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AWARD WINNERS
2023

CHOOSING BRAVE by Angela Joy
Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Illustrator Award, Sibert Honor

LOWRIDERS TO THE RESCUE by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third
Golden Kite Award Finalist for Illustrated Book for Older Readers

OR ELSE by Joe Hart
Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original

ESME'S BIRTHDAY CONGA LINE by Lourdres Heuer and Marissa Valdez
Golden Kite Award Finalist for Illustrated Book for Older Readers

THE SILENCE THAT BINDS US by Joanna Ho
Asian/Pacific American Award Honor

BENEATH THE WIDE SILK SKY by Emily Inouye Huey
Golden Kite Award for YA Fiction, Malka Penn Award for Human Rights

SOME KIND OF HATE by Sarah Darer Littman
Sydney Taylor Honor

SWEET JUSTICE by Mara Rockliff
Sibert Honor

STRONG by Eric Rosswood (and Rob Kearney)
Stonewall Honor

FISH AND WAVE by Sergio Ruzzier
Geisel Honor

STUNTBOY, In the Meantime illustrated by Raúl the Third
Odyssey Award

LEO + LEA by Monica Wesolowska
Crystal Kite Award
2022
2021

IN THE SHADOW OF THE FALLEN TOWERS by Don Brown
YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction

BIG IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Don Brown
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize

I HOP by Joe Cepeda
Geisel Honor

CONCEALED by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Edgar Allan Poe Best Juvenile Winner

CHOOSING BRAVE by Angela Joy
Orbis Pictus Honor, Walter Award Winner, Jane Addams Children’s Book Award

STRONG AS FIRE FIERCE AS FLAME by Supriya Kelkar
Jane Addams Childrens Book Award Honor

IF YOU MISS ME by Jocelyn Li Langrand
CLC Award Winner

A BIRD WILL SOAR by Alison Green Myers
Schneider Award

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan
Astounding Award Best New Author, Hugo Finalist Best Book, British Fantasy Award Best Book

PURA'S CUENTOS by Annette Bay Pimentel
Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice

RUNAWAY: The Daring Escape of One Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard
Jane Addams Childrens Book Award Honor

STUNTBOY, In the Meantime illustrated by Raúl the Third
Schneider Honor

¡VAMOS! Let's Cross the Bridge by Raúl the Third
Pura Belpre Winner

WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS by Carole Lindstrom
Caldecott Medal, Jane Addams Peace Award, Kirkus Prize Finalist, 2020 Charlotte Huck Honor Award

OUTSIDE IN illustrated by Cindy Derby
Caldecott Honor

A PLACE INSIDE OF ME by Zetta Elliott
Caldecott Honor, Skipping Stones Honor Award

BOX illustrated by Michele Wood
Newbery Honor

ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER by Tami Charles
Golden Kite Award Winner

SCRITCH SCRATCH by Lindsay Currie
Friends of American Writers Award

BOY, EVERYWHERE by A.M. Dassu
Crystal Kite Award Winner, Skipping Stones Honor Award

EYES THAT KISS IN THE CORNERS by Joanna Ho
CALIBA Golden Poppy Award

THE BOY AND THE GORILLA illustrated by Cindy Derby
Crystal Kite Award Winner

BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR by Angela Joy
Jane Addams Peace Award Honor

OCEAN SPEAKS by Jess Keating
Jane Addams Peace Award Honor

RECIPE FOR DISASTER by Aimee Lucido
Carnegie Medal Longlist

TY'S TRAVELS: Zip Zoom! by Kelly Starling Lyons
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor

EVELYN DEL REY IS MOVING AWAY by Meg Medina
Crystal Kite Award Winner

OLD ROCK (IS NOT BORING) by Deb Pilutti
Crystal Kite Award Winner

ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP by Annette Bay Pimentel
Schneider Family Book Award Honor

BRICK BY BRICK by Heidi Woodward Sheffield
Ezra Jack Keats Award, Skipping Stones Honor Award

THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL, illustrated by Simone Shin
Skipping Stones Honor Award

BOXITECTS by Kim Smith
Blue Spruce Honoree

WILLIAM STILL AND HIS FREEDOM STORIES by Don Tate
Golden Kite Award Winner

¡VAMOS! Let's Go Eat by Raúl the Third
Pura Belpré Illustration Winner

SQUAD by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
CALIBA Golden Poppy Award

PRIVATE LESSONS by Cynthia Salaysay
California Book Award Gold Medal