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They didn't get the Newbery or Caldecott but these kids' authors won big this year

The American Library Association handed out nearly two dozen awards for kids' books this week. We look at some of the winners.
The cover of Firekeeper's Daughter, which won multiple prizes this year from the American Library Association.

Angeline Boulley did not win a Newbery or a Caldecott medal this year from the American Library Association.

Those are the in children's literature. But they're among 22 awards the ALA handed out this week to books for kids, and a few

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