A History of Winners

Our talented editorial staff has a history of selecting award-winning titles well before the awards are announced. They’ve chosen winners of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award every year for the last five years, as well as many titles that have been honored with additional prestigious awards.

• 2019 Caldecott...... Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall Newbery...... Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina King (author)...... A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield Printz...... The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Sibert...... The Girl Who Drew Butterflies by Joyce Sidman 2018 • Belpré...... The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Caldecott...... Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell Newbery...... Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly King (Author)...... Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson Printz...... We Are Okay by Nina LaCour Sibert...... Twelve Days in May by Larry Dane Brimner • 2017 Caldecott...... Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe Newbery...... The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill King (Illustrator)...... Radiant Child illustrated by Javaka Steptoe Schneider...... Six Dots by Jen Bryant 2016 • Belpré...... Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina Newbery...... Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña King (Author)...... Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia King (Illustrator)...... Trombone Shorty illustrated by Bryan Collier Printz...... Bone Gap by Laura Ruby • 2015 Newbery...... The Crossover by Kwame Alexander King (Author)...... Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Morris...... Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Printz...... I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson 2014 • Sibert...... The Right Word by Jen Bryant Caldecott...... Locomotive by Brian Floca Newbery...... Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo King (Author)...... P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia King (Illustrator)...... Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me illustrated by Bryan Collier Printz...... Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick Sibert...... Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth

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