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Children's Literature: Award Winners 2022

Resources for Children's Literature

Sites for Award-Winning Books

ALA | ALSC Newbery Medal Home Page
The offical site for the Newbery awards
ALA | Caldecott Medal
The official site for the Caldecott awards
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
The official site for the Printz awards
ALA | Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
A great site for book lists.
2022 Youth Media Award Winners
Youth Media Award Winners and Honor Books

Printz Award

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
ISBN: 9781250766564
Publication Date: 2021-03-16
Printz Award Winner
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
ISBN: 9780062846716
Publication Date: 2021-01-12
Printz Honor book

Sydney Taylor Book Award

The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel; Sean Rubin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823445622
Publication Date: 2021-01-19
Sydney Taylor Book Award - Picture Book Winner
How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani
ISBN: 9780525555032
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
Sydney Taylor Book Award - Middle Grade Winner
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
ISBN: 9781335402509
Publication Date: 2021-10-05
Sydney Taylor Book Award - Young Adult Winner

Caldecott and Newberry Award Winners and Honor Books 2022

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
ISBN: 9781646140893
Publication Date: 2021-10-12
Newberry Metal Winner
Watercress by Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823446247
Publication Date: 2021-03-30
Caldecott Metal Winner
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Winner
Newberry Metal Honor book
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
ISBN: 9781646140923
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Newberry Honor book
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
ISBN: 9780593111154
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Newberry Honor book
Stonewall Book Award Winner
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
ISBN: 9780063047426
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Newberry Honor book
Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452182704
Publication Date: 2021-05-04
Caldecott Honor book
Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062878014
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Caldecott Honor book
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780593109649
Publication Date: 2021-03-30
Caldecott Honor book

Coretta Scott King Award

Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781541581203
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
Coretta Scott King Award Winner
Revolution in Our Time: the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon
ISBN: 9781536214185
Publication Date: 2021-11-08
Coretta Scott King Honor book
Printz Honor book
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
ISBN: 9780593177051
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
Coretta Scott King Honor book
The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi; Loveis Wise (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062915641
Publication Date: 2021-09-28
Coretta Scott King honor
Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
ISBN: 9781250780362
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
William C. Morris Award Honor book

More Award Winners

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
ISBN: 9780525555254
Publication Date: 2021-01-19
Stonewall Book Award Winner
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winner
Printz Honor book
Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba; Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator); Miho Satake (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781632063038
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
Mildred L. Batchelder Award Winner
¡vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raúl the Raúl the Third
ISBN: 9780358380405
Publication Date: 2021-10-12
Belpré Youth Illustrator Award
Winner
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
ISBN: 9781534448667
Publication Date: 2021-08-10
Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Award Winner
The People's Painter by Cynthia Levinson; Evan Turk (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419741302
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner
My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf; Ashley Barron (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781525304149
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
Schneider Family Book Award Winner
The Words in my Hands by Asphyxia
ISBN: 9781773215280
Publication Date: 2021-11-30
Schneider Family Book Award Winner
The Sea-Ringed World by Maria Garcia Esperon; Amanda Mijangos (Illustrator); David Bowles (Translator)
ISBN: 9781646140152
Publication Date: 2021-02-23
Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor book
We Are Still Here! by Traci Sorell; Frane Lessac (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781623541927
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor book
American Indian Youth Literature Honor book
Amina's Song by Hena Khan
ISBN: 9781534459885
Publication Date: 2021-03-09
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Children's Lit Winner
Classified by Traci Sorell; Natasha Donovan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781541579149
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
American Indian Youth Literature Awards Honor book

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