Are you excited to study who received the 2025 Newbery and Caldecott awards and honors? This morning, the American Library Affiliation Youth Media introduced kids’s e-book awards, together with the 2025 Newbery and Caldecott awards and honors books.
However the ALA additionally provides many different awards, together with Sydney Taylor, Coretta Scott King, and the Odyssey Award, some (not all) of which I’ve included beneath.
How are these books chosen? Nominated librarians collaborate to discover a consensus on the kids’s e-book creator and illustrator winners in committees for every award.
Should you’re questioning about my private favourite books of the previous 12 months, try my Creativeness Soup’s 2024 favourite kids’s e-book lists:
Best Early Readers & Chapter Books, 2024
John Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded to the creator of probably the most distinguished contribution to American literature for youngsters.
The Newbery Award Winner for 2025 is
The First State of Being written by Erin Entrada Kelly.
The Newbery Honor titles are
- Throughout So Many Seas written by Ruth Behar
- Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All written and illustrated by Chanel Miller
- One Huge Open Sky written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- The Unsuitable Means Dwelling written by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott is awarded to the artist of probably the most distinguished American image e-book for youngsters.
The Caldecott Winner for 2025 is
Chooch Helped illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz and written by Andrea L. Rogers.
The Caldecott Honors are
- Dwelling In a Lunchbox written and illustrated by Cherry Mo
- My Daddy Is a Cowboy illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, written by Stephanie Seales
- Noodles on a Bicycle illustrated by Gracey Zhang, written by Kyo Maclear
- Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, written by Anita Yasuda
Robert F. Sibert Informational E book Medal
This award goes to the creator(s) and illustrator(s) of probably the most distinguished informational e-book revealed in the USA in English in the course of the previous 12 months.
The Sibert Winner is
Life After Whale written by Lynn Brunelle and illustrated by Jason Chin.
The Sibert Honors are
- Name Me Roberto! written by Nathalie Alonso, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
- The Enigma Women written by Candace Fleming
- The Lady Who Sang written by Estelle Nadel and Sammy Savos with Bethany Strout, illustrated by Sammy Savos
- Wings of an Eagle written by Billy Mills and Donna Janell Bowman illustrated by S.D. Nelson
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given yearly to the creator(s) and illustrator(s) of probably the most distinguished American e-book for starting readers revealed in English in the USA in the course of the previous 12 months.
The Geisel Award winner is
Trip written by Ame Dyckman and illustrated by Mark Teague.
The Geisel Honors are
- Fox versus Fox written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor
- Towed by Toad written and illustrated by Jashar Awan
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
The Asian/Pacific American Award for Image Books
The Image E book winner is
Aloha The whole lot written by Kaylin Melia George and illustrated by Mae Waite.
The image e-book honor is
The Rock in My Throat written by Kalia Yang and illustrated by Jiemei Lin.
The Asian/Pacific American Award for Kids’s Literature
The Kids’s Literature winner is
Continental Drifter written and illustrated by Kathy MacLeod.
The Kids’s Literature honors are
- Mabuha! written and illustrated by Zachary Sterling
- Clairboyance written and illustrated by Kristiana Kahakauwila.
Pura Belpré Awards
This award is introduced yearly to a Latino/Latina author and illustrator whose work greatest portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural expertise in an excellent work of literature for youngsters and youth.
The Pura Belpré Kids’s Creator Winner is
Lola written by Karla Arenas Valenti
The Pura Belpré Kids’s Creator Honors are
- Cruizita and the Mariacheros written by Ashley Granillo
- Ultraviolet written by Aida Salazar
The Illustration Winner is
The Dream Catcher illustrated and written by Marcelo Verdad.
The Illustration honors are
- Abuelo, the Sea, and Me illustrated by Tatiana Gardel, written by Ismee Williams
- A Maleta Stuffed with Treasures illustrated by Juana Medina, written by Natalia Sylvester
Sydney Taylor E book Award
The Sydney Taylor Award is introduced to excellent books for youngsters and teenagers that authentically painting the Jewish expertise.
Image E book
The Sydney Taylor Image E book Winner is
An Etrog from Throughout the Sea written by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen.
The Honors winners are
- Superb Abe written by Norman H. Finkelstein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper
- Joyful Music written by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal
- Rising written by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Man
- The Tree of Life written by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig
Center Grade
The Sydney Taylor Center Grade Winner is
The Lady Who Sang written by Estelle Nadel and Sammy Savos with Bethany STroug, illustrated by Sammy Savos.
The Center Grade Honors are
- Throughout So Many Seas written by Ruth Behar
- Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop written by Joshua S. Levy
- Simply Shy of Abnormal written by A.J. Sass
For the full record of award winners, go to the American Library Association website later at the moment.
