Top books, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults revealed at ALA Midwinter Virtual January 25, 2021
On January 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits taking place virtually from Chicago.
A list of all the 2021 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
When You Trap a Tiger, written by Tae Keller, is the 2021 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
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“The Ex Talk” by Rachel Lynn Solomon, Berkley, 352 pp.
This satisfying romantic comedy tells of two 20-something radio producers in Seattle. Shay already has 10 years of experience while Dominic, fresh out of grad school, is certain that he knows more. Natural adversaries, they’re assigned to host a program that offers relationship advice from the vantage point of two exes. Of course, they scramble to maintain the ruse when the animosity melts and their romance begins.
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by Keisha Bush
Keisha Bush weaves an “Oliver Twist”-like tale of pain and faith drawn partially on her experiences living in Dakar, Senegal. Ibrahimah is a boy living an idyllic life with his family. That all changes one day when he and his cousin are sent to Senegal’s capital to study the Quran. Bush poses essential questions about free will and liberation. Full review here.
/ My Friend!, written by Taye Diggs and illustrated by Shane Evans, is a picture book about what it means to be a friend.
Through the decades, children’s book author and illustrator Shane Evans and stage, film and television actor Taye Diggs have stayed fast friends and collaborators.
Shane Evans and Taye Diggs first met in the 1980s when they were students at a performing arts high school in Rochester, New York. Evans had just moved from Buffalo, New York, and he was starting as a sophomore at a new school.
“What are you?” Evans recalled Diggs asking an open question, possibly about his fashion, or what group he fit into. And Evans replied, “I’m just me.”
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