To accompany our 2019 ALA-themed Horn Book Herald e-newsletter (sign up!), here are some extra goodies about this year’s Youth Media Award winners.
Horn Book reviews of the Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, CSK, Geisel, Printz, and Sibert Award winners
Newbery Medal winner and honor books
- 5Q for Newbery Medalist Meg Medina
- Review of Merci Suárez Changes Gears
- Meg Medina Talks with Roger
- The Writer’s Page: “On Writing the American Familia” by Meg Medina (January/February 2016 Magazine)
- Review of The Night Diary
- Review of The Book of Boy
- 5Q for Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- “Magic Books” by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Family Reading)
- “The Adventures of Mommy Buzzkill” by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (March/April 2009 Magazine)
Caldecott Medal winner and honor books
- Review of Hello Lighthouse
- Hello Lighthouse Calling Caldecott spotlight
- The 2019 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize winner: Hello Lighthouse
- 2016 Caldecott Medal Acceptance for Finding Winnie by Sophie Blackall
- July/August 2016 Horn Book Magazine original cover art by Sophie Blackall
- 5Q for Sophie Blackall
- Missed Connections: F4I [fan for illustrator] (Out of the Box)
- Review of How Alma Got Her Name
- How Alma Got Her Name Calling Caldecott spotlight
- Review of A Big Mooncake for Little Star
- A Big Mooncake for Little Star Calling Caldecott spotlight
- Writer’s Page: “Speak with Us, Not for Us” by Grace Lin (January/February 2019 Magazine)
- From Pencil to Page: Sketches and Illustrations by Grace Lin (Family Reading)
- Paper Cuts, Or Why I’m Swearing at Grace Lin (Out of the Box)
- Studio Views: “Gouache and I” by Grace Lin (March/April 2014 Magazine)
- Review of Thank You, Omu!
- Thank You, Omu! Calling Caldecott spotlight
- Oge Mora Talks with Roger
- Oge Mora Talks with Roger video extra
- Publisher’s Preview: Brian Lies on The Rough Patch
Belpré Author Award winner and honor book
- Review of The Poet X
- 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction Award Acceptance for The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner interviews
- Review of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems
Belpré Illustrator Award winner and honor books
- Review of Dreamers
- Yuyi Morales Talks with Roger
- Dreamers Calling Caldecott spotlight
- 2016 Boston Globe–Horn Book Picture Book Honor Award Acceptance for Thunder Boy Jr. by Yuyi Morales
- 2019 Calling Caldecott Mock Caldecott winner: Dreamers
- Review of Islandborn
- Review of When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
Coretta Scott King Author Award winner and honor books
- 5Qs for Claire Hartfield — coming in next week’s Notes from the Horn Book newsletter! (Subscribe here.)
- Review of A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
- Review of Finding Langston
- Publishers’ Preview: Lesa Cline Ransome on Finding Langston
- Review of The Parker Inheritance
- 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction Honor Award Acceptance for The Parker Inheritance
- Happy 100th Birthday, Beverly Cleary!: “Dear Mrs. Cleary” by Varian Johnson (March/April 2016 Magazine)
- Review of The Season of Styx Malone
- Writer’s Page: The Un-Hero’s Journey” by Kekla Magoon (May/June 2018 Magazine)
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner and honor books
- Review of The Stuff of Stars
- 2018 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance for Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Ekua Holmes
- A Profile of 2018 CSK Illustrator Award winner Ekua Holmes
- 2016 Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Award Acceptance for Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Ekua Holmes
- “The Art of Ekua Holmes” exhibit (Out of the Box)
- The Stuff of Stars Calling Caldecott spotlight
- Review of Let the Children March
- 2012 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction Award Acceptance for No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by R. Gregory Christie
Steptoe New Talent Awards winners
- Review of Monday’s Not Coming
- Review of Thank You, Omu!
- Oge Mora Talks with Roger
- Oge Mora Talks with Roger video extra
Geisel Award winner and honor books
- Review of See Pip Flap
- Review of Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories
- 5Q for Sergio Ruzzier
- Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories Calling Caldecott spotlight
- Studio Views: “For the Fear of Failure” by Sergio Ruzzier (March/April 2014 Magazine)
- “A Kerlan Fellow Inspired by Two Particular Fellows: Arnold Lobel and James Marshall” by Sergio Ruzzier
Printz Award winner and honor books
- Review of The Poet X
- 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Fiction Award Acceptance for The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- 2018 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner interviews
- Review of Damsel
- Review of A Heart in a Body in the World
Sibert Award winner and honor books
- Review of The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science
- Review of The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
- Publisher’s Preview: Don Brown on The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
- Review of Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
- Review of When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
- Review of We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
- 5Q for Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga Calling Caldecott spotlight
From the February 2019 issue of The Horn Book Herald: ALA Youth Media Awards Edition.
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