The American Library Association (ALA) has announced their 2026 literary award winners. Below you can find a selection of Penguin Random House titles that were among the winners.
Explore the collection of award winners and honorees here.
Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Children’s Picture Book Winner
Many Things At Once
Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Children’s Picture Book Honor
A Vaisakhi to Remember
Caldecott Honor
Our Lake
Sundust
Children’s Literature Legacy Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award: Candace Fleming
Imogene’s Last Stand
Mine!
Narwhal
Oh, No!
Clever Jack Takes the Cake
The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
I Have a Dream
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
City Summer, Country Summer
Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor
Picking Tea with Baba
Odyssey Children’s Award Winner
Click, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story
Pura Belpré Youth Illustration Winner
Popo the Xolo
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor
The History of We
Schneider Family Book Award Best Young Children’s Book Winner
Wanda Hears the Stars
Schneider Family Book Award Best Young Children’s Book Honor
I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea
Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner in the Picture Book Category
Shabbat Shalom
Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable in the Picture Book Category
Fanny’s Big Idea
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor
Earl & Worm #2
The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Outstanding Comics Children’s Fiction Winner
Froggy
