Hello, jFIC fans,
The 2019 Youth Media Awards have been announced (https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/2019-youth-media-award-winners/), and I’ve listed all the jFIC winners:
Newbery Medal (most outstanding contribution to children’s literature):
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Honors:
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award (African-American author of outstanding books for children):
Honors:
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Schneider Family Book Award (children’s books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience):
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Honor:
The Collectors by Jacqueline West
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (outstanding international translated books):
Honor:
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure, written and illustrated by Torben Kuhlmann and translated from the German by David Henry Wilson
Pura Belpré Awards (books by Latinx writers and illustrators that best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience):
Honor:
They Call Me Güero : a Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles
Stonewall Book Award (children’s books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience):
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
Honor:
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Asian/Pacific American Award (books that promote Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage):
Front Desk written by Kelly Yang
Honor:
The House that Lou Built by Mae Respicio
The Sydney Taylor Book Award (books that authentically portray the Jewish experience):
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
American Indian Youth Literature Award (best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians)
This award is announced in even years. The next announcement will be in 2020. Meanwhile, I recommend you read Two Roads by Joseph Bruchac.
Also, let’s not forget the 2018 National Book Award Finalists:
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson / Eugene Yelchin
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Congratulations to all the winners, and happy reading to us!
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