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2025 ALA Award Winners

The American Library Association Youth Media Awards (ALA YMA) are a collection of the most prestigious literary awards recognizing books created for children and teenagers. The awards, which are chosen by committees of librarians and other literature and media experts, encourage original and creative work in the fields of children's and young adult literature and media. The ALA YMAs are well-known around the world for the high standards they represent in assisting parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for children. 

Here are the winners for the following awards:

  • 2025 Coretta Scott King Award Contenders
  • 2025 John Newbery Medal Contenders
  • 2025 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Contenders
  • 2025 Michael L. Printz Award Contenders
  • 2025 Pura Belpré Award Contenders
  • 2025 Randolph Caldecott Medal Contenders
  • 2025 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Contenders
  • 2025 Schneider Family Book Award Contenders

All Award Seals and images are owned and trademarked by the American Library Association (ALA). © 1996–2024 American Library Association 

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Chooch Helped

By Rogers, Andrea L
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
5 Professional reviews

Up, Up, Ever Up! : Junko Tabei : a Life in the Mountains

By Yasuda, Anita
Biography; Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
6 Professional reviews

Home in a Lunchbox

By Mo, Cherry
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
4 Professional reviews

Noodles on a Bicycle

By Maclear, Kyo
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
5 Professional reviews

Across So Many Seas

By Behar, Ruth
Fiction
Middle School
8 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

By Miller, Chanel
Fiction
Upper Elementary
5 Professional reviews

The First State of Being

By Kelly, Erin Entrada
Fiction
Upper Elementary
8 Professional reviews
Resources Available

The Wrong Way Home

By O'Shaughnessy, Kate
Fiction
Middle School
6 Professional reviews

One Big Open Sky

By Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Fiction
Upper Elementary
7 Professional reviews

Wings of an Eagle : the Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills

By Mills, Billy
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
4 Professional reviews

Call ME Roberto! : Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos

By Alonso, Nathalie
Biography; Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
7 Professional reviews

Llamenme Roberto! : Roberto Clemente Alza LA Voz Por Los Latinos

By Alonso, Nathalie
Biography; Nonfiction
Upper Elementary

Life After Whale : the Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

By Brunelle, Lynn
Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
7 Professional reviews

The Girl Who Sang : a Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

By Nadel, Estelle
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Middle School
6 Professional reviews
Resources Available

A Maleta Full of Treasures

By Sylvester, Natalia
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
4 Professional reviews

The Dream Catcher

By Verdad, Marcelo
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
6 Professional reviews

Ultraviolet

By Salazar, Aida
Fiction
Middle School
5 Professional reviews

Lola

By Valenti, Karla
Fiction
Upper Elementary
4 Professional reviews

Abuelo, the Sea, and Me

By Williams, Ismee
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
2 Professional reviews

Cruzita and the Mariacheros

By Granillo, Ashley Jean
Fiction
Middle School
4 Professional reviews

Bright Red Fruit

By Elhillo, Safia
Fiction
Young Adult
8 Professional reviews

Road Home

By Ogle, Rex
Nonfiction
Young Adult
5 Professional reviews

Compound Fracture

By White, Andrew Joseph
Fiction
Young Adult
5 Professional reviews

Brownstone

By Teer, Samuel
Nonfiction
Young Adult
6 Professional reviews

The Deep Dark

By Ostertag, Molly Knox
Nonfiction
Young Adult
6 Professional reviews

Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues : the Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

By Meadows, Michelle
Biography; Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
7 Professional reviews

Kwame Crashes the Underworld

By Farmer, Craig Kofi
Fiction
Upper Elementary
5 Professional reviews

Go Forth and Tell : the Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

By McDaniel, Breanna J
Biography; Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
7 Professional reviews

My Daddy Is a Cowboy

By Seales, Stephanie
Fiction; Easy
Lower Elementary
7 Professional reviews

Coretta : the Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

By King, Coretta Scott
Autobiography; Nonfiction
Lower Elementary
6 Professional reviews

Black Girl You Are Atlas

By Watson, Ren4e
Fiction
Young Adult
5 Professional reviews
Resources Available

Black Star (Door of No Return)

By Alexander, Kwame
Fiction
Middle School
5 Professional reviews

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now... : a Love Story

By Reynolds, Jason
Fiction
Young Adult
8 Professional reviews

Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem : the Vision of Photographer Roy Decarava

By Golio, Gary
Nonfiction
Upper Elementary
7 Professional reviews

One Big Open Sky

By Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Fiction
Upper Elementary
7 Professional reviews

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