Book Awards
2019-2020 MCBA Winners
Find these books in the Children’s Department in the High Demand MCBA section.
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Newbery Award Winner 2020
New Kid written and illustrated by Jerry Craft
Newbery Honor 2020
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Caldecott Winner 2020
The Undefeated illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander
Caldecott Honor 2020
Bear Came Along illustrated by LeUyen Pham, written by Richard T. Morris
Double Bass Blues illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Andrea J. Loney
Going Down Home with Daddy illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner 2020
New Kid written and illustrated by Jerry Craft
Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2020
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner 2020
The Undefeated illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Kwame Alexander
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor 2020
The Bell Rang illustrated and written by James E. Ransome
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan
Sulwe illustrated by Vashti Harrison, written by Lupito Nyon’o
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award 2020
Alicia D. Williams for Genesis Begins Again
John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award 2020
April Harrison for What is Given from the Heart, written by Patricia C. McKissack
For a complete list of the 2020 award winners, please visit the American Library Association webpage.
Interested in seeing more? To browse more nominations visit the Minuteman Book Award List.