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Children's & Young Adult Collection

This collection has been curated to support our educational studies programs.

What Does the Award Mean?

Randolph Caldecott Medal - Awarded to the most distinguished American picture book for children

Newbery Medal - Awarded to the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children

National Book Awards - Awarded to the best "young people's literature" published each year

Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature - Awarded to the most distinguished diverse books by diverse creators

Randolph Caldecott Medal

2015 - The adventures of Beekle : the unimaginary friend - written & illustrated by Dan Santat

2016 - Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear - illustrated by Sophie Blackall & written by Lindsay Mattick

2017 - Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - written & illlustrated by Javaka Steptoe

2018 - Wolf in the snow - written & illustrated by Matthew Cordell

2019 - Hello, lighhouse - written & illustrated by Sophie Blackall

2020 - The undefeated - illustrated by Kadir Nelson & written by Kwame Alexander

2021 - We are water protectors - illustrated by Michael Goade & written by Carole Lindstrom

2022 - Watercress - illustrated by Jason Chin & written by Andrea Wang

2023 - Hot Dog - written & illustrated by Doug Salati

2024 - Big - written & illustrated by Vashti Harrison

Randolph Caldecott Medal Winners at Kish

Newbery Medal

2016 - Last stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

2017 - The girl who drank the moon by Kelly Barnhill

2018 - Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

2019 - Merci Suarez changes gears by Meg Medina

2020 - New kid by Jerry Craft 

2021 - When you trap a tiger by Tae Keller

2022 - The last cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

2023 - Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

2024 - The eyes and the impossible by Dave Eggers

2025 - The first state of being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Newbery Medal

National Book Awards

2024 - Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi

2023 - A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

2022 - All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

2021 - Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

2020 - King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

2019 - 1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler

2018 - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

2017 - Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

2016 - March : Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Ayden, and Nate Powell

2015 - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature

2025 for teens - Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson

2025 for younger readers - Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston

2024 for teens - Saints of the Household by Ari Tison

2024 for younger readers - Remember us by Jacqueline Woodson

2023 for teens - Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers

2023 for younger readers - Choosing Brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy

2022 for teens - The Firekeeper's daughter by Angeline Boulley

2022 for younger readers - Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

2021 for teens - Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam

2021 for younger readers - When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

2020 for teens - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki

2020 for younger readers - The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman