MCBA
The Massachusetts Children's Book Award is an annual literary award recognizing one book selected by vote of Massachusetts schoolchildren (grades 4, 5, and 6) from a list prepared by committee.
Massachusetts Children’s Book Award 2017-Present 2024 Winner TBA! Click this link to view a list of the nominees! 2023 Winner Alone, Megan E. Freeman - Available in our WSNS Library! |
The Coretta Scott King Book AwardsThis award is given out each year to outstanding African American authors and illustrators. The winning books show an appreciation for our culture and human values.
Coretta Scott King Books 1970 - Present 2024 Winner Nigeria Jones, Ibi Zoboi 2024 Honor Winners: Big, Vashti Harrison How Do You Spell Unfair?, Carole Boston Weatherford - Available in our WSNS Library! Kin: Rooted in Hope, Carole Boston Weatherford 2023 Winner Freewater, Amina Luqman-Dawson - Available in our WSNS Library! |
Caldecott Award
This award is given out every year to an artist who has created the best picture book for children.
Caldecott Medal Winners 1938 - Present 2024 Winner Big, Vashti Harrison 2024 Honor Winners: In Every Life, Marla Frazee Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter, Molly Mendoza - Available in our WSNS Library! There Was a Party for Langston, Jason Reynolds The Truth About Dragons, Julie Leung 2023 Winner Hot Dog, Doug Salati - Available in our WSNS Library! |
Michael L. Printz AwardThis award is for the best written book for teens/young adults.
Michael L. Printz Award Winners 2000 - Present 2024 Winner The Collectors: Stories, edited by A.S. King, written by M.T. Anderson, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez 2024 Honor Winners: Fire from the Sky, Moa Backe Åstot Gather, Kenneth M. Cadow The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption, Shannon Gibney Salt the Water, Candice Iloh 2023 Winner All My Rage, Sabaa Tahir |
Newbery Award
This award is given out each year to an author who has written that year's BEST and most distinguished book for children.
Newbery Medal and Honor Books 1922-Present 2024 Winner The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers 2024 Honor Winners: Eagle Drums, Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson Elf Dog and Owl Head, M.T. Anderson Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir, Pedro Martin - Available in our WSNS Library! Simon Sort of Says, Erin Bow The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, Daniel Nayeri 2023 Winner Freewater, Amina Luqman-Dawson - Available in our WSNS Library! |