John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
Freewater, written by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is the 2023 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by JIMMY Patterson/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Three Newbery Honor Books also were named:
Iveliz Explains It All, written by Andrea Beatriz Arango, published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House; The Last Mapmaker, written by Christina Soontornvat, published by Candlewick Press; and Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, written by Lisa Yee, published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
Hot Dog, illustrated and written by Doug Salati, is the 2023 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named:
Ain’t Burned All the Bright, illustrated by Jason Griffin, written by Jason Reynolds, and published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing; Berry Song, illustrated and written by Michaela Goade, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group Inc.; Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Janelle Washington, written by Angela Joy, and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; and Knight Owl, illustrated and written by Christopher Denise, published by Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group.