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“Halfway to Somewhere,” written and illustrated by Jose Pimienta, and published by RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House, and “One of the Boys,” by Victoria Zeller, published by Arthur A. Levine, an imprint of Levine Querido, are the 2026 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award.

The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Schneider Family Book Awards, which honor an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. The award winners were announced today during the ALA’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

The 2026 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, administered by the Association of Jewish Libraries, an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), were announced today during the ALA’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), announced the 2026 winners of its Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature youth categories today during the ALA’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

The American Indian Youth Literature Award-winning titles were announced today during the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

The American Library Association (ALA) announced the six books shortlisted for the esteemed Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

The lecture series celebrates scholarship and critical thinking about literature for children

The Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award is presented every three years by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association to the best book published in English in the three preceding years in the field of library history.