Congratulations to our 2024 ALA Youth Media Award Winners and Best Books of the Year —it has been a great year of shining stars for our Full Circle Literary books and we’re so honored to work with such amazing creators!
ANIANA DEL MAR JUMPS IN by Jasminne Mendez (Penguin/Dial)
⭐️BCCB Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️Publishers Weekly starred review
⭐️School Library Journal
Pura Belpré Author Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
NCTE Notable Poetry Book and Verse Novel Selection
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book of 2023
2023 Nerdies: Novels in Verse
THE PRINCE & THE COYOTE by David Bowles, art by Amanda Mijangos (Levine Querido)
⭐️BookPage
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️School Library Journal starred review
Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor Book
BookPage Best Book of 2023, Top 10 Selection
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
REMEMBERING by Xelena Gonzalez, illustrated by Adriana M Garcia (S&S/Atheneum)
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️Publishers Weekly starred review
⭐️ School Library Journal starred review
Pura Belpré Illustration Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY / EL ESPAÑOL ES LA LENGUA DE MI FAMILIA by Michael Genhart, illustrated by John Parra (Holiday House/Neal Porter Books)
⭐️ Booklist starred review
⭐️ Horn Book starred review
⭐️ Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️ Publishers Weekly starred review
⭐️ School Library Journal starred review for Spanish Edition
⭐️ School Library Journal starred review for English Edition
Booklist Editors' Choice Best Books for Youth of 2023
Horn Book Fanfare 2023
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book of 2023
Common Sense Media Best Book of the Year
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year in Spanish
ANCIENT NIGHT / NOCHE ANTIGUA story and art by David Alvarez with David Bowles (Levine Querido)
⭐️BookPage starred review
⭐️Horn Book starred review
⭐️Foreword Reviews starred review
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️Publishers Weekly starred review
⭐️School Library Journal starred review
BookPage Best Books of 2023
Horn Book Fanfare 2023
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
2023 Nerdies: Fiction Picture Books
Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year in Spanish
BREAKING TO THE BEAT by Linda J Acevedo, illustrated by Frank Morrison (Lee & Low)
⭐️Horn Book starred review
⭐️Booklist starred review
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️Publishers Weekly starred review
⭐️School Library Journal
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
2024 Notable Books for a Global Society
A LETTER FOR BOB by Andrea Rogers, illustrated by Jonathan Nelson (Harper/Heartdrum)
⭐️Booklist starred review
⭐️Publishers Weekly starred review
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Award
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book of 2023
American Indians in Children's Literature Best Book of the Year
AUTUMN PELTIER, WATER WARRIOR by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Bridget George (Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press)
⭐️BCCB Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
⭐️ School Library Journal starred review
RISE: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten
2024 Notable Books for a Global Society
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book of 2023
American Indians in Children's Literature Best Book of the Year
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist
Junior Library Guild Selection
SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH by David Bowles & Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Bloomsbury)
⭐️Booklist starred review
Publishers Weekly Holiday Gift Guide 2023
New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
ALL THAT’S LEFT TO SAY by Emery Lord (Bloomsbury)
⭐️Booklist starred review
Kids IndieNext List
Kobo’s Best of the Month selection
USA Today Bestsellers List
Cosmopolitan’s “30 Young Adult Books of 2023 That You Don’t Want to Miss”
YOUR FREEDOM, YOUR POWER: A Kids’ Guide to the First Amendment by Allison Matulli with Clelia Malaspina-Gore (RP Kids)
⭐️Booklist starred review
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
WARRIOR GIRL/GUERRERA a novel-in-verse by Carmen Tafolla (Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books)
⭐️Publishers Weekly starred review
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Finalist
ALMA HEAD TO TOE / ALMA DE PIES A CABEZA by Juana Martinez-Neal (Candlewick)
⭐️Booklist starred review
Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year in Spanish
LOLO’S SARI-SARI STORE by Sophia Lee, illustrated by Christine Almeda (S&S/Atheneum)
⭐️School Library Journal
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
EL SEÑOR PANCHO TENÍA UN RANCHO by René Colato Laínez illustrated by Elwood Smith (Holiday House)
⭐️School Library Journal starred review
MARTINA HAS TOO MANY TÍAS / MARTINA TIENE MUCHAS TÍAS by Emma Otheguy illus by Sara Palacios (S&S/Atheneum)
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
⭐️School Library Journal
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Book of 2023
Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year in Spanish
NOT A MONSTER by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez, illustrated by Laura Gonzalez (Charlesbridge)
⭐️Kirkus Reviews starred review
Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids
Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
EAT YOUR SUPERPOWERS! HOW COLORFUL FOODS KEEP YOU HEALTHY AND STRONG by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by Serge Bloch (Penguin Workshop/RISE)
⭐️Booklist starred review
ROCK YOUR MOCS by Laurel Goodluck, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Harper/Heartdrum) American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Book
WATER DAY/ EL DÍA DE AGUA by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Olivia Sua (S&S/Atheneum) Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year in Spanish
DEB HAALAND: She Persisted by Laurel Goodluck (Philomel) American Indian Youth Literature Middle Grade Honor Book
GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO by Adrianna Cuevas (Macmillan) 2024 Edgar Award Nominee Best Juvenile Novel