The American Library Association announces:
2016 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
AWARD WINNERS
Last Stop on Market Street written by Matt de la Peña
Newbery Honor Books
The War that Saved My Life written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Roller Girl written & illustrated by Victoria Jamieson
Echo written by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear illustrated by Sophie Blackall & written by Lindsay Mattick
Caldecott Honor Books
Trombone Shorty illustrated by Bryan Collier & written by Troy Andrews
Waiting illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement illustrated by Ekua Holmes & written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Last Stop on Market Street illustrated by Christian Robinson & written by Matt de le Peña
Coretta Scott King Author Book Award
Gone Crazy in Alabama written by Rita Williams-Garcia
King Author Honor Books
All American Boys written by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
The Boy in the Black Suit written by Jason Reynolds
X: A Novel written by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award
Trombone Shorty illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Troy Andrews & Bill Taylor
King Illustrator Honor Books
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore illustrated by R. Gregory Christie & written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Last Stop on Market Street illustrated by Christian Robinson & written by Matt de la Peña
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Hoodoo written by Ronald L. Smith
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement illustrated by Ekua Holmes & written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coretta Scott King– Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Jerry Pinkney is the winner of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Bone Gap written by Laura Ruby
Printz Honor Books
Out of Darkness written by Ashley Hope Pérez
The Ghosts of Heaven written by Marcus Sedgwick
2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Jacqueline Woodson will deliver the 2017 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy written & illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna and translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick
Batchelder Honor Books
Adam and Thomas written by Aharon Appelfeld, iIllustrated by Philippe Dumas, translated by Jeffrey M. Green
Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village written by Fang Suzhen, illustrated by Sonja Danowski, translated by Huang Xiumin
Written and Drawn by Henrietta written, illustrated and translated by Liniers
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir written by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Edel Rodriguez
Belpré Author Honor Books
The Smoking Mirror written by David Bowles
Mango, Abuela, and Me written by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez
Drum Dream Girl illustrated by Rafael López, written by Margarita Engle
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
My Tata’s Remedies/ Los remedios de mi tata illustrated by Antonio Castro L., written by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford
Mango, Abuela, and Me illustrated by Angela Dominguez, written by Meg Medina
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh
Don’t Throw It to Mo! written by David A. Adler & illustrated by Sam Ricks
Geisel Honor Books
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box written & illustrated by Jonathan Fenske
Supertruck written & illustrated by Stephen Savage
Waiting written & illustrated by Kevin Henkes
The War that Saved My Life written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and narrated by Jayne Entwistle
Odyssey Honor Recording
Echo written by Pam Muñoz Ryan and narrated by Mark Bramhall, David de Vries, MacLeod Andrews and Rebecca Soler
Schneider Family Book Awards
Age 0 - 10
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah written by Laurie Ann Thompson & illustrated by Sean Qualls
Middle School
Fish in a Tree written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The War that Saved My Life written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Teen
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B written by Teresa Toten