Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s ...

The 2025 winner is Carole Boston Weatherford. Her award-winning works include Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won ...

With its singsong refrain and sleepy-time theme, memorable characters and colorful illustrations, it’s one of the most ...