2021 Award Winners and Honor Winners
Title: When You Trap a Tiger
By: Keller, Tae
Published: 2020
2021 Newbery Winner
2021 Asian/Pacific Award Children's Literature Winner
Title: We Are Water Protectors
By: Lindstrom, Carole
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Michaela Goade
2021 Caldecott Winner
Title: Before the Ever After
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2020
2021 Coretta Scott King Author Winner
Title: R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Frank Morrison
2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner
Title: Efrén Divided
By: Cisneros, Ernesto
Published: 2020
2021 Pura Belpré Author Winner
Title: ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat
By: Raúl the Third
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Raúl the Third (colors by Elaine Bay)
2021 Pura Belpré Illustrator Winner
Title: See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog
By: LaRochelle, David
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Mike Wounoutka
2021 Geisel Winner
Title: Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
By: Fleming, Candace
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Eric Rohmann
2021 Sibert Winner
Title: Paper Son: The Inspiring True Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
By: Leung, Julie
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Chris Sasaki
2021 Asian/Pacific Literature Picture Book Winner
Title: Show Me a Sign
By: LeZotte, Ann Clare
Published: 2020
2021 Schneider Author Winner
Title: I Talk Like a River
By: Scott, Jordan
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Sydney Smith
2021 Schneider Picture Book Winner
Title: Turtle Boy
By: Wolkenstein, M. Evan
Published: 2020
2021 Sydney Taylor Author Award Winner
Title: Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail
By: Newman, Lesléa
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Susan Gal
2021 Sydney Taylor Picture Book Winner
Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
By: Taylor, Mildred D.
Published: 1976
Mildred D. Taylor is the 2021 Children's Literature Legacy Award Recipient
Title: All Thirteen: The Incredible Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
By: Soontornvat, Christina
Published: 2020
2021 Newbery Honor
2021 Sibert Honor
Title: BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2020
2021 Newbery Honor
Illustrated by Michele Wood
Title: Fighting Words
By: Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Published: 2020
2021 Newbery Honor
(Also a 2021 Odyssey Audiobook Honor)
Title: We Dream of Space
By: Kelly, Erin Entrada
Published: 2020
2021 Newbery Honor
Title: A Wish in the Dark
By: Soontornvat, Christina
Published: 2020
2021 Newbery Honor
Title: The Cat Man of Aleppo
By: Latham, Irene with Karim Shamsi-Basha
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Yuko Shimizu
2021 Caldecott Honor
Title: Me & Mama
By: Cabrera, Cozbi A.
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Cozbi A. Cabrera
2021 Caldecott Honor
2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Title: Outside In
By: Underwood, Deborah
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Cindy Derby
2021 Caldecott Honor
Title: A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal
By: Elliott, Zetta
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Noa Denmon
2021 Caldecott Honor
Title: All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
By: Taylor, Mildred D.
Published: 2020
2021 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Please Note: This title is in our Young Adult section.
Title: King and the Dragonflies
By: Callender, Kacen
Published: 2020
2021 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Title: Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
By: Dionne, Evette
Published: 2020
2021 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Title: Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
By: Slade, Suzanne
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Cozbi A. Cabrera
2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
2021 Sibert Honor
Title: Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
By: Doyon, Samara Cole
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Kaylani Juanita
2021 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Title: Sharuko: el arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello = Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello (more copies on order)
By: Brown, Monica
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Elisa Chavarri
2021 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor
Title: Lupe Wong Won't Dance
By: Higuera, Donna Barba
Published: 2020
2021 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Title: The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
By: Cisneros, Ernesto
Published: 2020
2021 Pura Belpré Author Honor
Title: The Bear in My Family
By: Tatsukawa, Maya
Published: 2020
2021 Geisel Honor
Title: Ty's Travels: Zip, Zoom!
By: Lyons, Kelly Starling
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Nina Mata
2021 Geisel Honor
Title: What About Worms?
By: Higgins, Ryan T.
Published: 2020
2021 Geisel Honor
Title: Where's Baby?
By: Hunter, Anne
Published: 2020
2021 Geisel Honor
Title: How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
By: Rocco, John
Published: 2020
2021 Sibert Honor
Title: Danbi Leads the School Parade
By: Kim, Anna
Published: 2020
2021 Asian/Pacific Literature Picture Book Honor
Title: Prairie Lotus
By: Park, Linda Sue
Published: 2020
2021 Asian/Pacific Award Children's Literature Honor
Title: All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything
By: Pimentel, Annette Bay
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Nabi Ali
2021 Schneider Picture Book Honor
Title: Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved Violin
By: Newman, Tracy
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Abigail Halpin
2021 Schneider Picture Book Honor
Title: Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
By: Kapit, Sarah
Published: 2020
2021 Schneider Author Honor
Title: When Stars Are Scattered
By: Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
Published: 2020
2021 Schneider Author Honor
(Also a 2021 Odyssey Audibook Honor)
Title: I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book (more copies arriving soon)
By: Copeland, Rabbi Mychal
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Andre Ceolin
2021 Sydney Taylor Picture Book Honor
Title: Miriam at the River
By: Yolen, Jane
Published: 2020
Illustrator: Khoa Le
2021 Sydney Taylor Picture Book Honor
Title: Anya and the Nightingale
By: Pasternak, Sofiya
Published: 2020
2021 Sydney Taylor Author Honor
Title: The Blackbird Girls
By: Blankman, Ann
Published: 2020
2021 Sydney Taylor Author Honor
Title: No Vacancy
By: Cohen, Tziporah
Published: 2020
2021 Sydney Taylor Author Honor