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!
“Coffee is a hug in a mug.” –Anonymous