Alex Award

for the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

• The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com)


• The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (Knopf)


• Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown)


• Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (Random House)


• The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil (Crown)


• Green by Sam Graham-Felsen (Random House)


• Home After Dark by David Small (Liveright)


• How Long ’Til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit)


• Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison (Algonquin)


• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)

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The American Indian Library Association (AILA) American Indian Youth Literature Awards are presented every two years and will next be announced in 2020.

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May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award

recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site

Neil Gaiman will deliver the 2020 lecture

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Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Award for Literature

for children's literature promoting Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage; awarded based on literary and artistic merit

Picture Book Winner: Drawn Together by Minh Lê, illus. by Dan Santat (Disney-Hyperion)

Honor Book: Grandmother’s Visit by Betty Quan, illus. by Carmen Mok (Groundwood)

Children's Literature Winner: Front Desk by Kelly Yang (Levine/Scholastic)

Honor Book: The House that Lou Built written by Mae Respicio (Wendy Lamb/Random)

Young Adult Winner: Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Dial)

Honor Book: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (Little, Brown)

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Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) Sydney Taylor Book Award

for outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience

Younger Readers Winner: All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins, illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky (Schwartz & Wade/Random)

Honor Books

• A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben, illus. by Mehrdokht Amini (Charlesbridge)


• Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall’s Life and Art by Barb Rosenstock, illus. by Mary Grandpré (Knopf)

Older Readers Winner: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier (Amulet/Abrams)

Honor Books

• All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl (Knopf)


• The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman (Dial)

Teen Readers Winner: What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper (Knopf)

Honor Book: You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Simon Pulse)

For the complete list, including Notables, visit the AJL's website.

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Mildred L. Batchelder Award

for an outstanding international children's book translated into English

Winner
The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciūtė, illus. by Aušra Kiudulaitė; translated from the Lithuanian by The Translation Bureau (Thames & Hudson)

Honor Books

• Run for Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi; translated from the Italian by Lynne Sharon Schwartz (Yonder/Restless)


• My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun; originally published in Mandarin and translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)


• Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann; translated from the German by David Henry Wilson (NorthSouth)


• Jerome By Heart by Thomas Scotto, illus. by Olivier Tallec; translated from the French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick and Karin Snelson (Enchanted Lion)

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Children's Literature Legacy Award

honoring an author or illustrator whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children's lives and experiences

Walter Dean Myers, whose award-winning works include Somewhere in the Darkness and Monster

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Early Learning Digital Media Award

for distinguished digital media for an early learning audience

Winner
Play and Learn Science, produced by PBS Kids

Honorees

• Coral Reef, produced by Tinybop


• Lexi's World, produced by Pop Pop Pop

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Margaret A. Edwards Award

for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults

M. T. Anderson, whose books include Feed, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party, and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Kingdom on the Waves (all Candlewick)

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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

for the most distinguished beginning reader book

Winner
Fox the Tiger by Corey R. Tabor (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Honor Books

• The Adventures of Otto: See Pip Flap by David Milgrim (Simon Spotlight)


• Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier (Chronicle)


• King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth written by Dori Hillestad Butler, illus. by Nancy Meyers (Peachtree)


• Tiger vs. Nightmare by Emily Tetri (First Second)

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Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force for lifetime achievement

Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy

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William C. Morris Award

honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults

Winner
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Dial)

Finalists

• Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (Dutton)


• Check, Please!: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu (First Second)


• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Holt)


• What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper (Knopf)

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Odyssey Award

for excellence in audiobook production

Winner
Sadie, produced by Macmillan Audio from Wednesday Books; written by Courtney Summers and narrated by Rebecca Soler, Fred Berman, Dan Bittner, Gabra Zackman, and more

Honor Audiobooks

• Du Iz Tak, produced by Weston Woods Studio; written by Carson Ellis and narrated by Eli and Sebastian D'Amico, Burton, Galen, and Laura Fott, Sarah Hart, Bella Higginbotham, Evelyn Hopp, and Brian Hull


• Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist, produced by Live Oak Media; written by Susan Wood and narrated by Brian Amador


• The Parker Inheritance, produced by Scholastic Audiobooks; written by Varian Johnson and narrated by Cherise Booth


• The Poet X, produced by HarperAudio; written and narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo

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Schneider Family Book Award

for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience

Children, ages 0–8
Rescue & Jessica by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, illus. by Scott Magoon (Candlewick)

Honor Book: The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros, illus. by Dana Wulfekotte (Simon)

Middle School, ages 9–13
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor (Tegen/HarperCollins)

Honor Book: The Collectors by Jacqueline West (Greenwillow)

Teen, ages 14–18
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro (Tor)

Honor Book: (Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health edited by Kelly Jensen (Algonquin)

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John Steptoe New Talent Award

given by the Coretta Scott King Task Force to young authors or illustrators who demonstrate outstanding promise

Steptoe Author Award Winner: Tiffany D. Jackson for Monday's Not Coming (Tegen/HarperCollins)


Steptoe Illustrator Award Winner: Oge Mora for Thank You, Omu! (Little, Brown)

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Stonewall Book Award–Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award

given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience

Winners

• Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Candlewick)


• Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callendar (Scholastic)

Honor Books

• Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (Little, Brown)


• Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert (Hyperion/Disney)

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YALSA Nonfiction Award

for excellence in nonfiction for young adults

Winner
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown (Houghton)

Finalists

• The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor by Sonia Sotomayor (Delacorte)


• Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge (Viking)


• The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix (Amulet/Abrams)


• Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Graphix/Scholastic)

See the Horn Book's reviews of major 2019 ALA Youth Media Award winners.

For more, click on the tag ALA Midwinter 2019.