Award Winning Books for Children
Caldecott Medal
2024 Winner
Big
- by Vashti Harrison
2024 Honor Books
In Every Life
- by Marla Frazee
Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter
- by Aida Salazar
The Truth About Dragons
- by Julie Leung
There Was a Party for Langston
- by Jason Reynolds
Goldfinch Award
The Goldfinch Award gives children an opportunity to choose the award winning book and to suggest books for the yearly reading list. Books chosen are fiction or nonfiction titles appropriate for children in preschool through 3rd grade.
2023-2024 Nominees
A Thousand White Butterflies
- by Jessica Betancourt-Perez
Aaron Slater, illustrator
- by Andrea Beaty
Bear is a Bear
- by Jonathan Stutzman
Change Sings: a children’s anthem
- by Amanda Gorman
Click Clack Good Night
- by Doreen Cronin
Different – a great thing to be!
- by Heather Avis
If You Come to Earth
- by Sophie Blackwell
Mars!: Earthlings Welcome
- by Stacy McAnulty
Mel Fell
- by Corey R Tabor
Nano: the spectacular science of the very (very) small
- by Jess Wade
Norman Didn’t Do It!: (yes, he did)
- by Ryan T HIggins
Our Table
- by Peter H Reynolds
Ten Beautiful Things
- by Molly Beth Griffin
The Couch Potato
- by Jory John
The Elephants Come Home: a true story of seven elephants, two people, and one extraordinary friendship
- by Kim Tomsic
The Perfectly Perfect Wish
- by Lisa Mantchev
The Year We Learned to Fly
- by Jacqueline Woodson
This Very Tree: a story of 9/11, resilience, and regrowth
- by Sean Rubin
This Way, Charlie
- by Caron Levis
When Langston Dances
- by Kaija Langley
Iowa Children's Choice Award (ICCA)
The Iowa Children’s Choice Award gives children an opportunity to choose the award winning book and to suggest books for the yearly reading list. Books chosen are fiction or nonfiction titles appropriate for children in 3rd through 6th grade.
2023-2024 Nominees
365 Days to Alaska
- by Cathy Carr
A Place to Hang the Moon
- by Kate Albus
A Soft Place to Land
- by Janae Marks
Amari and the Night Brothers
- by B B Alston
Barakah Beats
- by Maleeha Siddiqui
Better With Butter
- by Victoria Piontek
Clarice the Brave
- by Lisa McMann
Dear Student
- by Elly Swartz
Just Harriet
- by Elana K Arnold
Maya and the Robot
- by Eve L Ewing
Once Upon a Tim
- by Stuart Gibbs
Rez Dogs
- by Joseph Buchac
Sunshine
- by Marion Dane Bauer
The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas
- by Kemberly Willis Holt
The Comeback
- by E L Shen
The Elephant in the Room
- by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Lion of Mars
- by Jennifer Holm
What Lives in the Woods
- by Lindsay Currie
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie
- by Erin Downing
Where We Used to Roam
- by Jenn Bishop
Willodeen
- by Katherine Applegate
Newbery Medal
2024 Winner
The Eyes and the Impossible
- by Dave Eggers
2024 Honor Books
Eagle Drums
- by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson
Elf Dog and Owl Head
- by M.T. Anderson
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
- by Pedro Martin
Simon Sort of Says
- by Erin Bow
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
- by Daniel Nayeri
Coretta Scott King Award
2024 Award Winner
Nigeria Jones
- by Ibi Zoboi
2024 Illustrator Award Winner
An American Story
- by Dare Coulter
2024 Honor Books
Big
- by Vashti Harrison
How to Spell Unfair: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
- by Carole Boston Weatherford
Kin: Rooted in Hope
- by Carole Boston Weatherford
2024 Illustrator Honor Books
Big
- by Vashti Harrison
There Was a Party for Langston
- by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
Pura Belpré Award
2024 Winner
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
- by Pedro Martin
2024 Honor Books
Alebrijes
- by Donna Barba Higuera
Aniana Del Mar Jumps In
- by Jasminne Méndez
Papá’s magical water-jug clock
- by Jesús Trejo
Remembering
- by Xelena González and Adriana Garcia
Something Like Home
- by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
2024 Winner
Fox Has a Problem
- by Corey R Tabor
2024 Honor Books
Henry, Like Always
- by Jenn Bailey
Worm and Caterpillar are Friends
- by Kaz Windness
Award Winning Books for Teens
Alex Awards
2024 Winners
Bad Cree
- by Jessica Johns
Chain-Gang All-Stars
- by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Chlorine
- by Jade Song
Fourth Wing
- by Rebecca Yarros
I Will Greet the Sun Again
- by Khashayar J. Khabushani
Maame
- by Jessica George
Starter Villain
- by John Scalzi
The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage & Triumph
- by Oksana Masters
The Talk
- by Darrin Bell
Whalefall
- by Daniel Kraus
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Awarded biennially, the AIYLA identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America. Books selected to receive the award present Indigenous North American peoples in the fullness of their humanity
2024 Winner
Rez Ball
- by Byron Graves
Ojibwe teen Tre works towards his dream of making the high school varsity basketball team and winning the state tournament, all while navigating friendships, romance, and the grief of losing and living in the shadow of his late older brother.
2024 Finalists
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
- by Cherie Dimaline
Heroes of the Water Monster
- by Brian Young
Man Made Monsters
- by Andrea L. Rogers
Warrior Girl Unearthed
- by Angeline Boulley
Asian / Pacific American Award for YA
The Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature honors and recognizes individual works by Asian/Pacific American authors that highlight Asian/Pacific American cultures and experiences.
2024 Winner
I’d Rather Burn than Bloom
- by Shannon C. F. Rogers
2024 Honor Book
In Limbo
- by Deb JJ Lee
Iowa High School Book Award
2023-2024 Nominees
All My Rage
- by Sabaa Tahir
Billy Summers
- by Stephen King
Bluebird
- by Sharon Cameron
Firekeeper’s Daughter
- by Angeline Boulley
Indivisible
- by Daniel Aleman
Kneel
- by Candace Buford
That Weekend
- by Kara Thomas
The Girls I’ve Been
- by Tess Sharpe
The Last Thing He Told Me
- by Laura Dave
Today Tonight Tomorrow
- by Rachel Lynn Solomon
We Are Not From Here
- by Jenny Torres Sanchez
You’ll Be the Death of Me
- by Karen M McManus
Iowa Teen Award
2023-2024 Nominees
A-Okay
- by Jarad Greene
Ain’t Burned All the Bright
- by Jason Reynolds
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
- by Dobbs Alda
Dress Coded
- by Carrie Firestone
Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown
- by Steve Sheinkin
Huda F Are You?
- by Huda Fahmy
I Must Betray You
- by Ruta Sepetys
Long Lost
- by Jacqueline West
The Canyon’s Edge
- by Dusti Bowling
The List of Unspeakable Fears
- by Kramer J. Kasper
The Shape of Thunder
- by Jasmine Warga
The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights
- by Alexandria Rogers
War Stories
- by Gordon Korman
When You Get the Chance: A Novel
- by Emma Lord
Morris Award
2024 Winner
Rez Ball
- by Byron Graves
2024 Finalists
All the Fighting Parts
- by Hannah V. Sawyerr
Once There Was
- by Kiyash Monsef
Saints of the Household
- by Ari Tison
She is a Haunting
- by Trang Thanh Tran
Printz Award
2024 Winner
The Collectors: Stories
- by A.S. King
“This collection of 10 expertly crafted—and uniquely weird—short stories for teens highlights that only when we break conventions can we discover our authentic selves,” said Printz Committee Chair Courtney Waters.
2024 Finalists
Fire From the Sky
- by Moa Backe Åstot
Gather
- by Kenneth M. Cadow
Salt the Water
- by Candice Iloh
The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: a speculative memoir of transracial adoption
- by Shannon Gibney
Stonewall Book Award Young Adult
Given to children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender experience. Stonewall Book Awards is sponsored by the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table.
2024 Winner
Only This Beautiful Moment
- by Abdi Nazemian
Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this sweeping inter-generational story, examining queer identity at the end of different decades, follows three boys in the same Iranian family as they each gain a new understanding of their history, culture–and themselves.
2024 Finalists
Ander & Santi Were Here
- by Jonny Garza Viulla
Imogen, Obviously
- by Becky Albertalli
The Long Run
- by James Acker
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
- by Andrew Joseph White
YALSA Nonfiction Award
2024 Winner
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers whose Lives it Changed
- by Dashka Slater
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought it was “edgy” humor. Then a few other kids found out about the account and soon, everyone knew. Unfortunately, no one in the small town of Albany, CA was safe from the repercussions of the account’s discovery. In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: “where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean?
2024 Finalists
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
- by Ariel Aberg-Riger
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
- by Thien Pham
From Here
- by Luma Mufleh
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
- by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge
YALSA Teen Top Ten
Vote for the 2023 Teen Top Ten!
The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are announced the Thursday of National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year. Readers ages twelve to eighteen vote online between August 15 and October 15; the winners are announced during October (TeenTober).
2023 Winners
All My Rage
- by Sabaa Tahir
Five Survive
- by Holly Jackson
Gallant
- by VE Schwab
Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
- by Axie Oh
I Must Betray You
- by Ruta Sepetys
Icebreaker
- by Hannah Grace
Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
- by Sonora Reyes
Nothing More to Tell
- by Karen M. McManus
Some Mistakes Were Made
- by Kristin Dwyer
The Rumor Game
- by Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra
2023 Nominees
A Million Quiet Revolutions
- by Robin Gow
Alone Out Here
- by Riley Redgate
Blackwater
- by Jeanette Arroyo
Crumbs
- by Danie Stirling
Dig Two Graves
- by Gretchen McNeil
Don’t look back : a memoir of war, survival, and my journey from Sudan to America
- by Achut Deng
Gleanings: Stories from Arc of a Scythe
- by Neal Shusterman
Gold Mountain
- by Betty Yee
Lakelore
- by Anna-Maria McLemore
Lia and Beckett’s Abracadabra
- by Any Noelle Parks
Lightlark
- by Alex Aster
Messy Roots: a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American
- by Laura Gao
My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding
- by Sajni Patel
Nothing Burns as Bright as You
- by Ashley Woodfolk
The Ivory Key
- by Akshaya Raman
