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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Book Awards honor not only authors and illustrators, but also producers, publishers, critics, historians, and librarians of children's literature. New award winners are announced each January and added to the lists. Visit the links below to see the most recent award recipients and honor books, as well as past award winners. (John) Newbery Medal The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. (Randolph) Caldecott Medal The Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. (Mildred L.) Batchelder Award The Batchelder Award is given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States. (Pura) Belpré Medal The Belpré Medal honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Medal The Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year. (ALSC/Booklist/YALSA) Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production The Odyssey Award will be awarded annually to the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States. (Robert F.) Sibert Informational Book Medal The Sibert Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year. Children's Literature Legacy Award The Legacy Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. .

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50 East Huron Street Telephone 312 280 5042 Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795 Fax 312 440 9374 USA Toll Free 800 545 2433 TDD 312 944 7298 Toll Free TDD 888 814 7692 http://www.ala.org ALAAmericanLibraryAssociation News For Immediate Release Contact: Macey Morales Feb. 12, 2018 ALA Media Relations 312-280-4393 [email protected] American Library Association announces 2018 youth media award winners DENVER– The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards—at its Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado. A list of all the 2018 award winners follows: John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature: “Hello, Universe” written by Erin Entrada Kelly, is the 2018 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: “Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut,” written by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James and published by Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner Book; “Long Way Down,” written by Jason Reynolds and published by Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy Book and “Piecing Me Together,” written by Renée Watson and published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: “Wolf in the Snow,” illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell is the 2018 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Feiwel and Friends, an Imprint of Macmillan.
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