Newbery, Caldecott announce 2022 children's book awards
Winners of an array of children鈥檚 literature awards reflect a diversity of perspectives and topics.聽鈥淭he Last Cuentista,鈥� a tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth鈥檚 history, won the John Newbery Medal for the year鈥檚 best children鈥檚 book.
Winners of an array of children鈥檚 literature awards reflect a diversity of perspectives and topics.聽鈥淭he Last Cuentista,鈥� a tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth鈥檚 history, won the John Newbery Medal for the year鈥檚 best children鈥檚 book.
Donna Barba Higuera鈥檚 鈥淭he Last Cuentista,鈥� a post-apocalyptic tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth鈥檚 history, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year鈥檚 best children鈥檚 book.
Another story of memory was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for outstanding children鈥檚 picture book. 鈥淲atercress,鈥� in which a Chinese American girl learns about her heritage, was illustrated by Jason Chin and written by Andrea Wang.
The Newbery and Caldecott medals were part of the Youth Media Awards announced Monday by the American Library Association.
Ms. Higuera also received a Pura Belpr茅 Award, which honors Latinx writers and illustrators, for best author, while 鈥淲atercress鈥� was also named the year鈥檚 outstanding Asian/Pacific American picture book. Malinda Lo鈥檚 鈥淟ast Night at the Telegraph Club,鈥� winner last fall of the National Book Award for young people鈥檚 literature, received the Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature.
A book illustrated by the beloved artist Floyd Cooper, who died last year, was a finalist for the Caldecott prize and received Coretta Scott King awards for the year鈥檚 best book by a Black author and illustrator. Mr. Cooper collaborated with author Carole Boston Weatherford on the historical work 鈥淯nspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre,鈥� about the 1921 slaughter of a Black community in Oklahoma by a mob of white people.
Nikki Grimes, whose dozens of works include the 2002 Coretta Scott King winner for best book 鈥淏ronx Masquerade,鈥� received the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Grace Lin, a Taiwanese American whose works include 鈥淭he Ugly Vegetables鈥� and聽鈥淭he Red Thread,鈥� has won the Children鈥檚 Literature Legacy Award for 鈥渂ooks that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children鈥檚 lives and experiences.鈥�
The Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for a young adult writer went to A.S. King, author of 鈥淪till Life with Tornado鈥� and 鈥淎sk the Passengers鈥� among others.
This story was reported by The Associated Press.聽A complete list of winners can be found on www.ala.org/yma