The winners of the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards were announced on June 12th. The awards go to the best LGBT literature of the year in a variety of categories. There is one youth category and here is the winner:
Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard
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2017 UK Children’s Book Award Winners
The winners of the Children’s Book Award have been announced. Michael Morpurgo has won for a record fourth time. His book An Eagle in the Snow won the overall award.
The Older Reader category was won by Sarah Crossan for One.
The Younger Children category was won by Oi Dog! written by Kes and Claire Gray, illustrated by Jim Field.
2017 New Zealand Book Award Finalists
The finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. There are 35 finalists total in seven categories on the shortlist. One category is specifically for Māori books, that category saw a record number of entries for the award this year. If you follow the link above, you can see those titles. Here are the other finalists:
PICTURE BOOK AWARD
Fuzzy Doodle by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Donovan Bixley
Gwendolyn! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton
My Grandpa is a Dinosaur by Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones, illustrated by Richard Fairgray
The Singing Dolphin/Te Aihe i Waiata by Mere Whaanga
That’s Not a Hippopotamus! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis
ESTHER GLEN AWARD FOR JUNIOR FICTION
Helper and Helper by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point by Tania Roxborogh
Sunken Forest by Des Hunt
The Discombobulated Life of Summer Rain by Julie Lamb
The Impossible Boy by Leonie Agnew
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Coming Home to Roost by Mary-anne Scott
Kiwis at War 1916: Dig for Victory by David Hair
Like Nobody’s Watching by LJ Ritchie
Shooting Stars by Brian Falkner
The Severed Land by Maurice Gee
ELSIE LOCKE AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
From Moa to Dinosaurs: Explore & discover ancient New Zealand by Gillian Candler, illustrated by Ned Barraud
Jack and Charlie: Boys of the Bush by Josh James Marcotte and Jack Marcotte
The Cuckoo and the Warbler by Kennedy Warne, illustrated by Heather Hunt
The Genius of Bugs by Simon Pollard
Torty and the Soldier by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Fifi Colston
RUSSELL CLARK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION
Fuzzy Doodle, illustrated by Donovan Bixley, written by Melinda Szymanik
Gladys Goes to War, illustrated by Jenny Cooper, written by Glyn Harper
If I Was a Banana, illustrated by Kieran Rynhart, written by Alexandra Tylee
Snark: Being a true history of the expedition that discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock . . . and its tragic aftermath, illustrated and written by David Elliot (after Lewis Carroll)
The Day the Costumes Stuck by Toby Morris
BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD
Awatea’s Treasure by Fraser Smith
Like Nobody’s Watching by LJ Ritchie
The Discombobulation of Summer Rain by Julie Lamb
The Mouse and the Octopus by Lisala Halapua
Wars in the Whitecloud: Wairau, 1843 by Matthew H McKinley
2017 Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards
The winners of the 2017 Children and Teen Choice Book Awards have been announced. The winners are voted for online by children and teens. This year the winners were announced at Book Expo for the first time. Here are the winners:
K-2nd Grade Book of the Year
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp
3rd-4th Grade Book of the Year
Once Upon an Elephant by Linda Stanek, illustrated by Shennen Bersani
5th-6th Grade Book of the Year
The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero by Rachel Renee Russell with Nikki and Erin Russell
Teen Book of the Year
The Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
2017 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards
Awards were given in three categories: nonfiction, picture book, and fiction and poetry. For each category, there was a winner and two honor books. Here they are!
NONFICTION AWARD WINNER
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman
FICTION AND POETRY WINNER
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
PICTURE BOOK WINNER
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
NONFICTION HONOR BOOKS
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team by Steven Sheinkin
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
FICTION AND POETRY HONOR BOOKS
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
The Best Man by Richard Peck
PICTURE BOOK HONOR BOOKS
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith
2017 CBI Awards
Children’s Books Ireland has announced the winners of their 2017 awards.
BOOK OF THE YEAR and HONOUR AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION
Goodnight Everyone by Chris Haughton
HONOUR AWARD FOR FICTION
Needlework by Dierdre Sullivan
JUDGES’ SPECIAL AWARD
Bliain na nAmhrán by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagaín, Jennifer Farley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tarsila Krüse and Christina O’Donovan
EILIS DILLON AWARD for FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK
The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things by Paul Gamble
2016 Andre Norton Award
The Andre Norton Award is part of the Nebula Awards and is given for the best young adult science fiction and fantasy book of the year. The winner of the 2016 award is:
Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine
2017 Locus Award Finalists
The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2017 Locus Awards. Winners are chosen through a survey of readers in an open online poll. The awards are given in a variety of categories. Below you will see the finalists for the Young Adult Book category:
Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Goldenhand by Garth Nix
Lois Lane: Double Down by Gwenda Bond
Poisoned Blade by Kate Elliott
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
2017 Edgar Award Winners
The winners of the 2017 Edgar Awards have been announced. The two award winners for juvenile categories are:
BEST JUVENILE
OCDaniel by Wesley King
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
Waking Brain Cells 