Book Awards
Newbery Award Winner 2022
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Newbery Honor 2022
Caldecott Winner 2022
Watercress illustrated by Jason Chin, written by Andrea Wang
Caldecott Honor 2022
Coretta Scott King Author Winner 2022
Carole Boston Weatherford for Unspeakable
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner 2022
Floyd Cooper for Unspeakable
Coretta Scott King Author Honor 2022
Home Is Not a Country, written by Safia Elhillo
Revolution in Our Time, written by Kekla Magoon
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor 2022
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone, illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Traci N. Todd
We Wait for the Sun, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, written by Dovey Johnson Roundtree & Katie McCabe
Pura Belpré Awards 2022
Youth Illustration: ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge, by Raúl the Third, Illustrated by Raúl the Third
Youth Author: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award 2022
Amber McBride for Me (Moth)
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award 2022
The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson
Robert F. Sibert Honor 2022
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem, written by Colleen Paeff, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown, written by Steve Sheinkin
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know, written by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate, written by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Stonewall Book Award 2022
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Sydney Taylor Book Awards 2022
Picture Book: The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel
Middle Grade: How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield by Gail Jarrow
For a complete list of the 2022 award winners, please visit the American Library Association webpage.
The 2021-2022 MCBA Nominees List
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The 2021 winner of the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award is:
Front Desk by Kelly Yang!
among students in grades four through six. The Massachusetts Children’s Book Award is sponsored by Salem State University and coordinated by Dr. Cami Condie. More about the Massachusetts Choice Book Award
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Interested in seeing more? To browse more books visit the Minuteman Book Award List, Kids and Teens.