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Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners

Browse Sydney Taylor Book Award winners and nominees by year, category, and historical archive. Explore the latest winners, past nominees, and major award archive award categories.

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Recent Award Winners

Recent Sydney Taylor Book Award winning books across major categories.

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2022 Teen

The City Beautiful

Polydoros, Aden

Winner · Teen

2022 Older Readers

How to Find What You're Not Looking For

Hiranandani, Veera

Winner · Older Readers

2021 Older Readers

Turtle Boy

Wolkenstein, M. Evan

Winner · Older Readers

2021 Children's Literature

Welcoming Elijah

Newman, Leslea

Winner · Children's Literature

2016 Older Readers

Adam and Thomas

Appelfeld, Aharon

Winner · Older Readers

2016 Teen

The Hired Girl

Schlitz, Laura Amy

Winner · Teen

Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners by Year

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Sydney Taylor Book Award Categories

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Older Readers

Browse Sydney Taylor Book Award Older Readers winners and nominees across the full archive.

74 results across this category

Younger Readers

Browse Sydney Taylor Book Award Younger Readers winners and nominees across the full archive.

74 results across this category

Teen

Browse Sydney Taylor Book Award Teen winners and nominees across the full archive.

42 results across this category

Children's Literature

Browse Sydney Taylor Book Award Children's Literature winners and nominees across the full archive.

5 results across this category

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2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners

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Sydney Taylor Book Award – Older Readers

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Sydney Taylor Book Award – Younger Readers

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