The winners and honorees for the fifth annual Walter Dean Myers Awards and Honor Books for Outstanding Children's Literature, sponsored by We Need Diverse Books, are:
Walter teen category winner:
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Walter teen category honors:
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Walter young readers category winner:
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Walter young readers category honors:
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
The Walter Awards Ceremony and Symposium will be held March 13 in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, with award-winning author Grace Lin serving as emcee and Christopher Myers, son of the late Walter Dean Myers, speaking. The Walter Awards will also celebrate special guest Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop.
The ceremony will be preceded by a symposium on diversity in children's literature, co-hosted by the Library of Congress. Titled "There is work to be done! Recognize. Validate. Acknowledge. The Walter Dean Myers Awards Turn Five," the symposium will be moderated by WNDB COO and novelist Dhonielle Clayton.
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The Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Awards as well as the nominees for the Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award and the G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. Winners will be celebrated at the MWA gala April 30 in New York City. Check out the complete list of nominated titles here.