2024 Youth Media Awards Winners

Explore just some of the winners from the 2024 ALA Youth Media Awards.

John Newbery Medal

• The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers, illus. by Shawn Harris

Randolph Caldecott Medal

• Big by Vashti Harrison

Michael L. Printz Award

• The Collectors: Stories, edited by A.S. King. Written by M.T. Anderson, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, and Jenny Torres Sanchez

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

• Fox Has a Problem by Corey R. Tabor

Children's Literature Legacy Award

• Pam Muñoz Ryan

Robert F. Sibert Medal

• The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day, illus. by Brett Helquist

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

• Houses with a Story: A Dragon's Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Seiji Yoshida, translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash

ALSC Children's Literature Lecture Award

• Kyle Lukoff

Pura Belpré Awards

Youth Illustration

• MexiKid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Children's Author 

• MexiKid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Young Adult Author 

• Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

• Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

Margaret A. Edwards Award

• Neal Shusterman

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Coretta Scott King Author Award

• Ibi Zoboi for Nigeria Jones

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

• Dare Coulter for An American Story 

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

• Jade Adia for There Goes the Neighborhood

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award

• Briana Mukodiri Uchendu for We Could Fly

Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement 

• Christopher Paul Curtis

Stonewall Book Award

Children

• Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes

Young Adult 

• Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

Schneider Family Book Awards

Young Children 

• Henry, Like Always by Jenn Bailey, illus. by Mika Song

Middle Grade 

• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla

Sydney Taylor Book Award

Picture Book

• Two New Years by Richard Ho, illus. by Lynn Scurfield

Middle Grade 

• The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe

Young Adult 

• The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

Picture Book

• The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung

Children's Literature

• Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li

Youth Young Adult Literature

• I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers

American Indian Youth Literature Award

Picture Book 2 winners

• Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck, illus. by Jonathan Nelson
• A Letter for Bob by Kim Rogers, illus. by Jonathan Nelson

Middle Grade

• We Still Belong by Christine Day