caldecott + newbery winners, 2016-2025
both medals, side by side, ten years each. sourced straight from ALA's own records, not my opinion of who deserved it (mostly)
01
Chooch Helped
illus. Rebecca Lee Kunz, written by Andrea L. Rogers. haven't gotten a copy yet
02
The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly's second Newbery, seven years after Hello, Universe. she's one of only seven authors to ever win it twice
03
Big
04
The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers narrating a dog running loose in a city park. (the shortlist was better, imo)
05
Hot Dog
06
Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson, kids hiding out in a real maroon community in the Great Dismal Swamp
07
Watercress
08
The Last Cuentista
Donna Barba Higuera. sci-fi Newbery winners are rare and this is a good one
09
We Are Water Protectors
10
When You Trap a Tiger
11
The Undefeated
Kadir Nelson illustrating Kwame Alexander's poem, honestly the picture book of that whole year
12
New Kid
first graphic novel to ever take the medal (deserved)
13
Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall's second Caldecott, three years after Finding Winnie
14
Merci Suárez Changes Gears
15
Wolf in the Snow
16
Hello, Universe
17
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
18
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
19
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
illus. Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick, about the real bear behind Winnie-the-Pooh
20
Last Stop on Market Street
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