“Honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience”
WINNER
Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales
HONOR BOOKS
Green Is a Chile Pepper illustrated by John Parra, written by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
Little Roja Riding Hood illustrated by Susan Guevara, written by Susan Middleton Elya
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh
Honoring Latino authors “whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience”
WINNER
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin, illustrated by Lee White
HONOR BOOK
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Raúl Colón
WINNER
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
HONOR BOOKS
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Awarded annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:
WINNER
This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten
HONOR BOOKS
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchio, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
WINNER
You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant
HONOR BOOKS
Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur Howard
Waiting Is Not Easy! by Mo Willems
This award is given to a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
WINNER
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
FINALISTS
The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley
The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim by E.K. Johnston
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
WINNER
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen
FINALISTS
The Family Romanov: Murder Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! by Emily Arnold McCully
Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
Waking Brain Cells 