Day: June 17, 2025

2024 Bram Stoker Award Winners

| Tasha

The winners of the 2024 Stoker Awards have been announced by the Horror Writers Association. Here are the winners in the Middle Grade and YA categories. You can head to Locus to see the winners in all categories.

WINNER SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL (TIE)

The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce

There’s Something Sinister in Center Field by Robert P. Ottone

FINALISTS

The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling

The No-Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition by Adrianna Cuevas

The Witch in the Woods by Michaelbrent Collings

WINNER SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

FINALISTS

The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker

The Losting Fountain by Lora Senf

A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown by Nydia Armendia-Sanchez – Book Review

| Tasha

Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown by Nydia Armendia-Sanchez, illustrated by Loris Lora (9781949480351)

Taking a child-friendly look at the amazing Frida Kahlo’s childhood, this book ties her growing up to the nature and flowers that surrounded her. From the orange tree near her home to recovering from polio by spending time outdoors, Frida was connected to growing things. After a near-fatal accident, art becomes a way for Frida to spend her days in bed, painting to reconnect to the soil beneath her. As an adult, she created a lush native garden and began to wear her signature flower crown.

Told in simple phrases, this picture book biography can be shared successfully as a read aloud. The illustrations by Pura Belpre Honoree Lora burst from the pages with flowers and colors. 

Appropriate for ages 5-9.

Reviewed from e-galley provided by Abrams Books.