"Eggers' 'The Eyes & the Impossible' Wins 2024 Newbery, Harrison Takes Caldecott"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NPR
Author Dave Eggers won the John Newbery Medal for his middle grade book The Eyes and the Impossible, while author and illustrator Vashti Harrison won the Randolph Caldecott Medal for her book Big at the American Library Association's annual Youth Media Awards. Harrison is the first Black woman to win the Caldecott Medal, and her book Big was also awarded both Coretta Scott King author and illustrator honors.