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More of Our ALA Midwinter Award Winners and Honorees, Part Four

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Rounding out our coverage of this week’s American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter meeting, a DK book and multiple Penguin Random House Audio titles were the recipients of awards and honors:

 

DK Book on RUSA Outstanding References Sources List

THE MYTHOLOGY BOOK: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK)

 

Multiple Penguin Random House Audio Titles Recognized

Newbery Honor

THE NIGHT DIARY by Veera Hiranandani; read by Priya Ayyar (Listening Library)

William C. Morris Award

DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY by Adib Khorram; read by Michael Levi Harris (Listening Library)

William C. Morris Honor

BLOOD WATER PAINT by Joy McCullough; read by Xe Sands (Listening Library)

WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS by Vesper Stamper; read by Deborah Grausman (Listening Library)

Coretta Scott King Honor

THE SEASON OF STYX MALONE by Kekla Magoon; read by Sullivan Jones (Listening Library)

Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers

WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS by Vesper Stamper; read by Deborah Grausman (Listening Library)

YALSA Nonfiction Honor

BOOTS ON THE GROUND by Elizabeth Partridge; read by Ray Porter (Listening Library)

THE BELOVED WORLD OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR by Sonia Sotomayor; read by Jaina Lee Ortiz (Listening Library)

Alex Awards

THE BOOK OF ESSIE by Meghan MacLean Weir; read by Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands and Erin Spencer (Random House Audio)

EDUCATED by Tara Westover; read by Julia Whelan (Random House Audio)

THE GIRL WHO SMILED BEADS: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil; read by Robin Miles (Random House Audio)

GREEN by Sam Graham-Felsen; read by Prentice Onayemi (Random House Audio)

SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik; read by Lisa Flanagan (Random House Audio)

Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature

FRONT DESK by Kelly Yang; read by Sunny Lu (Listening Library)

Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature

DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY by Adib Khorram; read by Michael Levi Harris (Listening Library)

Congratulations to all of our prize winners and honorees.

Read our prior ALA Midwinter Igloo articles below:

Our Carnegie Medal Winner, Other ALA Midwinter Award Recipients, Part One

Our Newberry Honor, ALA Midwinter Award Winners & Honorees, Part Two

Our ALA Midwinter Award Winners & Honorees, Part Three


Posted: January 31, 2019