The Harlem Book Fair is celebrating its 15th anniversary and is also debuting a new award, the QBR Wheatley Book Awards.  The awards span different ages and genres with two awards for youth books.

Here are the finalists in those categories:

YOUNG READERS FINALISTS

 

Ellen’s Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter

Squeak! Rumble! Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis, illustrated by Paul Rogers

  

Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by E. B. Lewis

Twice as Good: The Story of William Powell and Clearview by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Eric Velazquez

What Color Is My World? by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld, illustred by Been Boos and A.G. Ford

YOUNG ADULT READERS FINALISTS

  

The Diary of BB Bright: Possible Princess by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams, Illustrated by Shadra Strickland

Like a Tree Without Roots by Teresa Ann Willis

Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons – A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders by Gregory Reed

 

Pinned by Sharon G. Flake

Ship of Souls by Zetta Elliott

Thanks to Betsy Bird at Fuse #8 for the link.