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- Newbery Award
- Sibert Award
- Coretta Scott King Awards
- Pura Belpré Awards
For more information on each of those awards, check out the links to them.
We have these books in print for you to borrow from the library.
They are also almost all available as eBooks and AudioBooks on SORA.
. "Amari and the Night Brothers" by BB Alston. Amari and the Night Brothers Out now from Balzer and BrayPURCHASE A COPY Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools.
When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Why isn’t his story all over the news? "Amber and Clay" by Laura Amy Schlitz. "The Beatryce Prophecy" by Kate DiCamillo. "The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell" by Jordan Sonnenblick. "Da Vinci's Cat" by Catherine Gilbert Murdoch. "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs..." by Steve Sheinkin. "Genius Under the Table" by Eugene Yelchin. Reviews/Press STARRED REVIEW “Warm and wonderfully illustrated autobiography...
The self-effacing narrative seamlessly blends in Cold War history, Soviet politics, and loving family interchanges, and Yelchin’s sly illustrations appear on almost every page. There’s not a lot of material about this time period, and this humorous, informative, and engaging memoir will keep readers entertained.” —BooklistSTARRED REVIEW “This memoir of (Yelchin’s) adolescence is a forthright, darkly humorous and indelible portrait of an artist emerging.
Yelchin, wonderfully, allows text and pictures to interrupt each other with glee, reminding us how life begets art. "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera. “Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes — truly a beautiful cuento.”
—New York Times “Clever and compelling … wonderfully subversive.” "The Monster Missions" by Laura Martin. "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland. The New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping tale of the ghosts of our past that won’t stay buried, starring an unforgettable girl named Ophie.
Ophelia Harrison used to live in a small house in the Georgia countryside. But that was before the night in November 1922, and the cruel act that took her home and her father from her. Which was the same night that Ophie learned she can see ghosts. Now Ophie and her mother are living in Pittsburgh with relatives they barely know. A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus. "Race to the Bottom of the Earth" by Rebecca E. F. Barone.
* “A riveting tribute to epic tests of men against the elements.”
―Kirkus Reviews, starred review* “Readers will be caught up in the real-time action sequences and should end up rooting for everybody as these determined individuals face unimaginable physical and mental hardships.” ―Booklist, starred review* “Exemplary organization . . . keeps the narratives gliding effortlessly.” ―BCCB, starred review. "Red, White, and Whole" by Rajani LaRocca. "Rescue" by Jennifer A. Nielsen. RESCUE – Released March 2, 2021 (Scholastic) From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A.
Nielsen comes a thrilling World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the French resistance. "Rez Dogs" by Joseph Bruchac. "Rivals" by Tommy Greenwald. From the author of the award-winning Game Changer comes a gripping novel about two student-athletes searching for stardom, a young reporter searching for the truth, and a crosstown basketball rivalry that goes too far The people of Walthorne love their basketball—and one of the things they love most is the special rivalry between the Walthorne North Middle School Cougars and the Walthorne South Middle School Panthers.
As the season begins, two star players are feeling the heat: Austin Chambers, captain of Walthorne North, worries that he’s not good enough to live up to his father’s legacy, while across town, the brilliantly talented Carter Haswell, captain of Walthorne South, is already under pressure to get a scholarship that might ease his family’s financial stress. While both boys do whatever they can to make sure their team wins, Alfie Jenks, a school sports reporter, discovers that behind-the-scenes scandals are just as much a part of youth sports as on-the-court action. "The Floating Field" by Scott Riley. "Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre" by Carole Boston Weatherford.
Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Floyd Cooper.
Carolrhoda, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5415-8120-3 Without glossing over important facts, Weatherford (Dreams for a Daughter) tells the historical events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in language appropriate for young readers. Rhythmic free verse text highlights a thriving community in segregated Tulsa: prosperous Greenwood, also known as Black Wall Street, had “nearly two hundred businesses in all,” including two Black-owned newspapers and 15 Black doctors. Using oil and erasure to form spare backgrounds and realistic, detailed portraits, Cooper’s (Sprouting Wings) illustrations pull readers through the events, beginning with a white woman accusing a Black man of assault and resulting in his arrest, an inflammatory headline that incited an angry white mob, and the mob’s subsequent massacre of Black citizens and burning of the entire Greenwood neighborhood.
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) In 1921 Frederic G.Melcher had the Newbery Medal designed by René Paul Chambellan.
The bronze medal has the winner's name and the date engraved on the back. The American Library Association Executive Board in 1922 delegated to the Children's Librarians' Section the responsibility for selecting the book to receive the Newbery Medal. The inscription on the Newbery Medal still reads "Children's Librarians' Section," although the section has changed its name four times and its membership now includes both school and public library children's librarians in contrast to the years 1922-58, when the section, under three different names, included only public library children's librarians.
Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Pura Belpré Award. The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library.
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), divisions of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate. Children's Author Award | Youth Illustrator Award | Young Adult Author Award 2021 Children's Author Award Winner.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal. The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Odyssey Award. This annual award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States. 2020 Odyssey Award Audiobook Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction, produced by Scholastic Audiobooks, written by Jarrett J. Krosoczka and narrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Jeanne Birdsall, Jenna Lamia, Richard Ferrone and a full cast.