Newbery Medal

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: “The First State of Being,” written by Erin Entrada Kelly, is the Newbery Medal winner.  

Four Newbery Honor Books also were named: 

"Across So Many Seas," written by Ruth Behar 

"Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All," written and illustrated by Chanel Miller 

"One Big Open Sky," written by Lesa Cline-Ransome 

"The Wrong Way Home," written by Kate O’Shaughnessy