On a prestige level, the Youth Media Awards are the Oscars of children’s literature. Their origins date back to 1922—a full seven years before the first Academy Awards. That’s when the ...

There, this year's Newbery Medal winner was officially announced. Keep reading to find out the exciting new winner! The Newberry Medal is awarded to the author of the most distinguished ...

Scholastic is giving kids a chance to see "ghosts" rise from the pages of its forthcoming mystery series, 'The Last Resort' — and PEOPLE is exclusively revealing the first book's cover.

The Newbery medal is given for “outstanding contribution to children ... Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X,” winner last fall of the National Book Award for young people’s literature, received the ...

“The Undefeated” was also a runner-up for the Newbery prize, won by Alexander in 2015 for ... Carlos Hernandez’s “Sal and Gabi Break the Universe” was the Pura Belpré Author Award winner for an ...