Congratulations to our 2019 ALA Award Winners!

Congratulations to our 2019 ALA Award Winners!

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Congratulations to all of this year’s award winners! Keep reading to find out more about our ALA Award winners and recommended reading selections from ALSC and YALSA.

  • Geisel Honor Winner
  • William C. Morris Finalists
  • ALA Rainbow Reading List
  • ALSC Notable Children’s Books
  • YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults
  • YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels
  • YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers

Geisel Honor Winner 
Tiger vs. Nightmare by Emily Tetri

The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year. View the full list here.

William C. Morris Award Finalists 
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, first given in 2009, honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.
See the full list here.

ALA Rainbow Reading List 
The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig

The List is a curated bibliography highlighting books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, aimed at children and youth from birth to age 18.
 denotes a Top Ten Title. You can find the full list here.

ALSC Notable Children’s Books 
Blue by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone; illustrations by Steven Salerno
So Tall Within by Gary D. Schmidt; illustrated by Daniel Minter
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
Tiger vs. Nightmare by Emily Tetri

Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books. According to the Notables Criteria, “notable” is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding.
You can see the full list here.

YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults 
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner
Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills
In Her Skin by Kim Savage

YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of the annual list it to provide librarians and library workers with a resource to use for collection development and reader’s advisory purposes. You can see the full list here.

YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels
All Summer Long by Hope Larson
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
The Nameless City: The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks
Last Pick by Jason Walz

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Wires and Nerve: Gone Rouge, Volume 2 by Marissa Meyer; illustrated by Stephen Gilpin

Great Graphic Novels for Teens is a list of recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18, prepared yearly by YALSA.  denotes a Top Ten title.
You can find the full list here.

YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers 
Brazen by Pénélope Bagieu
The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
How We Roll by Natasha Friend
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Science Comics: Sharks by Joe Flood
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson; illustrated by Emily Carroll
Unclaimed Baggage by Jen Doll
When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn

The Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list identifies titles aimed at encouraging reading among teens who dislike to read for any reason.  denotes a top ten title. You can find the full list here.