Research Guides: Youth Literature Award Winners: 2023

Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Hot Dog by Doug Salati
Call Number: UNI Youth ; [E]
Publication Date: 2022
Randolph Caldecott Medal 2023 Winner
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds; Jason Griffin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 R
Publication Date: 2022
Randolph Caldecott Medal 2023 Honor
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Call Number: YE GOA
Publication Date: 2022
Randolph Caldecott Medal 2023 Honor
Choosing Brave by Angela Joy; Janelle Washington (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE TIL
Publication Date: 2022
Randolph Caldecott Medal 2023 Honor
Knight Owls by Eric Seltzer; Tom Disbury (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE SEL
Publication Date: 2019
Randolph Caldecott Medal 2023 Honor

Coretta Scott King Book Award (ALA / EMIERT)

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Call Number: Y LUQ
Publication Date: 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Award 2023 Winner
Star Child by Ibi Zoboi
Call Number: Y B BUT
Publication Date: 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Award 2023 Honor
The Talk by Alicia D. Williams; Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE WIL
Publication Date: 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Award 2023 Honor
Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith; Derrick Barnes
Call Number: Y 741 S
Publication Date: 2022
Coretta Scott King Book Award 2023 Award

John Newbery Medal (ALA / ALSC)

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
Call Number: Y LUQ
Publication Date: 2022
John Newbery Medal 2023 Winner
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango; Alyssa Bermudez (Illustrator)
Call Number: UNI Youth ; [Fic]
Publication Date: 2022
John Newbery Medal 2023 Honor
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
Call Number: Y SOO
Publication Date: 2022
John Newbery Medal 2023 Honor
Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
Call Number: Y YEE
Publication Date: 2022
John Newbery Medal 2023 Honor

Schneider Family Book Award (ALA)

Listen by Shannon Stocker; Devon Holzwarth (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y B GLE
Publication Date: 2022
Schneider Family Book Award (ALA) 2023 Winner
In the Blue by Erin Hourigan
Call Number: YE HOU
Publication Date: 2022
Schneider Family Book 2023 Honor
Wildoak by C. C. Harrington
Call Number: Y HAR
Publication Date: 2022
Schneider Middle Grade Book (ALA) 2023 Winner
Hummingbird by Nicola Davies; Jane Ray (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE DAV
Publication Date: 2019
Schneider Middle Grade Book (ALA) 2023 Honor
Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn
Call Number: Y MCD
Publication Date: 2022
Schneider Middle Grade Book (ALA) 2023 Honor
The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
Call Number: Y STE
Publication Date: 2022
Schneider Family Book Teen (ALA) Winner
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
Call Number: Y SYL
Publication Date: 2022
Schneider Family Book Teen (ALA) Honor

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Just a Girl by Lia Levi; Jess Mason (Illustrator); Sylvia Adrian Notini (Translator)
Call Number: Y B LEV
Publication Date: 2022
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2023) Winner
Different by Mónica Montañés; Eva Sánchez Gómez (Illustrator); Lawrence Schimel (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2023) Honor
Dragonfly Eyes by Cao Wenxuan
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2023) Honor
João by a Thread by Roger Mello (Illustrator); Daniel Hahn (Translator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (2023) Honor

Odyssey Award

Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds; Raúl the Raúl the Third (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 R
Publication Date: 2021
Odyssey Award (2023) Winner
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 398 B
Publication Date: 2022
Odyssey Award (2023) Honor
Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo; Dani Pendergast (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Odyssey Award (2023) Honor
Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo; Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 821 A
Publication Date: 2022
Odyssey Award (2023) Honor
The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 And 2) by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Odyssey Award (2023) Honor

Stonewall Book Awards

Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild; Charlene Chua (Illustrator)
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Awards (2023) Winner
In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Awards (2023) Honor
Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu; Dean Hamer; Joe Wilson; Daniel Sousa (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 800 HAW WON
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Awards (2023) Honor
The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 741 E
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Honor
Strong by Eric Rosswood; Nidhi Chanani; Rob Kearney
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Honor
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
Call Number: Y LAM
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Winner
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Honor
Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas
Call Number: Y THO
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Honor
Man o' War by Cory McCarthy
Call Number: Y MCC
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Honor
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
Call Number: Y FER
Publication Date: 2022
Stonewall Book Award (2023) Honor

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

I Did It! by Michael Emberley
Call Number: Y 741 E
Publication Date: 2022
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2023) Winner
Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE IWA
Publication Date: 2022
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2023) Honor
Owl and Penguin by Vikram Madan
Call Number: Y 741 M
Publication Date: 2022
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2023) Honor
A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis
Call Number: Y 575 P
Publication Date: 2022
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (2023) Honor

William C. Morris Award

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum
Call Number: Z1037.A1 H68
Publication Date: 2022
William C. Morris Award (2023) Winner
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
Call Number: Y FER
Publication Date: 2022
William C. Morris Award (2023) Honor
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
William C. Morris Award (2023) Honor
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Call Number: Y REY
Publication Date: 2022
William C. Morris Award (2023) Honor
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
William C. Morris Award (2023) Honor

YALSA

Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith; Derrick Barnes
Call Number: Y 741 S
Publication Date: 2022
YALSA Award (2023) Winner
Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
YALSA Award (2023) Honor
American Murderer by Gail Jarrow
Call Number: Y 616 J
Publication Date: 2022
YALSA Award (2023) Honor
A Face for Picasso by Ariel Henley
Call Number: Y B HEN
Publication Date: 2021
YALSA Award (2023) Honor
Unequal by Michael Eric Dyson; Marc Favreau
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2022
YALSA Award (2023) Honor

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang; Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
Call Number: Y 362 Y
Publication Date: 2021
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (2023) Winner
Nana, Nenek and Nina by Liza Ferneyhough (Illustrator)
Call Number: YE FER
Publication Date: 2022
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (2023) Honor
Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
Call Number: Request from Interlibrary Loan
Publication Date: 2023
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (2023) Winner
The Troublemaker by Lauren Castillo
Call Number: YE CAS
Publication Date: 2014
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (2023) Honor