Week of January 6, 2025 | All Grades | Youth Media Awards
 | American Library Association Youth Media Awards Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media. |
Time and Place
The 2025 Youth Media Award announcements will take place Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time in Phoenix, Arizona (7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time). Follow live at http://ala.unikron.com.
The 2025 Youth Media Award announcements will take place Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time in Phoenix, Arizona (7:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time). Follow live at http://ala.unikron.com.
Week of January 6, 2025 | TK | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Empathy
 Caldecott Medal 2012 |  Caldecott Medal 2005 |  Red dot on spine = Caldecott gold/silver |
A Ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka
Caldecott Medal 2012
In this wordless picture book, Daisy learns a valuable lesson when her favorite ball is ruined by another dog.
Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes
Caldecott Medal 2005
Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet
Caldecott Medal 2012
In this wordless picture book, Daisy learns a valuable lesson when her favorite ball is ruined by another dog.
Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes
Caldecott Medal 2005
Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet
Week of January 6, 2025 | Kindergarten | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Friendship
 Caldecott Medal 2010 |  Caldecott Medal 2003 | Red dot on spine = Caldecott gold/silver |
The Lion and the Mouse, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Caldecott Medal 2010
In this wordless retelling of the fable by Aesop, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
My Friend Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann
Caldecott Medal 2003
Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
Video Eric Rohmann explains how he printed then painted his artwork, and had to change the technique in the middle of the process because he had the use of the printing equipment for only a short time.
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet
Caldecott Medal 2010
In this wordless retelling of the fable by Aesop, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
My Friend Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann
Caldecott Medal 2003
Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
Video Eric Rohmann explains how he printed then painted his artwork, and had to change the technique in the middle of the process because he had the use of the printing equipment for only a short time.
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet
Week of January 6, 2025 | First Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Perseverance
 Caldecott Medal 2000 |  | Red dot on spine = Caldecott gold/silver |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback
Caldecott Medal 2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
The Good for Nothing Button, by Charise Mericle Harper
Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. And that is something!
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection Ideas Embellish a paper bookmark with a good for nothing button on it: use a hole puncher and a brad. Or, embellish a piece of bookmark-sized plastic craft mesh with a craft button attached with a chenille stem, and weave other pieces of stem into the mesh.
Caldecott Medal 2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
The Good for Nothing Button, by Charise Mericle Harper
Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. And that is something!
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection Ideas Embellish a paper bookmark with a good for nothing button on it: use a hole puncher and a brad. Or, embellish a piece of bookmark-sized plastic craft mesh with a craft button attached with a chenille stem, and weave other pieces of stem into the mesh.
Week of January 6, 2025 | Second Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Family Stories
| Red dot on spine = Caldecott gold/silver |  Caldecott Medal 2006 | |
 Winnipeg with Harry Colebourn |  Christopher Robin Milne feeding Winnipeg in the London Zoo, circa 1920s |  Christopher Robin combines the bear's name with the name of a friend's swan and names his own teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh |
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Finding Winnie True Story World's Most Famous Bear, by Lindsay Mattick
Caldecott Medal 2006
The author's family ties to Winnie-the-Pooh form the backbone of this story-within-a-story. In 1914 in Canada, veterinarian Harry Colebourn (the author's great-grandfather) sets off to join the war in Europe. A whistle-stop encounter with a gentle bear cub begins an historic friendship when the bear becomes the division's mascot and travels to England. Colebourn eventually takes Winnie to the London Zoo where Christopher Robin Milne meets her.
Video The author talks about the book's origins
Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
Crafty Connection Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin coloring sheet
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Finding Winnie True Story World's Most Famous Bear, by Lindsay Mattick
Caldecott Medal 2006
The author's family ties to Winnie-the-Pooh form the backbone of this story-within-a-story. In 1914 in Canada, veterinarian Harry Colebourn (the author's great-grandfather) sets off to join the war in Europe. A whistle-stop encounter with a gentle bear cub begins an historic friendship when the bear becomes the division's mascot and travels to England. Colebourn eventually takes Winnie to the London Zoo where Christopher Robin Milne meets her.
Video The author talks about the book's origins
Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
Crafty Connection Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin coloring sheet
Week of January 6, 2025 | Third Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Wetlands Field Trip
 Caldecott medal 1942 |   |   |
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
Caldecott Medal 1942
Mother and Father Mallard search for the perfect home to raise their family in this Caldecott Award winner that illustrates the city of Boston in such detail that a police officer's shoe size can be observed.
Websites:
Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore
A story based on a true rescue traces the adventures of a duck family that is separated when the ducklings fall through the slats of the town's storm drain and are saved by three firemen who return them to their mother.
Caldecott Medal 1942
Mother and Father Mallard search for the perfect home to raise their family in this Caldecott Award winner that illustrates the city of Boston in such detail that a police officer's shoe size can be observed.
Websites:
Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore
A story based on a true rescue traces the adventures of a duck family that is separated when the ducklings fall through the slats of the town's storm drain and are saved by three firemen who return them to their mother.
Week of January 6, 2025 | Fourth Grade | Multiple Medal Winners
Curriculum Connection: Social Issues Book Clubs
 CYRM nominee 2022 |  Multiple medals 2024 |  Multiple medals 2020 |  CYRM nominee 2023 |
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Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong'o
Nominated for the 2022 California Young Reader Medal, Sulwe did not go on to win the state award, but it was the favorite that year at Grand View.
In this powerful story about colorism and self-love, a young girl wishes for her dark skin to be lighter. The story is based on the real-life struggles actress Lupita Nyong'o faced growing up in Kenya as a dark-skinned girl. Ms. Nyong'o felt unbeautiful until dark-skinned model Alek Wek came on the international scene. "I couldn't believe someone who looked like me could be viewed as beautiful."
Besides her work as an an actress, writer, and producer, Ms. Nyong'o advocates for elephant conservation with WildAid.
Video Lupita Nyong'o reads Sulwe
Crafty Connection Elephant coloring sheet
Big, by Vashti Harrison
Caldecott Medal 2024, Coretta Scott King Author/Illustrator Honor 2024, National Book Award 2024
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance. This is the first book written and illustrated by creator Vashti Harrison and the first time in the Caldecott history that its gold award has been presented to a Black woman.
Video Mrs. M in the Library reads Big
The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander
Caldecott Medal 2020, Newbery Honor 2020, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award 2020
This book/poem is a love letter to Black life in the United States. It highlights the trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
Video Kwame Alexander reads The Undefeated
Parker Looks Up, by Parker and Jessica Curry
Nominated for the 2023 California Young Reader Medal
This book is based on the viral photograph of two-year-old Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery in the spring of 2018, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama. Sparkles and confetti show when Parker is spellbound. Attentive readers will notice that the pieces of confetti match the colors from Michelle Obama's dress.
Nominated for the 2022 California Young Reader Medal, Sulwe did not go on to win the state award, but it was the favorite that year at Grand View.
In this powerful story about colorism and self-love, a young girl wishes for her dark skin to be lighter. The story is based on the real-life struggles actress Lupita Nyong'o faced growing up in Kenya as a dark-skinned girl. Ms. Nyong'o felt unbeautiful until dark-skinned model Alek Wek came on the international scene. "I couldn't believe someone who looked like me could be viewed as beautiful."
Besides her work as an an actress, writer, and producer, Ms. Nyong'o advocates for elephant conservation with WildAid.
Video Lupita Nyong'o reads Sulwe
Crafty Connection Elephant coloring sheet
Big, by Vashti Harrison
Caldecott Medal 2024, Coretta Scott King Author/Illustrator Honor 2024, National Book Award 2024
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance. This is the first book written and illustrated by creator Vashti Harrison and the first time in the Caldecott history that its gold award has been presented to a Black woman.
Video Mrs. M in the Library reads Big
The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander
Caldecott Medal 2020, Newbery Honor 2020, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award 2020
This book/poem is a love letter to Black life in the United States. It highlights the trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
Video Kwame Alexander reads The Undefeated
Parker Looks Up, by Parker and Jessica Curry
Nominated for the 2023 California Young Reader Medal
This book is based on the viral photograph of two-year-old Parker Curry, who, during a visit to the National Portrait Gallery in the spring of 2018, became mesmerized by Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama. Sparkles and confetti show when Parker is spellbound. Attentive readers will notice that the pieces of confetti match the colors from Michelle Obama's dress.
Week of January 6, 2025 | Fifth Grade | Multiple Medals
Curriculum Connection: Social Emotional Awareness
| Red dot on spine = Caldecott gold/silver |  Caldecott medal 2013 |  Multiple Medals 2016 | |
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee. Note: this may be the final time a pop-up book is presented to this cohort as it moves through the educational experience.
This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen
Caldecott Medal 2013
A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.
Audio Jon Klassen shares some insight into This Is Not My Hat
Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt De La Pena
Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Honor 2016
When his grandmother teaches him to look with a discerning eye and notice the wonders all around him , a young boy learns to appreciate the beauty in what he has and how he can contribute to his community.
Video Last Stop on Market Street read by the author, with thanks to Kansas City Public Library
Dive Deeper Students will be presented with questions pertaining to character development, plot progression, setting, and underlying themes to think critically about Last Stop on Market Street.
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a Caldecott Medal winner/nominee. Note: this may be the final time a pop-up book is presented to this cohort as it moves through the educational experience.
This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen
Caldecott Medal 2013
A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.
Audio Jon Klassen shares some insight into This Is Not My Hat
Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt De La Pena
Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Honor 2016
When his grandmother teaches him to look with a discerning eye and notice the wonders all around him , a young boy learns to appreciate the beauty in what he has and how he can contribute to his community.
Video Last Stop on Market Street read by the author, with thanks to Kansas City Public Library
Dive Deeper Students will be presented with questions pertaining to character development, plot progression, setting, and underlying themes to think critically about Last Stop on Market Street.
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