2018 Newbery and Caldecott Books

2/15/2018

On Monday, the American Library Association announced the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals for this year, along with the Honor books. I watched part of the live broadcast, which was a fun way to participate. For anyone participating in the 2018 Newbery Reading Challenge, every one of these books counts towards your point total! If you're not participating, feel free to sign up, or just enjoy reading these books!

Newbery Medal Winner

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

Newbery Honor Books

Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Caldecott Medal Winner

Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell

Caldecott Honor Books

Big Cat, little cat written and illustrated by Elisha Cooper
Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James
A Different Pond by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui
Grand Canyon written and illustrated by Jason Chin

The ALA also has many other awards, including the Coretta Scott King award, the Michael L. Printz award for YA books, the Theodor Seuss Geisel award for beginning readers, and the Odyssey award for children's/YA audiobooks. Check out the press release to see all of the amazing books that won all of these amazing awards this year!

2 Comments

Christine link

2/17/2018 07:28:02 am

My library holds are starting to come in and my order with Piecing Me Together arrived! This maybe the first year I actually read all of the winners and honors — and it does help I already read Long Way Down — though is definitely reread it :) Maybe I’ll start catching up on 2017 too! :)

Julie @ Smiling Shelves link

2/18/2018 02:44:33 pm

I'm excited to read all of these, too! I only put a hold on Hello, Universe, but I should get my name on the lists for the other winners and honor books. They all look so good!