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Awarded biennially, the awards honor the best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America. For this year, books needed to have been published between October 1, 2023, and September 31, 2025.
The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2026 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and Honors recipients.
The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2026 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Geisel, Odyssey, Alex, and Batchelder Awards.
Author Ashley Hope Pérez teaches the 1960s movement to help her Ohio State University students understand the impact of book bans and learn how to take action against censorship now.
The finalists of the YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction Award were announced in December 2025. Here are SLJ's reviews of the winner and finalists.
The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2026 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Schneider Family Book Award and Honor winners.
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Pura Belpré Awards honor outstanding books celebrating the Latine cultural experience. SLJ rounds up reviews of the 2026 winners and honors.
Bestowed annually, the William C. Morris Award honors a young adult title written by a first-time author writing for teens. Here, the reviews of the 2026 William C. Morris Award and finalists.
The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2026 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the winner and honor books of the 2026 Robert F. Sibert Informational Award, administered by ALSC.
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All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson wins the Newbery; Fireworks, illustrated by Cátia Chien, earns the Caldecott; and Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories, an anthology edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith, was named the Printz Award winner at the 2026 Youth Media Awards.
As she dealt with grief herself, Watson wrote All the Blues in the Sky to give readers permission to feel all of the emotions related with loss and help them cope with it.
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