Coretta Scott King Author Book Award: Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
King Author Honors: Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice written by Tommie Smith & Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
The Talk written by Alicia D. Williams and illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
King Illustrator Honors: Swim Team illustrated and written by Johnnie Christmas
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile and written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award: We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Steptoe Illustrator Award: Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement illustrated by Janelle Washington and written by Angela Joy
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: I Did It! written and illustrated by Michael Emberley
Geisel Honors:
Fish and Wave written and illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier
Gigi and Ojiji written and illustrated by Melissa Iwai
Sydney Taylor Book Award:
Taylor Picture Book Honor: Sitting Shiva written by Erin Silver and illustrated by Michelle Theodore
Taylor YA Honors: My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen
Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah Reynolds
Alex Award titles available in both print and ebook:
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
True Biz by Sara Nović
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
Keep up to date with our new book lists, posted on a monthly basis, where we reveal our most recent acquisitions. We also list the YA new additions in our seasonal newsletters. Did you spy one of your fondest tales from 2022 above? Keep us in the loop about your current favorites... maybe they will win next year!
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