Books about a preteen witch hunted by humans, an illustrated story about an African-American artist, and a graphic novel about the civil rights movement written by a civil rights hero are among the books honored this year by the American Library Association. The 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal for illustration went to Javaka Steptoe, illustrator and… Read More

The American Library Association has announced the winners of the most prestigious awards for children’s and young adult literature for 2021 with its Youth Media Awards. The books and other forms of media range from stories about the struggles of a boy who stutters to a book about a Black teen who discovers a historically… Read More

The American Library Association has announced the winners of the most prestigious awards for children’s and young adult literature for 2020 with its Youth Media Awards. The books and other forms of media range from stories about the struggles of a 7th-grade African-American student sent to a prestigious school with little diversity to a picture… Read More