National Institute 2026

Marc Aronson won the inaugural Sibert medal for Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado; he also edited an initial honor book, Judd Winick’s Pedro and Me, and the 10th medal winner, Tanya Lee Stone’s Almost Astronauts. The author or co-author of over 25 highly honored... Read More →

Lesa Cline-Ransome is the Newbery Honor Award author of more than thirty books for young readers including the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy. Her work has received a number of honors, including dozens of starred reviews, NAACP Image Award nominations, a Coretta Scott King honors, the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, a Christopher Award and a Jane Addams Picture Book Award. Her work has been named to... Read More →

Candace Fleming is the award-winning and highly acclaimed author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including Is It Real? The Loch Ness Monster; Crash from Outer Space: Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell; The Curse of the Mum... Read More →