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Applications are now open to host the 2027 Children's Literature Lecture featuring award-winning author Kwame Alexander. The application form is due Thursday, April 30, 2026.

Renée Watson, author of “All the Blues in the Sky,” and Cátia Chien, illustrator of “Fireworks,” are the 2026 recipients of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards in children’s literature.

Author and illustrator Jonathan Fenske is the 2026 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for “Stop That Mop!” published by Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

CHICAGO — Candace Fleming is the winner of the 2026 Children's Literature Legacy Award honoring an author or illustrator, published in the United States, whose books have made a significant and lasting contribution to literature for children. Her numerous...

Producers WeatherHunters, Inc. and Silver Creek Falls Entertainment, Inc. are the 2026 recipients of the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award for “Weather Hunters.” The award was announced today by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

Sara Andrea Fajardo and Juana Martinez-Neal, author and illustrator of “Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa,” were named the winners of the 2026 Robert F. Sibert Medal for the most distinguished informational book for children published in 2025.

Author Kwame Alexander will deliver the 2027 Children’s Literature Lecture. The announcement was made today by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA’s Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

Abraham Matias, illustrator of “Popo the Xolo,” Lupe Ruiz-Flores, author of "The Pecan Sheller," and Vanessa L. Torres, author of “On the Wings of la Noche,” are the 2026 recipients of the Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award, Children’s Author Award, and Young Adult Author Award.

Live Oak Media, producer of the audiobook “Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story,” has won the 2026 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children. Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, producer of the audiobook “Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day,” has won the 2026 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Young Adults. The awards were announced today during the American Library Association’s (ALA) Youth Media Awards Announcements in Chicago.

The lecture series celebrates scholarship and critical thinking about literature for children

All four recipients will receive $8,000 in scholarship aid for the 2024-2025 academic year.