The 2026 Youth Media Award Winners have been announced!
Following is the list of winners announced at Youth Media Awards ceremony on Monday.
John Newbery Medal – All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson
Randolph Caldecott Medal – Fireworks! by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Cátia Chien
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award – Stop That Mop! by Jonathan Fenske
Robert F. Sibert Medal – Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa by Sara Andera Fajardo
Pura Belpré Awards – The Pecan Sheller by Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Coretta Scott King Book Award –Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Stonewall Book Award – Halfway to Somewhere written and illustrated by Jose Pimienta
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Picture Book (Pasifika): Kaho’olawe: The True Story of an Island and Her People by Kamalani Hurley
Picture Book (Asian American): Many Things At Once by Veera Hiranandani
You can find these titles and many other awards winners in our collection!