Penguin Random House ALA Award Winners & Honorees for Elementary Education

By Kaitlyn Spotts | February 9 2022 | GeneralConferences

The American Library Association (ALA) announced their 2022 literary award winners and honorees during LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience. Below you can find a selection of Penguin Random House titles that were among the winners.

 

To see which Middle School and High School titles were honored, click here.

 

Caldecott Medal Winner

Watercress

 

Caldecott Honor

Wonder Walkers

 

Newbery Honor

Watercress

Too Bright to See

 

Printz Award Honor

Starfish

 

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor

I Hop

 

Robert F. Sibert Medal Honor

Summertime Sleepers

We Are Still Here!

 

Pura Belpre Youth Illustration Honor

De aquí como el coquí

Coquí in the City

Bright Star

Lucero

 

Pura Belpre Youth Author Honor

De aquí como el coquí

Coquí in the City

 

Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor

Nina

 

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

In the Meadow of Fantasies

 

Stonewall Children’s Book Award Winner

Too Bright to See

 

Stonewall Book Award Honor

Almost Flying

 

Schneider Family Book Award Best Young Children’s Book Honor

A Walk in the Words

 

Sydney Taylor Book Award Picture Book Winner

The Passover Guest

 

Asian/Pacific American Picture Book Award Winner

Watercress

 

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Honor

A Boy Named Isamu

 

American Indian Youth Literature Award Picture Book Honor

We Are Still Here!

 

Wonder Walkers
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer, Micha Archer
9780593109649
A Caldecott Honor winner!Micha Archer's gorgeous, detailed collages give readers a fresh outlook on the splendors of nature.
$18.99 US
Mar 30, 2021
Hardcover
32 Pages
Nancy Paulsen Books
Too Bright to See
Too Bright to See
(Newbery Honor Award Winner)
Kyle Lukoff
9780593111154
A Newbery Honor Book • Winner of the Stonewall Book Award  • A National Book Award Finalist"A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding." –The New York Times Book Review
$17.99 US
Apr 20, 2021
Hardcover
192 Pages
Dial Books
Starfish
Starfish
Lisa Fipps
9781984814500
A PRINTZ HONOR BOOK • Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant novel-in-verse. “In her debut novel, Starfish, Lisa Fipps confronts diet culture and fat phobia head-on. . . .  The book reads as if Ellie herself is writing these poems, which are accessible and engaging.”—The New York Times Book Review
$17.99 US
Mar 09, 2021
Hardcover
256 Pages
Nancy Paulsen Books
Summertime Sleepers
Summertime Sleepers
Animals That Estivate
Melissa Stewart, Sarah Brannen
9781580897167
Everyone knows about animals that hibernate in the winter. But it's time to discover animals that sleep all summer long!
$17.99 US
Apr 27, 2021
Hardcover
40 Pages
Charlesbridge
We Are Still Here!
We Are Still Here!
Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
Traci Sorell, Frane Lessac
9781623541927
Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here! An ideal nonfiction picture book for 7-10-year-old future activists and changemakers! An inspiring read by best-selling and award-winning Cherokee author Traci Sorell.
$17.99 US
Apr 20, 2021
Hardcover
40 Pages
Charlesbridge
De aquí como el coquí
De aquí como el coquí
Nomar Perez, Nomar Perez
9780593324073
En esta emocionante historia, basada en las propias experiencias del autor e ilustrador, un niño se muda de Puerto Rico a los Estados Unidos en donde descubre que la ciudad de Nueva York tiene mucho más en común con la ciudad de San Juan que lo que el podia imaginar.Ganador del "premio de honor" Pura Belpré en las categorias de ilustración y texto
$18.99 US
Mar 16, 2021
Hardcover
32 Pages
Dial Books
Coquí in the City
Coquí in the City
Nomar Perez, Nomar Perez
9780593109038
A heartfelt picture book based on the author-illustrator's own experiences, about a boy who moves to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico and realizes that New York City might have more in common with San Juan than he initially thought.
$18.99 US
Mar 16, 2021
Hardcover
32 Pages
Dial Books
Nina
Nina
A Story of Nina Simone
Christian Robinson, Traci N. Todd
9781524737283
A 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Honoree!This luminous, defining picture book biography illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Christian Robinson, tells the remarkable and inspiring story of acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy.
$18.99 US
Sep 28, 2021
Hardcover
56 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
In the Meadow of Fantasies
In the Meadow of Fantasies
Hadi Mohammadi, Nooshin Safakhoo
9781939810908
Written by the winner of IBBY's Best Book Award, Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi, In the Meadow of Fantasies is one girl's luminous escapade into a land of seven mysterious horses.
$20.00 US
Nov 02, 2021
Hardcover
42 Pages
Elsewhere Editions
Almost Flying
Almost Flying
Jake Maia Arlow
9780593112939
In this Stonewall Honor book, a week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true roller coaster of emotion when Dalia realizes she has more-than-friend feelings for her new bestie.
$17.99 US
Jun 08, 2021
Hardcover
352 Pages
Dial Books
A Walk in the Words
A Walk in the Words
Hudson Talbott, Hudson Talbott
9780399548710
Winner of a Schneider Family Honor! “A beautifully rendered and deeply inspiring book for everyone who has ever read slowly—myself included! Hudson shows us the beauty and magic that can come from taking our time. Brilliant.”—Jacqueline Woodson Hudson Talbott's inspiring story vividly reveals the challenges--and ultimately the rewards--of being a non-mainstream kind of learner.
$18.99 US
Sep 14, 2021
Hardcover
32 Pages
Nancy Paulsen Books
A Boy Named Isamu
A Boy Named Isamu
A Story of Isamu Noguchi
James Yang
9780593203446
Awarded an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book Honor, this stunning picture book brings to life the imagination of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi.
$18.99 US
Jun 15, 2021
Hardcover
40 Pages
Viking Books for Young Readers
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