Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) announces the Randolph Caldecott Medal, the award given to the most distinguished American picture book for children. Here is the list of 2021 award winners.
Browsing: Award Winners
These middle-grade audiobooks run the gamut from silly to serious to out of this world. In each case, strong, empathetic performances from the narrators make the characters and stories relatable to a wide range of listeners.
Young adult literature is powerful on audio. From full-cast productions to sensational author narrations, audiobooks provide a new way of connecting to these works.
Here are 5 outstanding and award-winning audiobooks to engage your youngest listeners ages 4-6+.
The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander, will appeal to middle grade readers who like sports – especially basketball – and coming of age stories.
The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wy, announced that children’s book author/ illustrator Peter Brown is the recipient of the 2014 Bull-Bransom Award for his 2013 picture book Mr. Tiger Goes Wild. The judges called it “an exceptional tribute to the wild and rambunctious energy in all children” and they praised it for the way the Brown “plays around with the idea of ‘wildlife’ in very visual ways.”
The Michael L. Printz Award is given for excellence in literature written for young adults and is announced by the American Library Association.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognize African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.
John Newbery Medal Winner
The most outstanding contribution to children’s literature, announced by the American Library Association.
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.