On a prestige level, the Youth Media Awards are the Oscars of children’s literature. Their origins date back to 1922—a full seven years before the first Academy Awards. That’s when the ...

Scholastic is giving kids a chance to see "ghosts" rise from the pages of its forthcoming mystery series, 'The Last Resort' — ...

based around a Newbery winner or honoree. Kennedy, who has been bringing the festival to Boston since 2017, praised the city’s deep connection to children’s literature, from the many authors w ...

Once again, Birmingham middle school students will participate in the “Birbery,” Birmingham’s take on the Newbery award. This annual reading challenge has been a Birmingham tradition since 2011 and ...

The Door of No Return (2025 Audie Award Winner), The Undefeated, the National Book Award nominee, Newbery Honor, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and The Crossover ...

The Newbery medal is given for “outstanding contribution to ... Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X,” winner last fall of the National Book Award for young people’s literature, received the Michael L.