This morning, the American Library Association announced the top awards in children’s and young adult literature at the ALA Midwinter Meeting.
The winner of this year’s Newbery Medal…Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos.
Two Newbery Honor books were named: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai and Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin.
This year’s Caldecott medal went to A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka. 
Also named were three Caldecott Honor Books: Blackout, illustrated and written by John Rocco; Grandpa Green, illustrated and written by Lane Smith, and Me … Jane, illustrated and written by Patrick McDonnell.
Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, was named the winner of this year’s Coretta Scott King Author Book award.
To see a complete list of award winners, check out this ALA Press Release.
