Children's Book Awards
B&N Children's & YA Book Award Winners
See AllOur 2024 overall winner is The Misfits by Lisa Yee. Our Picture Book Winner is I Lived Inside a Whale by Xin Li. Powerless by Lauren Roberts is our YA Winner. The Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards discovers, champions, and celebrates the very best in Children’s publishing in three categories: Picture Books, Young Readers and YA.
Our 2024 overall winner is The Misfits by Lisa Yee. Our Picture Book Winner is I Lived Inside a Whale by Xin Li. Powerless by Lauren Roberts is our YA Winner. The Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards discovers, champions, and celebrates the very best in Children’s publishing in three categories: Picture Books, Young Readers and YA.
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A Copycat Conundrum (B&N Exclusive Edition) (The Misfits #2)
A Copycat Conundrum (B&N Exclusive Edition) (The Misfits #2)
Your favorite outcasts are back following their adventures in A Royal Conundrum (our overall Children's Book of the Year for 2024), and this time, all of San Francisco is at stake. With mysterious happenings, cryptic clues and (un)natural disasters rocking their world, can the Misfits get to the bottom of it before it’s too late?
B&N Children's & YA Book Award Shortlist
See All2024 Newbery Medal Winner and Honor Books
See AllWith its long history, the Newbery is the most recognizable children’s book award given for “the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year.”
The 2024 Newbery Medal Winner — The Eyes & the Impossible
With its long history, the Newbery is the most recognizable children’s book award given for “the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year.”
The 2024 Newbery Medal Winner — The Eyes & the Impossible
All Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books
See All2024 Caldecott Medal Winner and Honor Books
See AllAwarded to the artist that illustrated the “most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year.”
The 2024 Caldecott Medal Winner — Big
Awarded to the artist that illustrated the “most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year.”
The 2024 Caldecott Medal Winner — Big
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See All2024 Coretta Scott King Award Winner and Honor Books
See AllGiven to exceptional African American authors and illustrators of children and YA literature that “demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.”
The 2024 Author Award Winner — Nigeria Jones
The 2024 Illustrator Award Winner — An American Story
Given to exceptional African American authors and illustrators of children and YA literature that “demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.”
The 2024 Author Award Winner — Nigeria Jones
The 2024 Illustrator Award Winner — An American Story
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See All2024 Michael L Printz Award Winner and Honor Books
See AllHonors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit.
The 2024 Award Winner — The Collectors: Stories
Honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit.
The 2024 Award Winner — The Collectors: Stories
All Michael L Printz Award Winner and Honor Books
See All2023 National Book Award Winner
A First Time for Everything (National Book Award Winner)
A First Time for Everything (National Book Award Winner)
Inspired by his own life, Dan Santat’s A First Time for Everything is a transformative coming-of-age tale perfect for young people on the cusp of all of their big adolescent firsts — as well as adults wishing to reminisce on their own.
New York Times/NYPL Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2023
See All2023 B&N Children's & YA Book Award Winners
See AllOur 2023 overall winner is The Swifts by Beth Lincoln. Our Picture Book Winner is How to Eat a Book by Mrs. & Mr. Macleod. A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin is our 2023 YA Winner. The Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards discovers, champions, and celebrates the very best in Children’s publishing in three categories: Picture Books, Young Readers and YA.
Our 2023 overall winner is The Swifts by Beth Lincoln. Our Picture Book Winner is How to Eat a Book by Mrs. & Mr. Macleod. A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin is our 2023 YA Winner. The Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards discovers, champions, and celebrates the very best in Children’s publishing in three categories: Picture Books, Young Readers and YA.
