2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

Winners and Honor books for the 2022 awards

Showing 1 - 5 of 5  There are a total of 87 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Child of the flower-song people"
Star rating for Child of the flower-song people
Notes:
Pura Belpre Middle Grade honor book
Description:
"Award-winning illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings to life debut author Gloria Amescua's lyrical biography of an indigenous Nahua woman from Mexico who taught and preserved her people's culture through modeling for famous artists"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Fallout"
Star rating for Fallout
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Sibert honor book
Description:
"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance,...
Book cover for "Summertime sleepers"
Star rating for Summertime sleepers
Notes:
Sibert honor book
Description:
"All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures."--
Book cover for "Unspeakable"
Star rating for Unspeakable
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
Coretta Scott King Illustrator and Author winner, Caldecott honor book and Sibert honor book
Description:
"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
Book cover for "We are still here!"
Star rating for We are still here!
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
American Indian Picture Book honor and Sibert honor book
Description:
"A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: We are still here!"--