Children’s Book Awards 2017

The Newbery Medal will be awarded to The Girl Who Drank the Moon, written by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin). Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan (Dlouhy/Atheneum); The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, written by Adam Gidwitz, illustrated by Hatem Aly (Dutton); and Wolf Hollow, by Lauren Wolk (Dutton).

The Caldecott Medal will be awarded to Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe (Little). Four Caldecott Honor Books were also named: Leave Me Alone!, illustrated and written by Vera Brosgol (Roaring Brook); Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Little Bee); Du Iz Tak?, illustrated and written by Carson Ellis (Candlewick); and They All Saw a Cat, illustrated and written by Brendan Wenzel (Chronicle).

The Coretta Scott King Book Award for writing goes to John Lewis and Andrew Aydin’s March: Book Three, illustrated by Nate Powell (Top Shelf). Two King Author Honor Books were selected: As Brave as You, by Jason Reynolds (Dlouhy/ Atheneum); and Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan (Dlouhy/Atheneum).

The Coretta Scott King Book Award for illustration goes to Javaka Steptoe for Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, illustrated and written by Javaka Steptoe (Little). Three King Illustrator Honor Books were selected: Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford (Little Bee); Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan (Dlouhy/Atheneum); and In Plain Sight, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Richard Jackson (Porter/Roaring Brook).

The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award goes to Nicola Yoon for The Sun Is Also a Star (Delacorte).

Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop is the winner of the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Practitioner Award for Lifetime Achievement.

The Pura Belpré Award for illustration goes to Raúl Gonzalez for Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, written by Cathy Camper (Chronicle). Two Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were named: Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, written by Susan Wood (Charlesbridge); and The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh (Abrams).

The Pura Belpré Award for writing goes to Juana Medina for Juana & Lucas, written and illustrated by Juana Medina (Candlewick). One Belpré Author Honor Book was named: The Only Road, by Alexandra Diaz (Wiseman/Simon).

The American publisher receiving the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding translation of a book originally published in a foreign language is Enchanted Lion Books for Cry, Heart, But Never Break, translated from the Danish by Robert Moulthrop, and written by Glenn Ringtved, and illustrated by Charlotte Pardi. Three Batchelder Honor Books were also selected: Over the Ocean, written and illustrated by Taro Gomi and translated from the Japanese by Taylor Norman (Chronicle); As Time Went By, written and illustrated by José Sanabria and translated from the German by Audrey Hall (NorthSouth); and The Ballad of a Broken Nose, written by Arne Svingen and translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson (McElderry).

The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults goes to March: Book Three, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell (Top Shelf). Four Printz Honor Books were also named: Asking for It, by Louise O’Neill (Quercus); The Passion of Dolssa, by Julie Berry (Viking); Scythe, by Neal Shusterman (Simon); and The Sun Is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon (Delacorte).

The Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children goes to March: Book Three, written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell (Top Shelf). Four Sibert Honor Books were named: Giant Squid, written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Porter/Roaring Brook); Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s...