Book Awards

2018/2019 MCBA Winners

Find these books in the Children’s Department in the High Demand MCBA section.

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor

The Bad Guys (Episode #1) by Aaron Blabey
A Boy Called Bat by by Elana Arnold

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon

Framed: A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery by James Ponti

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues by Matt Tavares

A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz

It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan

Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

One Last Word by Nikki Grimes

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Science Comics: Volcanoes: Fire and Life by Jon Chad
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett
Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn

Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale

Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker

What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

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Newbery Award Winner 2019

brown girl pedals blue bicycle background pink houses against yellow sky and green palm trees

Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

Newbery Honor 2019

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The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Caldecott Winner 2019

Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall

Caldecott Honor 2019

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Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

A Rough Patch by Brian Lies

Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner 2019

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A Few Drops of Red by Claire Hartfield

Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2019

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Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner 2019

The Stuff of Stars illustrated by Ekua Holms, written by Marion Dane Bauer

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor 2019

Hidden Figures illustrated by Laura Freeman, written by Margot Lee

Let the Children March illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Monica Clark-Robinson

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Alice Faye Duncan

John Steptoe New Talent Author Award 2019

Tiffany D. Jackson for Monday’s Not Coming

John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award 2019

Oge Mora for Thank You, Omu!

For a complete list of the 2019 award winners, check out the American Library Association webpage.

Interested in seeing more? To browse more nominations visit the Minuteman Book Award List.

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Additional Book Awards and lists

- Newbery Medal Winners and Honors, 1922-Present

- Caldecott Medal Winners and Honors, 1938-Present
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-Present