Oregon author wins Newbery Medal for year’s best children’s book

NEW YORK — Renée Watson ’s “All the Blues in the Sky,” in which the Oregon author blends poetry and prose to tell the story ...

Portland author Renée Watson's 'All the Blues in the Sky' wins Newbery Medal for best children's book

Renée Watson's “All the Blues in the Sky” has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book.
Publishers Weekly

Renée Watson’s Newbery Win: ‘Tears of Joy’

When Renée Watson arrived home to New York City this past weekend, she had plenty of things on her mind—and hearing from the ...

Poet’s essays reveal joys and anxieties of parenthood

Catherine Pierce, Mississippi’s most previous poet laureate, turns her poetic sensibilities towards motherhood in her new ...
WLRN

'Fireworks' wins Caldecott, Newbery is awarded to 'All the Blues in the Sky'

The best books for children and young adults were awarded the country's top honors by the American Library Association on ...
J. The Jewish News of Northern California

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s lyrically written novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle ...
American Library Association

‘A Guardian and a Thief,’ ‘Things in Nature Merely Grow’ receive 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction”

A Guardian and a Thief,” by Megha Majumdar wins 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and “Things in Nature Merely Grow,” by Yiyun Li, wins the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for ...