More winners....

The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults is
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour.

Four Printz Honor Books also were named:

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Long Way Down  by Jason Reynolds
Strange the Dreamer  by Laini Taylor
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman


The winner of the Coretta Scott King Award recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults is:

Piecing Me Together  by Renee Watson

Three King Honor books also were named:

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut  by Derrick Barnes
Long Way Down  by Jason Reynolds
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

 The King Illustrator Award winner is
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets illustrated by Ekua Holmes,
written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth.

Two King Illustrator Honor Books also were named: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James and written by Derrick Barnes, and Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman,  illustrated by James E. Ransome, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome.

Enjoy!