Kids & Families Book Lists

2026 Youth Media Award Winners

• Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
• John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature  
• American Indian Youth Literature Award for the very best writing and illustrations by and about Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America.
• Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for promoting Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage, based on literary and artistic merit
• Coretta Scott King Book and Illustrator Awards for African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English.
• Odyssey Award for the best audiobook produced for children or young adults, available in English in the United States.
• Pura Belpré Awards for Latino writers and illustrators whose children's books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal for the most distinguished informational book for children
• Schneider Family Book Awards for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
• Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's Literature Awards for English-language children's and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for outstanding books for children that authentically portray the Jewish experience
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.

Leveled Reading Lists

eBooks and eAudio