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So many of this year's just-announced ALA Youth Media Award winners fit perfectly with this month's mission of "Blowing the horn for good books for boys and girls" while highlighting difference-makers — including the indomitable Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, winner of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Here is a selection of other notable examples:

March: Book 3 by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell won a historic four awards: the Coretta Scott King Author Award, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe won the Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan won a Newbery Honor as well as Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honors.

Freedom in Congo Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Carole Boston Weatherford won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor.

Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson was named a Sibert Honor Book.

Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin was named a Sibert Honor Book.

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolph Hitler by Russell Freedman was named a Sibert Honor Book.

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo was a Stonewall Book Award winner.

Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson was a Stonewall Honor Book.

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Boris Kulikov is the Schneider Family Book Award winner for young children.

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune written by Pamela S. Turner, illus. by Gareth Hinds was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.

For more, click on the tag ALA Midwinter 2017.