June 5, 2026

New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

Juvenile Books • Historical Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

New Books • YA

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

June 4, 2026

2026 ALA Youth Media Awards

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

YALSA's Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year. 


The William C. Morris Award

The William C. Morris Award "honors a book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature."

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is "awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year."
The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table. Titles are recognized for "exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience."

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year.

2026 Youth Media Awards

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.

Schneider Family Book Award

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Pura Belpré Award

The Pura Belpré Award is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

New Books • Juvenile Non Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the 2nd floor, outside the IRC, or in their regular 2nd floor location.