ALA 2026 Award Winners

By Gabriela Capodieci | January 27 2026 | Children'sEducation

We are happy to share that the American Library Association (ALA) has announced their 2026 literary award winners and honorees. Please see the below list for the selection of PRH titles that were among the winners.

Browse the full collection of winners and honorees here for secondary students, and here for elementary students.

Alex Award Winners

Hole in the Sky

The Girls Who Grew Big

The Favorites

The Whyte Python World Tour

These Heathens

What Kind of Paradise

 

American Indian Youth Literature Winner

Buffalo Dreamer

 

Asian/Pacific American Award for Picture Book Winner

Many Things At Once

 

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner

Under the Neon Lights

 

Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Winner

Popo the Xolo

 

Pura Belpre Young Adult Award Winner 

On the Wings of la Noche

 

Schneider Family Book Award in the Picture Book Category Winner 

Wanda Hears the Stars

 

Schneider Family Book Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category Winner 

Whale Eyes

 

Stonewall Award in Children’s Literature Winner

Halfway to Somewhere

 

Sydney Taylor in Picture Book Category Winner

Shabbat Shalom

 

YALSA Nonfiction Winner

Death in the Jungle

 

Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner 

Candace Flemming

 

Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Winner

Kadir Nelson

 

GNCRT YA Winner

The Boy Wonder 

GNCRT YA Series Winner

Teen Titans

GNCRT Best Series Award Winner

Witches of Brooklyn