2023 ALA Notable Books (Awarded by American Library Association)

Awards List

Children

Dragonfly Eyes
(*)
Cao Wenxuan

Ain't Burned All the Bright
(*)
Jason Reynolds

Where Wonder Grows
(*)
Xelena Gonzalez

Also
(*)
E.B. Goodale

Bathe the Cat
(*)
Alice B. McGinty

Freewater
(*)
Amina Luqman-Dawson

I Must Betray You
(*)
Ruta Sepetys

Love in the Library
(*)
Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Maizy Chen's Last Chance
(*)
Lisa Yee

Out of a Jar
(*)
Deborah Marcero

Powwow Day
(*)
Traci Sorell

Aviva vs the Dybbuk
(*)
Mari Lowe

Isla to Island
(*)
Alexis Castellanos

John's Turn
(*)
Mac Barnett

Knight Owl
(*)
Christopher Denise

The Ogress and the Orphans
(*)
Kelly Barnhill

Srta. Quinces
(*)
Kat Fajardo

Those Kids from Fawn Creek
(*)
Erin Entrada Kelly

Kitty
(*)
Rebecca Jordan-Glum

The Last Mapmaker
(*)
Christina Soontornvat

Little Monarchs
(*)
Jonathan Case

Caprice
(*)
Coe Booth

Endlessly Ever After
(*)
Laurel Snyder

Fish and Wave
(*)
Sergio Ruzzier

Gigi and Ojiji
(*)
Melissa Iwai

Hot Dog
(*)
Doug Salati

In the Key of Us
(*)
Mariama J. Lockington

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
(*)
Tae Keller

Lizzy and the Cloud
(*)
Terry Fan; Eric Fan

Luli and the Language of Tea
(*)
Andrea Wang

The Patron Thief of Bread
(*)
Lindsay Eagar

The Road to After
(*)
Rebekah Lowell

Swim Team
(*)
Johnnie Christmas

The World Belonged to Us
(*)
Jacqueline Woodson

Yes We Will
(*)
Kelly Yang

Every Dog in the Neighborhood
(*)
Philip C. Stead

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
(*)
Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Smaller Sister
(*)
Maggie Edkins Willis

Berry Song
(*)
Michaela Goade

Everything in Its Place
(*)
Pauline David-Sax

The Notebook Keeper
(*)
Stephen Briseno

The Coquies Still Sing
(*)
Karina Nicole Gonzalez

Tumble
(*)
Celia C. Perez

Black Bird, Blue Road
(*)
Sofiya Pasternack

The Bluest Sky
(*)
Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Farmhouse
(*)
Sophie Blackall

Finding Fire
(*)
Logan S. Kline

Iveliz Explains It All
(*)
Andrea Beatriz Arango

Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land
(*)
Mirelle Ortega

Odder
(*)
Katherine Applegate

Standing in the Need of Prayer
(*)
Carole Boston Weatherford

Violet and Jobie in the Wild
(*)
Lynne Rae Perkins

The Door of No Return
(*)
Kwame Alexander

Fire Chief Fran
(*)
Linda Ashman

The Flamingo
(*)
Guojing

Frizzy
(*)
Claribel A. Ortega

I Did It!
(*)
Michael Emberley

Me and the Boss
(*)
Michelle Edwards

Owl and Penguin
(*)
Vikram Madan

The Real Dada Mother Goose
(*)
Jon Scieszka

A Rover's Story
(*)
Jasmine Warga

The Talk
(*)
Alicia D. Williams

The Three Billy Goats Gruff
(*)
Mac Barnett

Yellow Dog Blues
(*)
Alice Faye Duncan

Different
(*)
Monica Montanes

Joao by a Thread
(*)
Roger Mello

A Land of Books
(*)
Duncan Tonatiuh

A River's Gifts
(*)
Patricia Newman

Too Early
(*)
Nora Ericson

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