 Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Books:
All American Boys, written by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL770)
The Boy in the Black Suit, written by Jason Reynolds (Grades 7-12, Lexile HD760)
X: A Novel, written by Ilyasah Shabazz (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL580)
2016 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award Winner:
Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Grades K-5, Lexile 840)
2016 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Honor Books:
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Grades 2-4, Lexile 630)
Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Grades P-K, Lexile AD610)
2016 Printz Award:
Bone Gap, written by Laura Ruby (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL810)
2016 Printz Honor Books:
Out of Darkness, written by Ashley Hope Perez (Grades 8-12, Lexile HL660)
The Ghosts of Heaven, written by Marcus Sedgwick (Grades 7-12, Lexile 920)
2016 Schneider Family Book Award Winners:
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeoboah, written by Laurie Ann Thompson (Grades P-3, Level N, Lexile AD770)
Fish in a Tree, written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Grades 5-8, Level W, Lexile 550)
The War That Saved My Life, written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Grades 4-7, Level X, Lexile 580)
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B, written by Teresa Toten (Grades 7-12, Lexile HL620)
2016 Pura Belpré (Author) Award Winner:
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir, written by Margarita Engle (Grades 6-12, Lexile 1120)
2016 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award Winner:
Drum Dream Girl, illustrated by Rafael Lopez (Grades P-3, Lexile NP)
2016 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner:
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (Grades 2-5)
2016 Stonewall Book Award Winners:
George, written by Alex Gino (Grades 3-7)
The Porcupine of Truth, written by Bill Konigsberg (Grades 9-12, Lexile HL670)
2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner:
Don’t Throw It to Mo!, written by David A. Adler (Grades P-2, Level F, Lexile 270)
2016 William C. Morris Award:
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, written by Becky Albertalli (Grades 8-12, Lexile: HL640)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War, written by Steve Sheinkin (Grades 5-9, Lexile 890)
Leave A Comment