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For these obsessed with youth literature, the annual Youth Media Awards introduced by librarians who’re a part of the American Library Affiliation are just like the Grammys, the Emmys, and the Oscars . Over the course of the final 12 months, librarians have devoted their time and power to studying a LOT of books. They interact in vigorous discussions concerning the necessities of the award for which they’re studying in an effort to decide which books should be topped the very best of the very best.
This 12 months’s Youth Media Awards have been introduced on January 27, 2024. Listed below are the winners in quite a few classes. Under the title of the award is a brief description of what that award honors.
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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
This award honors the writer and illustrator of the very best American e book for starting readers. It should be printed in English within the US
- Winner: Trip by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Mark Teague
- Honors: Fox versus Fox written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor and Towed by Toad written and illustrated by Jashar Awan
Youngsters’s Literature Legacy Award
This award honors an writer or an illustrator whose work has made an enduring contribution to literature for youngsters.
- Winner: Carole Boston Weatherford
ALSC Youngsters’s Literature Lecture Award
This honors a author, critic, researcher, or different devotee of kids’s literature with the chance to organize a paper thought-about to be a major contribution to the sector of kids’s literature.
- Winner: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Margaret A. Edwards Award
This award is introduced for lifetime achievement in writing for younger adults.
- Winner: Tiffany D. Jackson
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
This award goes to the writer for a e book printed for youngsters thought-about to be an excellent contribution to translated literature.
- Winner: John the Skeleton, printed by Yonder, an imprint of Stressed Books for Younger Readers, written by Triinu Laan, illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats, and translated by Adam Cullen
- Honors: Residence printed by Eerdmans Books for Younger Readers, written and illustrated by Isabelle Simler and translated by Vineet Lal; Johnny, the Sea, and Me, printed by Enchanted Lion Books, written by Melba Escobar, illustrated by Elizabeth Builes and translated by Sara Lissa Paulson; Mr. Lepron’s Thriller Soup printed by Candlewick Studio and written by Giovanna Zoboli, illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio and translated by Denise Muir; and A Sleepless Evening printed by Transit Youngsters’s Editions, written by Micaela Chirif, illustrated by JoaquÃn Camp and translated by Jordan Landsman.
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
These awards honor the very best in youngsters’s literature about Asian American and Pacific Islander American tradition and heritage.
- Image Ebook Winner: Aloha Every part by Kaylin Melia George, illustrated by Mae Waite
- Image Ebook Honor: The Rock in My Throat by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Jiemei Lin
- Youngsters’s Literature Winner: Continental Drifter written and illustrated by Kathy MacLeod
- Youngsters’s Literature Honors: Mabuhay! written and illustrated by Zachary Sterling and Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila
- Younger Grownup Winner: Every part We By no means Had by Randy Ribay
- Younger Grownup Honors: Lunar New 12 months Love Story by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by LeUyen Pham and Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
Schneider Household Ebook Awards
These awards honor the very best books representing the incapacity expertise.
- Schneider Household Ebook Award Winner: A Little Like Magic written and illustrated by Sarah Kurpiel
- Schneider Household Ebook Award Honors: Monster Palms by Karen Kane and Jonaz McMillan, illustrated by Dion MBD and You’re So Wonderful! by James and Lucy Catchpole, illustrated by Karen GeorgeÂ
- Schneider Center Grade Award Winner: Popcorn written and illustrated by Rob Harrell
- Schneider Center Grade Award Honor: Louder Than Starvation by John Schu
- Schneider Younger Grownup Award Winner: Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen
- Schneider Younger Grownup Award Honors: Gentle Sufficient to Float by Lauren Seal and On the Vibrant Facet by Anna SortinoÂ
Odyssey Awards
These are given to excellent audiobooks for youngsters and younger adults.
- Odyssey Award Winner for Youngsters’s Literature: A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen produced by Andy T. Jones for Dreamscape Audio, written by Erin Frankel, illustrated by Paola Escobar and narrated by Luis Carlos de La Lombana
- Odyssey Award Winner for Younger Grownup Literature: How the Boogeyman Turned a Poet produced by Abigail Marks for HarperAudio, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, written by Tony Keith Jr. and narrated by Tony Keith Jr.
- Odyssey Award Honors: Black Lady You Are Atlas produced by Brian Ramcharan for Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random Home, written by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes and narrated by Renée Watson; Dispatches from Elements Unknown produced by Almeda Beynon for HarperAudio, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, written by Bryan Bliss and narrated by Pleasure Nash; Ladies Like Her produced by Abigail Marks for HarperAudio, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, written by Melanie Sumrow and narrated by Melanie Sumrow and January LaVoy; and You Are Courageous: A Ebook About Making an attempt New Issues produced by Paul Gagne and John Pels for Scholastic Inc., written by Margaret O’Hair and Sofia Sanchez, illustrated by Sofia Cardoso and narrated by Sofia Sanchez.