The American Library Association announced its top books of the year for children and teens today. There are tons of amazing titles on these lists, and most of them are available for checkout right now at the Maret libraries. Stop in today to pick one up!
Printz Award
Winner: In Darkness by Nick Lake
Honor books: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz; Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein; Dodger by Terry Pratchett; The White Bicycle by Beverley Brenna
Newbery Award
Winner: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Honor books: Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz; Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin; and Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage.
Caldecott Award
Winner: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Honor books: Creepy Carrots!, illustrated by Peter Brown and written by Aaron Reynolds; Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen and written by Mac Barnett; Green illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; One Cool Friend, illustrated by David Small and written by Toni Buzzeo; and Sleep Like a Tiger, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski and written by Mary Logue
Coretta Scott King Author Award
Winner: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney is the King Author Book winner.
Honor books: Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson; and No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Pura Belpré Author Award
Winner: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Honor book: The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano
Stonewall Book Award
Winner: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Honor books: Drama, written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier; Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz; October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman; and Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie by S. J. Adams