It is a universally acknowledged truth that a curious reader in want of a good book needs only direct their footsteps (and questions) to the nearest librarian. Librarians, after all, are always a font of good book suggestions. So naturally, when a whole bunch of them get together for the American Library Association’s annual midwinter conference, you can expect a host of recommendations to come of it. Enter: the annual Youth Media Awards , a slew of children’s book prizes announced Monday , including the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals. Jerry Craft won this year’s Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature for New Kid , a book focused on the struggles of a seventh grade student of color who has been sent to a prestigious private school with little diversity. Meanwhile, The Undefeated , an ode to great black Americans illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Kwame Alexander, won the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book
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