ALA Youth Media Awards 2020
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Picture Book – Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson, illustrated by Rebecca Huang
Honor – Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed, illustrated by Anoosha Syed
Middle Grade – Stargazing by Jen Wang
Honor – I’m OK by Patti Kim
Young Adult – They Called Us the Enemy by George Takei
Honor – Frankly In Love by David Yoon
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Picture Book – The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come by Sue Macy, illustrated by Stacy Innerst
Honor – Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Amy June Bates
Honor – The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Sonja Wimmer
Middle Grade – White Bird by R.J. Palacio
Honor – Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Honor – Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany by Andrew Maraniss
Young Adult – Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin
Honor – Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work by Victoria Ortiz
Honor – Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
American Indian Youth Literature Awards
Picture Book – Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder
Honor – Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Honor – Birdsong by Julie Flett
Honor – At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre
Honor – We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac
Honor – Raven Makes the Aleutians by Janine Gibbons
Middle Grade – Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis
Honor – I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
Honor – The Grizzly Mother by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson), illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Young Adult – Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Honor – Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Honor – Reawakening Our Ancestors’ Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing by Angela Hovak Johnston
Honor – An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Honor – Apple In the Middle by Dawn Quigley
Schneider Family Book Awards
Children’s – Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López
Honor – A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey, illustrated by Mika Song
Middle Grade – Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Honor – Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
Young Adult – Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein
Honor – The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
Stonewall Book Awards
Winners – When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita / The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Honor – Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Honor – Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Honor – The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy
Coretta Scott King Awards
Illustrator Winner – The Undefeated illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kadir Nelson
Honor – The Bell Rang illustrated by James E. Ransome
Honor – Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Honor – Sulwe illustrated by Vashti Harrison, written by Lupito Nyong’o
Author Winner – New Kid by Jerry Craft
Honor – The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Honor – Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Honor – Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Alex Awards
- A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
- Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
- Dominicana by Angie Cruz
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- High School by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin
- In Waves by A. J. Dungo
- Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
William C. Morris Award
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Michael L. Printz Award
Winner – Dig by A. S. King
Honor – The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Honor – Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
Honor – Ordinary Hazards by Niki Grimes
Honor – Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
Odyssey Award
Winner – Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Honor – Redwood and Ponytail by K. A. Holt
Honor – Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Honor – We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac
Honor – We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
Pura Belpré Awards
Illustrator Winner – Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln illustrated by Rafael López, written by Margarita Engle
Honor – Across the Bay by Carlos Aponte
Honor – My Papi Has a Motorcycle illustrated by Zeke Peña, written by Isabel Quintero
Honor – ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market by Raúl the Third
Author Winner – Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Honor – Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes
Honor – The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel
Honor – Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise, illustrated by Paola Escobar
Honor – Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War by Duncan Tonatiuh
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Winner – Brown by Håkon Øvreås, illustrated by Yvind Torseter
Honor – The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Honor – The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti
Honor – Do Fish Sleep? by Jens Raschke, illustrated by Jens Rassmus
Honor – When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee
Robert F. Sibert Medal
Winner – Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Honor – All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World by Lori Alexander, illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger
Honor – This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
Honor – Ordinary Hazards by Niki Grimes
Honor – Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Winner – Stop! Bot! by James Yang
Honor – Smell My Foot! by Cece Bell
Honor – Flubby Is Not a Good Pet! by J. E. Morris
Honor – The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Winner – The Undefeated illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander
Honor – Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
Honor – Double Bass Blues illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez , written by Andrea J. Loney
Honor – Going Down Home With Daddy illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons
John Newbery Medal
Winner – New Kid by Jerry Craft
Honor – The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Honor – Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu
Honor – Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Honor – Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
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