The Newbery Medal, named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association) to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Congratulations! Click on the book cover to find these books in our catalog.
The Caldecott Medal, named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (a division of the American Library Association) to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Newbery Award 2025
Winner
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed forever.
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Honorable Mentions
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar’s epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.
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Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
Award-winning author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents’ NYC laundromat.
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One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline- Ransome
Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they have—in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement.
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The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’ Shaugnessy
Twelve-year-old Fern believes she’s living a noble life–but what if everything she’s been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything—and to trust in herself.
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Caldecott Medal Award 2025
Winner
Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers
Sissy’s younger brother Chooch isn’t a baby anymore. They just celebrated his second birthday, after all. But no matter what Chooch does—even if he’s messing something up! Which is basically all the time!—their parents say he’s “helping.” Sissy feels that Chooch can get away with anything!
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Honorable Mentions
Home In a Lunchbox by Cherry Ho
Cherry Mo’s stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an unexpected place.
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My Daddy is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales
In the early hours before dawn, a young girl and her father greet their horses and ride together through the waking city streets. As they trot along, Daddy tells cowboy stories filled with fun and community, friendship, discovery, and pride.
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Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Maclear
A vibrant historical picture book about Tokyo’s bicycle food deliverers, or demae, who balanced towering trays of steaming hot noodles on their shoulders while navigating crowded city streets.
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Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda
Anita Yasuda’s evocative picture book biography about Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Everest, is equal parts grit and grace. Dazzlingly illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Yuko Shimizu.
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