Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature

The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, also known as “The Walter,” celebrates the legacy of author Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014). Awarded annually to recognize diverse authors (or co-authors) whose works feature diverse main characters and address diversity in a meaningful way. We Need Diverse Books defines “diverse” to be one or more of the following: a person of color, Native American, LGBTQIA, a person with a disability, and/or a member of a marginalized religious or cultural minority in the United States.

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A Crane Among Wolves
Book - 2024 Honor, Teen, 2025
Nominees: June Hur
Teen Fiction Book
Available in some locations
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Book - 2024 Winner, Teen, 2025
Nominees: Ekua Holmes and Renée Watson
Teen Nonfiction Book
Available in some locations
Shark Teeth
Book - 2024 Winner, Younger Readers, 2025
Nominees: Sherri Winston
Children's Fiction Book
Available in some locations
The Creepening of Dogwood House
Book - 2024 Honor, Younger Readers, 2025
Nominees: Eden Royce
Children's Fiction Book
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All the Fighting Parts
Book - 2023 Honor, Teen, 2024
Nominees: Hannah V. Sawyerr
Teen Fiction Book
Available in some locations
Grounded
Book - 2023 Honor, Younger Readers, 2024
Nominees: Aisha Saeed, Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, and S.K. Ali
Children's Fiction Book
Available in some locations
Remember Us
Book - 2023 Winner, Younger Readers, 2024
Nominees: Jacqueline Woodson
Children's Fiction Book
Available in some locations
Saints of the Household
Book - 2023 Winner, Teen, 2024
Nominees: Ari Tison
Teen Fiction Book
Available in some locations
All My Rage
Book - 2022 Honor, Teen, 2023
Nominees: Sabaa Tahir
Teen Fiction Book
Available in some locations
Choosing Brave
Choosing Brave
Choosing Brave How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement By Joy, Angela, 1975-
Book - 2022 Winner, Younger Readers, 2023
Nominees: Janelle Washington and Angela Joy
Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
Available in some locations
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