Award Winners

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    Award Winners

     
     
     
    Caldecott  
     
    Caldecott Award

     

    The Caldecott Award is given to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book of the year.  

    The 2020 Caldecott Medal winner was
     
     The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

     

    The Undefeated
     
     
    Newbery

    Newbery Award

     The Newbery Award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 

    The 2020 Newbery Medal winner was

    New Kid, by Jerry Craft

     

    New Kid 
     
     
     

    Geisel Award
     
    Geisel Award
     
    The (Theodore Suess) Geisel Award is given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States each year.
     
    The 2020 Geisel Award winner was

    Stop! Bot! 

    written and illustrated by James Yang and published by Viking, Penguin Young Readers

     
    Stop! Bot! by  
     
    coretta scott king book awards seal 
     

    The Coretta Scott King Book Awards

    The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

    The 2020 Coretta Scott King Award winners were

    Jerry Craft, author of "New Kid" published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers

    2020 Coretta Scott King Author Winner_Jerry Craft

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    Kadir Nelson, illustrator of "The Undefeated" written by Kwame Alexander and published by Versity, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

    Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Winner_Kadir Nelson 

     

     
     Robert F Sibert
     
     Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
     
     The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in English in the United States each year.
     
    The 2020 Medal Winner was

    Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story 

    written by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group