The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill for the Newbery Award
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
I can't wait to share these two books with our students at Spring Valley. Right now, I am reading
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (winner of the Caldecott Medal in 2016) and one of my all time favorites, The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (winner of the Newbery Medal in 1987)
For more information about Newbery and Caldecott medal books, check out ALSC website for all of the past winners from 1922 and 1938, respectively.