Award Winning Children's Literature: Part One
Part One, By Author, A-M
What helps growing readers flourish? Award winning and notable children's books are valuable resources for the classroom and home, whether read for a particular class, across school disciplines, or pure enjoyment. Awards may focus on writing, illustration, or a particular theme to mark the latest achievements in the field of children's and young adult literature, covering all genre: fiction, non fiction, poetry, fantasy, folklore, science fiction, mystery and more, from picture book to graphic novel, history to biography and autobiography.
The Gottesman Libraries participates in an automated plan to receive the best and latest children's books, fully cataloged and physically processed, every Spring as part of our commitment to build collections in areas of strength and relevance. The winners and notables can be found in the contemporary Juvenile Collection and /or Curriculum collections located on the second floor, with select titles on display in the rocket cases.
With a shout out to our Technical Services team, including Tresha Antoine, Library Assistant, and Deidre Thompson, Head of Technical Services and Metadata Librarian, we are pleased to announce 136 wonderful new additions to feast your eyes and inspire readers of all ages!
Books Received by Author, A-F
Alexander, Kwame. Black Star. First edition. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.5.A44 Bl 2024.
- Award: CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nominations: Coretta Scott King Honors 2025; Jane Addams Book Honor 2025.
Alonso, Nathalie. Call Me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos. First edition. New York: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2024. Curriculum ; GV865.C45 A46 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Bk 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Nonfiction. 2024; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024
Nominations: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor 2025.
Almond, David. Puppet. First US edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.A448 Pup 2024
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Aradhya, Kerry. Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube. First edition. Atlanta: Peachtree, 2024. Curriculum ; QA491 .A73 2024.
- Awards: Texas Bluebonnet Award: Master List. 2026; Ezra Jack Keats New Writer & New Illus Honor Books 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Armand, Glenda, and Kim (Kimberly J.) Freeman. Ice Cream Man : How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better. First edition. New York: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2023. Curriculum ; TX649.J334 A76 2023.
- Award: Texas Bluebonnet Award: Winner. 2025.
Awan, Jashar. Towed by Toad. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.A976 To 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025.
Nominations: Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. 2025.
Bailey, Jenn. Henry and the Something New. San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.B325 Hc 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Behar, Ruth. Across So Many Seas. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.B447 Ac 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025
Nominations: Newbery Honors 2025; Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Middle Grade. Honor. 2025.
My mom's life seems incredible to me, and I love hearing her relive every detail when she and Teresita, my dad's cousin, were brigadistas in the literacy campaign in Cuba -- an experience that inspired her to become a literacy specialist and teach children, as well as farmworkers to read and write. She has piles of thank-you cards from her grateful students, And lots of letters from Teresita, which take forever to get here from Cuba. -- Ruth Behar, Ch. 52, "Keeper of Memories", Across So Many Seas, p. 202.
Bell, Cece. Animal Albums from A to Z. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press, 2024. Curriculum ; PS3602.E4525 A85 2024.
- Award: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children 2024.
Blackall, Sophie. Ahoy! First edition. New York: Anne Schwartz Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.B5319 Ah 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Picture Books. 2024.
Blum, Isaac. The Judgment of Yoyo Gold. New York, New York: Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.B586 Ju 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Best Fiction for YA. 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Rise: A Feminist Book Project. 2025.
Bondor-Stone, Annabeth, and Connor White. Space : The Final Pooping Frontier. First edition. New York: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024. Curriculum ; TL793 .B626 2024.
- Nominations: Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for 2025.
Boxer, Elisa. The Tree of Life : How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World. New York: Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; D804.34 .B69 2024.
- Nominations: Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Picture Books. Honor. 2025.
Brosgol, Vera. Plain Jane and the Mermaid. First edition. New York: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.B788 Pla 2024.
- Awards: Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten. (YALSA) 2025; Rise: A Feminist Book Project. 2025; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Bunting, Philip. The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants. First American edition. New York: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2020. Curriculum ; QL568.F7 B86 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Burgess, Matthew. As Edward Imagined : A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts. First edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. Curriculum ; PS3557.O753 Z56 2024.
- Award: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children 2024.
Catchpole, James, and Lucy Catchpole. You’re so Amazing! First U.S. edition. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.C46345 You 2024.
- Nominations: Schneider Family Book Award. Young Children Honor. 2025.
Cherrix, Amy. Virus Hunters : How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike. First edition. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Curriculum ; RA644.V55 C44 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Chirif, Micaela. A Sleepless Night. Trans. by Jordan Landsman. [English edition]. Berkeley, CA: Transit Children’s Editions, an imprint of Transit Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.C51647 Sle 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; USBBY. Outstanding Int'l Books List. 2025.
Nomination: Mildred L. Batchelder Honor 2025.
Cline-Ransome, Lesa, James Ransome. They Call Me Teach : Lessons in Freedom. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.C622812 The 2024.
- Awards: Jane Addams Book Award 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
'Fore she passed
'fore freedom was even in the air
Mama told me
Use that learnin' and make somethin' of yourself
Every day's a chance to do just that
They call me Teach
Ain't my given name
but it's the only name folks 'round here know
It's a secret name
just 'tween us
--Lesa Cline-Ransome, They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom.
Dubuc, Marianne. Everyone Gets a Turn. Trans. by Celyn Harding-Jones. English edition. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.D85483 Ev 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Eady, Antwan. The Last Stand. First edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.E224 Las 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; Ezra Jack Keats New Writer & New Illus Honor Books 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Edgmon, H. E. The Flicker. First edition. New York: Feiwel & Friends, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.E274 Fl 2024.
- Nominations: Stonewall Children's & YA Literature Award. Honor. 2025.
Elhillo, Safia. Bright Red Fruit. First edition. New York: Make Me A World, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.5.E42 Br 2024.
- Awards:ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for YA 2025; American Library Association Best Fiction for YA. 2025; Rise: A Feminist Book Project. 2025; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2024; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Nominations: Michael L. Printz Honors for Excellence in YA Lit. 2025; Los Angeles Times Book Prize: Young Adult Finalist 2024.
Engle, Margarita. Wild Dreamers. First edition. New York: Atheneum, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.5.E54 Wic 2024.
- Award: CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nomination: Pura Belpre Honor: YA 2025.
Escobar, Melba. Johnny, the Sea, and Me. Trans. by Sara Lissa Paulson. First English-language edition. Brooklyn: Enchanted Lion Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.E8177 Jo 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; USBBY. Outstanding Int'l Books List. 2025.
Fang, X. We Are Definitely Human. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.F36 W42 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; Ezra Jack Keats New Writer & New Illustrator Awards 2025; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2024.
Nominations: Charlotte Zolotow Award: Highly Commended. 2025.
Farmer, Craig Kofi. Kwame Crashes the Underworld. First edition. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.F367524 Kw 2024.
- Awards: Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Tale 2025.
Finkelstein, Norman H. Amazing Abe : How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants. First edition. New York: Holiday House, 2024. Curriculum ; PN4874.C214 F56 2024.
- Nominations: Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Picture Books. Honor. 2025.
Fleming, Candace. The Enigma Girls : How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II. First edition. New York, NY: Scholastic Focus, 2024. Curriculum ; D810.C88 F54 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2024; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Nonfiction. 2024; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Nominations: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor 2025.
Fleming, Candace. Narwhal : Unicorn of the Artic. First edition. New York: Anne Schwartz Books, 2024. Curriculum ; PZ7.F59936 Nar 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2024.
Flett, Julie. Let’s Go! = Haw Êkwa! Vancouver ; Greystone Kids, Greystone Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.F63587 Let 2024.
Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Fong, Debbie. Next Stop. First edition. New York: RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.7.F654 Ne 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Forman, Gayle. Not Nothing. First Aladdin hardcover edition. New York, New York: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.F75876 No 2024.
- Awards: Bank Street College: Josette Frank Award. 2025; Jane Addams Book Award 2025.
Books Received by Author, G-M
Garza Villa, Jonny. Canto Contigo : A Novel. First edition. New York: Wednesday Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.G3783 Can 2024.
- Awards: Mike Morgan-Larry Romans Children's & YA Lit Award 2025; Rainbow Book List Top Ten: Teen Reader 2025.
Golio, Gary. Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem : The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava. First edition. New York: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2024. Curriculum ; TR140.D43 G65 2024.
- Awards: Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Nonfiction. 2024; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024
Nomination: Coretta Scott King Honors 2025.
Good Marable, and Tonya Engel Karen. Yaya and the Sea. First edition. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.G65334 Yay 2024.
- Awards: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children, 2024 ; CSMCL. Best Books, 2024.
Greenberg, Isabel. Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest. New York, NY: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, 2024. Juvenile ; PN6737.G744 Y686 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Graphic Novel 2024.
Greenfield, Chatham. Time and Time Again. New York: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.G74024 Ti 2024.
- Awards: Jane Addams Book Award 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Hardinge, Frances. Island of Whispers. New York, NY: Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.H21834 Is 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; USBBY. Outstanding International Books List. 2025; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Harrell, Rob. Popcorn : A Novel. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.H2348 Po 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book; Schneider Family Book Award. Middle Grade Winner. 2025.
Henkes, Kevin. Still Sal. First edition. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.H389 Sr 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Hoelzel, Philip. Planting Hope : A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado. First edition. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. Curriculum ; TR140.S334 H64 2024.
- Awards: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children, 2024 ; Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children, 2025.
Hunsinger, Emma. How It All Ends. First edition. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Alley, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.H86326 Ho 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Ixta, Carolina. Shut Up, This Is Serious. First edition. New York, NY: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.I98 Sh 2024.
- Awards:American Library Association Best Fiction for YA. 2025; Pura Belpre Award: YA. Winner. 2025; YALS: Quick Picks for Reluctant YA Reader. Fiction 2025.
Nominations: William C. Morris Debut YA Award Finalist. 2025; Los Angeles Times Book Prize: Young Adult Finalist 2024.
Johnson, Dinah. Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote. First edition. New York: Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Curriculum ; E185.97.W55 J64 2023.
- Awards: GDKA: Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers. Winner 2025; Rise: A Feminist Book Project. 2025.
Johnson, Kim. The Color of a Lie. First edition. New York: Random House, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.J623 Co 2024.
- Awards:American Library Association Best Fiction for YA. 2025; Scott O'Dell Award 2025; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Nominations: Los Angeles Times Book Prize: Young Adult Finalist 2024.
Johnson, Maureen. Death at Morning House. First edition. New York, NY: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.J634145 De 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Jones, Dan SaSuWeh. Stealing Little Moon : The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools. First edition. New York: Scholastic Focus, 2024. Curriculum ; E97.5 .J66 2024.
- Awards: Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for 2025; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Nonfiction. 2024; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
For every people on Earth, language is our identity and our connection to the world. It helps us communicate, to understand, and to feel close to others. Just imagine you are a little kid of four or five years old. You have grown up learning the language of a loving and close-knot family . Its sounds are beautiful to your ears, and the words have meanings that cannot easily be translated. Such words bring joy and comfort. Then, in a single day, you are taken from the family you love, and you are told never to speak your language again. Instead, you must speak in the language of the people who kidnapped you. --Dan SaSuWeh Jones, Ch.3, "Little Moon at Chilocco", Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools, p. 52.
Kahakauwila, Kristiana. Clairboyance. First edition. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.K1795 Cl 2024.
- Nominations: Asian/Pacific American Award for Lit: Child Honor 2025.
Kane, Karen, and Jonaz McMillan. Monster Hands. New York: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.K24 Mo 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2024.
Nominations: Schneider Family Book Award. Young Children Honor. 2025.
Kantorovitz, Sylvie. A New Car for Pickle. First edition. New York: Holiday House, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.7.K364 Ne 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Khan, Hiba Noor. Safiyyah’s War. First U.S. edition. New York, NY: Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.K528 Sa 2024.
- Nomination: Jane Addams Book Honor 2025.
Kim, Hyo-ŭn. How We Share Cake. Trans. by Deborah Smith. Minneapolis, MN: Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications, 2024. Juvenile ; PL994.415.H984 U7513 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
King, A. S. (Amy Sarig). Pick the Lock. New York, New York: Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; PS3611.I571 P53 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
King, Coretta Scott, Barbara A Reynolds, and Julia Sooy. Coretta : The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. First edition. New York: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024. Curriculum ; E185.97.K47 A3 2024.
- Award: CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nomination: Coretta Scott King Honors 2025.
Kurpiel, Sarah. A Little Like Magic. New York: Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; PS3611.U73242 L58 2024.
- Awards: Schneider Family Book Award. Young Children Winner 2025; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Picture Books. 2024.
Lamb, Sacha. The Forbidden Book. Montclair [N.J: Levine Querido, 2024. Juvenile ; PS3612.A54624 F67 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Nomination: Sydney Taylor Book Awards. YA. Honor. 2025.
Lavelle, Kari. Ode to Grapefruit : How James Earl Jones Found His Voice. First edition. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2024. Curriculum ; PN2287.J589 L38 2024.
- Awards: CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nominations: Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for 2025.
Leslie, Jay. What I Must Tell the World : How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice. First edition. New York, NY: Hillman Grad Books, a Zando imprint, 2024. Curriculum ; PS3515.A515 L475 2024.
- Nominations: Stonewall Children's & YA Literature Award. Honor. 2025.
Levy, Joshua (Joshua S.). Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop. First edition. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L4895 Fi 2024.
- Award: NJBA: Middle Grade Literature. Winner. 2024.
Nomination: Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Middle Grade. Honor. 2025.
Lu, Bo. Bao’s Doll. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L78 Bao 2024.
- Awards: Ezra Jack Keats New Writer & New Illus Honor Books 2025.
Lu, Thea. Dive, Dive into the Night Sea. First US edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Studio, 2024. Curriculum ; PZ7.1.L785 Di 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Lu, Thea. Here & There. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L785 He 2024.
- Award: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children, 2024.
Ludwig, Sidura. Rising. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L835 Ri 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025.
Nominations: Sydney Taylor Book Awards. Picture Books. Honor. 2025.
Lundberg, Sara. The Cat Way. Trans. by B. J. Epstein. English edition. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.L84875 Cat 2024.
- Award: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children, 2024.
Maclear, Kyo. Noodles on a Bicycle. First edition. New York: Random House Studio, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.M2246 No 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nominations: Caldecott Honors 2025; Charlotte Zolotow Award: Honor 2025.
Hungry customers wait.
The first delivery goes to students
at the university.
Another goes to the factory.
And then there's one
for the big office tower.
There's a deliveryman from the Old Sobaya
and a deliveryman from the New Sobaya
who are competing to see who can make
the tallest and fanciest stack.
--Kyo Maclear, Noodles on a Bicycle.
Maclear, Kyo. There’s a Ghost in the Garden. First edition. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.M2246 Th 2024.
Award: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children 2024.
Macleod, Kathy. Continental Drifter. First edition. New York: First Second, 2024. Curriculum ; CT275 .M32 2024.
- Award: Asian/Pacific American Award for Lit: Child Winner 2025.
Matias, Carlos. Emergency Quarters. First edition. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M3767 Em 2024.
- Awards: Ezra Jack Keats New Writer & New Illus Honor Books 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nominations: Charlotte Zolotow Award: Honor 2025.
McDaniel, Breanna J. Go Forth and Tell : The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. Curriculum ; Z720.B245 M38 2024.
- Awards: Ezra Jack Keats New Writer & New Illustrator Awrads 2025; Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth 2024; Bulletin Blue Ribbons Awards. Nonfiction. 2024; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Nomination: Coretta Scott King Honors 2025.
McGhee, Alison. Telephone of the Tree. New York: Rocky Pond Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.M4784675 Td 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Meadows, Michelle, Jamiel Law. Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues : The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin. First edition. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. Curriculum ; PS3552.A45 Z8235 2024.
- Awards: Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Tale 2025; Rainbow Book List Top Ten: Young Reader 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Medina, Belen. Daughter of the Light-Footed People : The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez. First edition. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. Curriculum ; GV1061.15.R36 C33 2024.
- Awards: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025; School Library Journal Best Books 2024.
Méndez, Yamile Saied. The Beautiful Game. First edition. New York: Algonquin Young Readers/Workman Publishing, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M4713 Be 2024.
- Award: Rise: A Feminist Book Project. 2025.
Mepani, Kusum. Meena’s Saturday. New York: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M47445 Me 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Miller, Chanel. Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All. New York, NY: Philomel Books, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M5554 Ma 2024.
- Awards:Texas Bluebonnet Award: Master List. 2026; American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nominations: Newbery Honors 2025.
Mills, Billy, and Donna Janell Bowman. Wings of an Eagle : The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills. First edition. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Curriculum ; GV1061.15.M56 A3 2024.
- Award: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025.
Nomination: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor 2025.
Mistry, Poonam. The Midnight Panther. First US edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M6344 Mi 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Miyakoshi, Akiko. Little Shrew. English edition. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2024. Juvenile ; PL873.I935 C5513 2024.
- Award: New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children 2024.
Mo, Cherry. Home in a Lunchbox. New York: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M63645 Ho 2024.
- Awards: American Library Association Notable Children's Book 2025; CSMCL. Best Books. 2024.
Nomination: Caldecott Honors 2025.
Moreira, Henrique Coser. The First Day of May. Montclair [New Jersey: Levine Querido, 2024. Juvenile ; PZ7.1.M6692 Fi 2024.
- Award: Horn Book Fanfare List 2025.
Part One, Listing by Author, A-M
Fiction Titles, 58
Non Fiction Titles, 24
Subtotal: 82 Titles
See Part Two.
