Award Winners

A New York Times bestseller! A Morris Award Finalist Impossible Creatures meets Neil Gaiman in this "striking and heartfelt" (Kirkus Reviews) novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to magical...

A New York Times bestseller!Winner of a 2019 Stonewall Book Award In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela...

Stonewall Book Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistCharlotte Huck Honor Book Perfect for Valentine's Day, Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Charlene Chua is a touching picture book about friendship and the courage it takes to share your...

2021 Kirkus Prize Finalist - A Kirkus Best Book of 2021 - An SLJ Best Book of 2021 ★ "Exceptionally graceful and delightful" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ "A beautiful story of resilience." School Library Journal, starred review ★...

Jayden and a new friend bring nature to the city in this timeless story about a community garden Amidst all the buildings, people, and traffic in his neighborhood, Jayden sees nature everywhere: the squirrels scrounging, the cardinals calling, and the...

This Caldecott Honor picture book is a simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from three-time Caldecott Honor recipient Marla Frazee. In every life, there is love and loss, hope and joy, wonder and mystery. With glowing art and spare,...

Stonewall Children's Literature Award Winner 2025 Rainbow Book ListKirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024NPR's Books We Love of 2024GLAAD Media Awards Nominee 2024 Harvey Awards' Best Children's Book Nominee For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy...

A PURA BELPR? AWARD HONOR BOOKSometimes life explodes in technicolor.In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Salazar tells it like it is about puberty, hormones, and first love in this hilarious, heartwarming, and highly relatable...

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the courage to tell him a terrible secret about life with her mom and new stepdad? This contemporary novel is a must-read for fans of Leslie Connor and Ali Standish...

A Geisel Award winner! In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox--the hilarious trickster character featured in previous Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger--learns to solve a problem in an unexpected way.Fox has a problem: His kite is stuck...

Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything--and to trust in herself. Fern's lived at the Ranch, an off-the-grid,...

Praise for Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo: Pura Belpr? Children's Author Honor Book Cruzita is going to be a pop star. All she has to do is win a singing contest at her favorite theme park and get famous. But she can't go to the...

An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (APALA) Honor BookAn Eisner Award NomineeFrom rising star Zachary Sterling comes a humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel that celebrates food, family, and folklore.Can two kids save the world...

This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and old. At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift--the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a...

A Newbery Honor Book"Writing with his characteristic precision, Anderson melds the fantastic with the everyday. . . . A hilarious, heartfelt triumph." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Clay has had his fill of home life. A global plague has brought the...

An upbeat, empowering, important picture book from the team that created the award-winning Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. A perfect gift for any special occasion! I ama nonstop ball of energy.Powerful and full of light.I am a go-getter. A difference...

**A CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK**The remarkable true story of Jovita Valdovinos, a Mexican revolutionary who disguised herself as a man to fight for her rights!* "Graceful . . deft . . . mesmerizing. . . . Bravery and determination prevail in this inspiring...

A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes...