NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Erin Entrada Kelly's 鈥淭he First State of Being,鈥� a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's outstanding children's book. The Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture story went to 鈥淐hooch Helped,鈥� a tale of Cherokee siblings illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz and written by Andrea L. Rogers.
鈥淢agnolia Wu Unfolds It All鈥� was a runner-up for the Newbery prize. Miller is also the author of 鈥淜now My Name,鈥� her acclaimed memoir about being sexually assaulted on the Stanford University campus.
The awards were announced Monday by the which has gathered in Phoenix for 鈥淟ibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience.鈥�
Jason Reynolds' 鈥淭wenty-four Seconds from Now ..." received the Coretta Scott Award for a work by a Black author, and the King prize for illustration went to 鈥淢y Daddy Is a Cowboy,鈥� illustrated by C.G. Esperanza and written by Stephanie Seales. Carolyn L. Garnes, a longtime library director and founder of the nonprofit Aunt Lil鈥檚 Reading Room, won the King/Virginia Hamilton Award for lifetime achievement.
鈥淏rownstone,鈥� written by Samuel Teer and illustrated by Mar Julia won the Michael L. Printz Award for young adult literature. Jes and Cin Wibowo's 鈥淟unar Boy鈥� won the Stonewall Award for best LGBTQ children's book, and Jonny Garza Villa's 鈥淐anto Contigo" won the Stonewall award for young adult stories.
Three Pura Belpr茅 Awards for Latino writers and illustrators were announced: 鈥淎buelo, the Sea, and Me," illustrated by Tatiana Gardel and written by Ism茅e Williams, won for illustration; Karla Arenas Valenti's 鈥淟ola鈥� was cited in the best children's author category; and the young adult award was given to Carolina Ixta's 鈥溾�淪hut Up, This Is Serious.鈥�
The Associated Press
