The winners of the 2013 CILIP Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal have been announced:
The Carnegie winner is:
Sally Gardner for Maggot Moon
The Kate Greenaway winner is:
Levi Pinfold for Black Dog
Category: Awards
The Scottish Book Trust has announced the shortlist for the 2013 Scottish Children’s Book Awards. Here are the nominees.
BOOKBUG READERS – 3-7 YEARS
Jumblebum by Chae Strathie and Ben Cort
The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf? by Debi Gliori
YOUNG READERS – 8-11 YEARS
The Accidental Time Traveller by Janis Mackay
Black Tide by Caroline Clough
Really Weird Removals.com by Daniela Sacerdoti
OLDER READERS – 12-16 YEARS
The Book of Doom by Barry Hutchison
Ferryman by Claire McFall
The Seeing by Diana Hendry
The 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winners were announced at BEA in New York on May 31st. Here are the winners:
PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
FICTION AWARD WINNER
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
NONFICTION WINNER
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd
Here are the honor winners:
PICTURE BOOK HONORS
Open This Little Book by Jesse Klausmeier, illustrated by Suzy Lee
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold
FICTION HONORS
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
NONFICTION HONORS
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy Hale
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney
The winners for the 2012 Nebula Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. One of the awards given is the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. The 2012 winner is:
Fair Coin by E.C. Myers
Other nominees for the award were:
Above by Leah Bobet
Above World by Jenn Reese
Black Heart by Holly Black
The Diviners by Libba Bray
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Every Day by David Levithan
Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
The shortlist for the Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award has been announced. The award is jointly funded by Frances Lincoln and Seven Stories – National Centre for Children’s Books. The award recognizes the best of diversity in children’s books, specifically books for 8-12 year olds that contribute to social and cultural tolerance.
Here are the books on the shortlist:
One of a Kind by Jude (Najoud) Ensaff
Samosa Girl by Swapna Haddow
You’re Not Proper by Tariq Mehmood
The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader have announced the winners of the 2013 Children’s Choice Book Awards. The winners are selected by kids and teens with over 1 million votes cast this year.
The winners are:
KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed Young
THIRD GRADE TO FOURTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel
FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renee Russell
TEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7: The Third Wheel
ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Robin Preiss Glasser for Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet
The winner of the 2013 Little Rebels Children’s Book Award has been announced. This is the first year for this British award that recognizes the best radical children’s fiction that promotes social justice and is awarded by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.
The winner is:
Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland
The winners of the 2013 Edgar Awards given to the best mystery writing of the year have been announced:
BEST JUVENILE
The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of their 2013 Golden Kite Award and the winners of the Sid Fleischman Humor Award. These are presented for excellence in books for young readers published in 2012.
Here are the winners:
FICTION
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin
NONFICTION
Noah Webster & His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris, illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch
PICTURE BOOK TEXT
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by William Low
PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters by K. G. Campbell
SID FLEISCHMAN AWARD FOR HUMOR
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
HONOR BOOKS
FICTION
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
NONFICTION
We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson
PICTURE BOOK TEXT
A Leaf Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Violeta Dabija
PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Electric Ben by Robert Byrd
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of the 2013 Crystal Kite Awards. Winners are selected by the members in two rounds. There is one winner for each regional Division. Here are the 2013 winners:
AFRICA
The Magyar Conspiracy by Neil Malherbe
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND
Ten Tiny Things by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Kyle Hughes-Odgers
CALIFORNIA/HAWAII
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
SOUTHEAST
Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
MID-SOUTH
The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron
MIDDLE EAST/INDIA/ASIA
Samurai Awakening by Benjamin Martin
MIDWEST
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
SOUTHWEST
How to Babysit a Grandpa by Jean Reagan
NEW ENGLAND
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
NEW YORK
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner
ATLANTIC
Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA
Chained by Lynne Kelly
AMERICAS
The Stamp Collector by Jennifer Lanthier
UK/EUROPE
Fifteen Days without a Head by Dave Cousins
WEST
Pickle by Kim Baker, illustrated by Tim Probert
