The Picture Book Winner: Aloha Everything, written by Kaylin Melia George, illustrated by Mae White and published by Red Comet Press.
Through the medium of hula, a young girl learns the true meaning of aloha. Verses richly interspersed with the Hawaiian language and lush, eye-catching illustrations honor the beauty and vitality of the Hawaiian people, history, ecology and folklore.
Picture Book Honor: The Rock in My Throat, written by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Jiemei Lin and published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group Inc.
Children’s Literature Winner: Continental Drifter, written and illustrated by Kathy MacLeod, and published by First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.
While Kathy loves the idyllic beauty of her father’s hometown in Maine, she doesn’t look like the other kids at summer camp there and misses parts of her life at home in Bangkok, Thailand. With her mixed background, Kathy yearns to belong in Thailand, Maine or simply anywhere.
Children Literature Honor:
- Mabuhay!, written and illustrated by Zachary Sterling, and published by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
- Clairboyance, written by Kristiana Kahakauwila, and published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Young Adult Literature Winner: Everything We Never Had, written by Randy Ribay, and published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Ribay tackles generational trauma, mental health, and toxic masculinity in families while interrogating issues of immigration, racism, and class to create a deeply powerful and emotional narrative of four generations of Filipino American teenage boys navigating their identities, dreams, and familial relationships, and ultimately, hope.
Young Adult Literature Honor:
- Lunar New Year Love Story, written by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, and published by First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership.
- Dragonfruit, written by Makiia Lucier, and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.