This is the inaugural year for the Outstanding Comics for Children Awards selected by ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table. The awards are given for different ages in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and series. Below are the list of teen and children’s winners.
CHILDREN’S FICTION – WINNER
Froggy: A Pond Full of Pals by Paige Walshe
CHILDREN’S FICTION – HONOR BOOKS
Fresh Start by Gale Galligan
The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day by Raúl the Third
CHILDREN’S NONFICTION – WINNER
How to Draw a Secret by Cindy Chang
CHILDREN’S NONFICTION – HONOR BOOKS
How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares
I’m a Dumbo Octopus by Anne Lambelet
CHILDREN’S SERIES – WINNER
Witches of Brooklyn Volumes 1-5 by Sophie Escabasse
CHILDREN’S SERIES – HONOR BOOKS
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Volumes 1 & 2
Peapod Farm Volumes 1-3 by Lucy Knisley
YOUNG ADULT FICTION – WINNER
The Boy Wonder by Juni Ba
YOUNG ADULT FICTION – HONOR BOOKS
Hunger’s Bite by Taylor Robin
Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION – WINNER
Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION – HONOR BOOKS
Bloody Mary by Kristina Gehrmann
My Perfectly Imperfect Body by Debbie Tung
YOUNG ADULT SERIES – WINNER
Teen Titans by Kim Garcia
YOUNG ADULT SERIES – HONOR BOOKS
Feral Volume 1&2 by Tony Fleecs
Tsumiki Ogami’s Not-So-Ordinary Life Volumes 1&2 by Miyu Morishita
Waking Brain Cells 