AWARD WINNERS
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

CONCEALED by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Edgar Allan Poe Best Juvenile Winner

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

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan
British Book Awards Book of the Year: Shortlist

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

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
2020

GOING DOWN HOME WITH DADDY written by Kelly Starling Lyons
Caldecott Honor

ALL IN A DROP written by Lori Alexander
Robert F. Sibert Honor

CHICK AND BRAIN: Smell My Foot! written by Cece Bell
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor

THE VERY IMPATIENT CATERPILLAR by Ross Burach
Sunshine State Young Reader Award

FREEDOM SOUP by Tami Charles
Parents Choice Awards Silver Award Winner, Jane Addams Peace Award

THIS PROMISE OF CHANGE written by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Winner, Robert F. Sibert Honor

DOG DRIVEN written by Terry Lynn Johnson
Violet Downey Award

DREAM BUILDER by Kelly Starling Lyons
Jane Addams Peace Award

THE NEXT PRESIDENT by Kate Messner
Cybils Award Winner

FORWARD ME BACK TO YOU by Mitali Perkins
South Asia Book Award Winner

BETWEEN US AND ABUELA written by Mitali Perkins
Américas Award Winner, Charlotte Huck Award Honor

MARIO AND THE HOLE IN THE SKY written by Elizabeth Rusch
Golden Kite Award Winner

CEMETARY BOYS by Aiden Thomas
National Book Award Longlist, Cybils Award Winner

¡VAMOS! Let's Go to the Market written by Raúl the Third
Pura Belpré Medal Honor
2019

MERCI SUÁREZ CHANGES GEARS written by Meg Medina
John Newbery Medal Winner, Charlotte Huck Award Honor

THE MAGIFICIENT MYA TIBBS by Crystal Allen
Sid Fleischman Humor Award

THE UNWANTED: Stories of the Syrian Refugees written by Don Brown
Robert F. Sibert Honor, Yalsa Excellence in Nonfiction for YA Award Winner

THE KEY FROM SPAIN by Debbie Levy
Sydney Taylor Honor

THE BRILLIANT DEEP written by Kate Messner
Green Earth Award Winner

FOX + CHICK: The Party and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier
Theodore Suess Geisel Honor

BACK TO THE FUTURE illustrated by Kim Smith
Children's Choice Award 3rd-4th Grade Winner

DRY by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman
Green Earth Award winner, La Provence Prix winner
2018

HATCHING CHICKS IN ROOM 6 written by Caroline Arnold
Cybils Award Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction Winner

BEASTLY BRAINS written by Nancy Castaldo
Crystal Kite Award

NIKO DRAWS A FEELING illustrated by Simone Shin
Charlotte Zolotow Award

THE MUSIC OF LIFE written by Elizabeth Rusch
Orbis Pictus Honor

DRESS CODES FOR SMALL TOWNS written by Courtney Stevens
Golden Kite Honor, Kirkus Best Books of the Year Winner, Rainbow Book List Top Ten of 2017

IF YOUR MONSTER WON'T GO TO BED written by Denise Vega
Crystal Kite Award

A MILLION WAYS HOME by Dianna Dorisi Winget
William Allen White Award

MY KITE IS STUCK! And other Stories written by Salina Yoon
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor
2017

SCYTHE written by Neal Shusterman
Michael L. Printz Honor, Cybils Award YA Speculative Fiction Winner,

THE STORY OF SEEDS written by Nancy Castaldo
Green Earth Award Winner

I DISSENT written by Debbie Levy
Crystal Kite Award Winner, National Jewish Book Award Winner, Orbis Pictus Honor, Sydney Taylor Award Winner

BURN BABY BURN written by Meg Medina
National Book Award Longlist, Kirkus Best Books of the Year Winner

KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES by Shannon Messenger
California Young Reader Medal

YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR by Mitali Perkins
National Book Award Longlist, South Asia Book Award Winner
2016

CHALLENGER DEEP written by Neal Shusterman
National Book Award Winner, Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Winner, California Book Award Gold Medal Winner YA Literature, Golden Kite Award Winner

ROOK written by Sharon Cameron
Parent's Choice Gold Award Honor

LOWRIDERS TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third
Cybils Award Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novel Winner, Pura Belpré Medal Winner

ENDANGERED written by Lamar Giles
Edgar Award Best YA Nominee

GEORGE by Alex Gino
Stonewall Award Winner, Lambda Literary Award, Juvenila California Book Award

THE DETECTIVE'S ASSISTANT written by Kate Hannigan
Golden Kite Award Winner

I, FLY written by Bridget Heos
Cybils Award Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction Winner

STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS written by Lisa Mantchev
Charlotte Huck Award Honor

MANGO, ABUELA, AND ME written by Meg Medina
Pura Belpré Medal Honor

THE SACRED LIES OF MINNOW BLY written by Stephanie Oaks
Golden Kite Honor, William C. Morris Award Finalist

TIGER BOY written by Mitali Perkins
Charlotte Huck Award Honor, South Asia Book Award Winner

MESMERIZED written by Mara Rockliff
Golden Kite Honor, Orbis Pictus Honor, Parent's Choice Gold Award Honor

EVERY LAST WORD written by Tamara Ireland Stone
Buxtehuder Bulle Winner

THE AMAZING AGE OF JOHN ROY LYNCH illustrated by Don Tate
Carter G. Woodson Award, Parent's Choice Silver Honor

POET written by Don Tate
Carter G. Woodson Award Winner, Christopher Winner, Crystal Kite Award Winner, Ezra Jack Keats Award Winner

WHEREVER YOU GO illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
Crystal Kite Award
2015

EL DEAFO written by Cece Bell
John Newbery Honor, Charlotte Huck Honor, Cybils Award, Illinois Bluestem Award, Kirkus Prize finalist, Will Eisner Award

SNIFFER DOGS written by Nancy Castaldo
Crystal Kite Award Winner

THE ART OF SECRETS written by James Klise
Edgar Award Best YA Winner

THE NEXT WAVE written by Elizabeth Rusch
Green Earth Honor

FAKING NORMAL written by Courtney Stevens
Crystal Kite Award Winner

THE MILK OF BIRDS written by Sylvia Whitman
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist