The shortlist for the 2016 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize has been announced. Winners will be announced on November 17th. Here are the shortlisted titles for this prestigious UK award:
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon (Released November 1st in US)
Crongton Knights by Alex Wheatle
Hell and High Water by Tanya Landman
The Marvels by Brian Selznick (Released in US in 2015)
Coordinated by Vanderbilt University’s Center for Latin American Studies and Tulane University and administered by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs, this award celebrates authors who “authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.”
Two authors won the award this year:
Pam Munoz Ryan for Echo
Ashley Hope-Perez for Out of Darkness
The long list for the National Book Award has been announced. The National Book Foundation will announce the five finalists from the list on October 13 and the winner will be presented on November 16.
Here are the nominees for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature:
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
March: Book Three by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin
In its third year, this British children’s book award has four categories that are age specific and the shortlist has three titles in each of those categories. Here are the shortlisted titles:
BABY & TODDLER
My Enormous Book of Colours by Philip Dauncey, illustrated by The Boy Fitzhammond
Never Touch a Monster by Rosie Greening, illustrated by Stuart Lynch
Peekaboo A-Z by Becky Davies, illustrated by Gareth Lucas
PICTURE BOOKS
The Bumblebear by Nadia Shireen
Oi Dog! by Kes and Clare Grey
You Must Bring a Hat by Kate Hindley
FICTION AGES 5-9
Claude: Going for Gold by Alex T. Smith
Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Sheena Dempsey
Violet and the Hidden Treasure by Harriet Whitehorn, illustrated by Becka Moor
FICTION AGES 9+
The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster
The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer Bell
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
The inaugural year of the Scottish Teenage Book Prize has three books up for the honor. The prize is run by the Scottish Book Trust with support from Creative Scotland. £500 goes to each shortlisted book and then the winner receives £3000. The winner is selected via a vote by children aged 12-16 across Scotland.
Here are the shortlisted titles:
The Last Soldier by Keith Gray
Black Cairn Point by Claire McFall
Silver Skin by Joan Lennon
The voting has opened for teens to pick the best teen books of 2016. There are 26 great reads to pick from. Here is a video of the nominees:
The Museum of American Illustrator at the Society of Illustrators has announced their awards and honors presented in The Original Art, an annual exhibit. The exhibit celebrates the art of children’s book illustration. Here are the award winners:
GOLD MEDAL
The Lost House by b.b. cronin
SILVER MEDALS
Before Morning by Beth Krommes, written by Joyce Sidman
Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares
(Tip of the hat to Fuse #8 for the news!)
The winners of the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and winner of the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award is
Anzac Heroes by Maria Gill, illustrated by Marco Ivancic
Other winners include:
PICTURE BOOK AWARD
The Little Kiwi’s Matariki by Nikki Slade Robinson
ESTHER GLEN JUNIOR FICTION AWARD
From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle by Kate De Goldi
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo by Brian Falkner
RUSSELL CLARK ILLUSTRATION AWARD
Much Ado About Shakespeare by Donovan Bixley
Visit the site for more award winners including the ones voted on by children in New Zealand.
The shortlist for the 2016 British Book Design Awards have been announced. The following are some of the shortlisted titles. The full list can be seen here.
CHILDREN’S TRADE 0-8 YEARS
Above and Below by Patricia Hegarty, illustrated by Hanako Clulow
Bob the Artist by Marion Deuchars
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
Dog on a Train by Kate Prendergast
Give & Take by Lucie Felix
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Nibbles by Emma Yarlett
CHILDREN’S TRADE 9-16 YEARS
The Complete Alice by Lewis Carroll and Sir John Tenniel
The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Hello World by Jonathan Litton
The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Chris Riddell
Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature by Maria Ana Peixe Dias
Under Earth, Under Water by Aleksandra Mizielinski
Waking Brain Cells 