The long list for the brand new Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. This new UK award honors the “most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s book illustration in a single calendar year.” Here are the long-listed titles:

 

The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield

Cinderella’s Sister and the Big Bad Wolf by Migy Blano, written by Lorraine Carey

 

Counting Lions by Stephen Walton, written by Katie Cotton

The Crow’s Tale by Naomi Howarth

 

Dog on a Train by Kate Prendergast

The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head by Daisy Hirst

 

Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow

Hector and the Hummingbird by Nicholas John Frith

 

How to Be a Dog by Jo Williamson

Ice in the Jungle by Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar

 

The Jar of Happiness by Ailsa Burrows

Jill and the Dragon by Lesley Barnes

 

Lili by Wen Dee Tan

Lion Practice by Emma Carlisle

 

Super Happy Magic Forest by Matty Long

Toby and the Ice Giants by Joe Lillington

 

Too Many Toys by Heidi Deedman

Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar by Emily Mackenzie

 

The Wonder Garden by Kristjana S. Williams, written by Jenny Broom

The Zoomers’ Handbook by Thiago De Moraes, written by Ana de Moraes

 

The nominees for the 2016 Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced and the website is now open for children to vote on their own or with classrooms or librarians. Voting is open until April 25. Winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, May 2-8.

K-2nd Grade Book of the Year Nominees

  

Clark the Shark Afraid of the Dark by Bruce Hale, illustrated by Guy Francis

The Little Shop of Monsters by R. L. Stine, illustrated by Marc Brown

Sick Simon by Dan Krall

 

Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

To the Sea by Cale Atkinson

 

3rd – 4th Grade Book of the Year Nominees

 

Fort by Cynthia DeFelice

Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh

 

I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

Monkey and Elephant and a Secret Birthday Surprise by Carole Lexa Schaefer, illustrated by Galia Bernstein

Nnewts: Escape from the Lizzarks by Doug TenNapel

 

5th – 6th Grade Book of the Year Nominees

 

Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman

Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick

 

Saved by the Bell by Joelle Sellner, illustrated by Chynna Clugston Flores and Tim Fish

The Terrible Two by Jory John and Mac Barnett, illustrated by Kevin Cornell

Tom Gates: Everything’s Amazing [sort of] by Liz Pichon

 

Children’s Choice Debut Author Finalists

 

George by Alex Gino

The Question of Miracles be Elana K. Arnold

 

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

 

Children’s Choice Illustrator Finalists

 

Little Elliot, Big Family by Mike Curato

The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

 

The Red Hat by David Teague, illustrated by Antoinette Portis

Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower by Greg Pizzoli

 

Meg Rosoff, the author of How I Live Now, has won the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award with its £430,000 prize, the richest prize for children’s literature in the world. Nominees for the award come from around the world with 215 candidates this year from 59 countries.

“Each novel is a little masterpiece,” said chair of the jury Boel Westin. “She says so much in each of them. We’re looking for a writer with the humanistic values of Astrid Lindgren, and Meg Rosoff fulfils that criteria – she has respect for her protagonists and for her readers, she’s discussing how the world can change, but she also gives hope, which I think is important.”

 

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has announced the winners of the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award for 2016.

 

Rotraut Susanne Berner of Germany has won for Illustration.

 

Cao Wenxuan of China has won for Writing.

 

The shortlist for the 2016 Little Rebels Award has been announced. The British award, now in its fourth year,  is for fiction that celebrates social justice and equality for ages birth to 12.

Here are shortlisted titles:

 

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne

Gorilla Dawn by Gill Lewis

 

I Am Henry Finch by Alexis Deacon, illustrated by Viviane Schwarz

I’m a Girl! by Yasmeen Ismail

 

The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army! by Michael Foreman

Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Neal Layton

The American Booksellers Association has announced the finalists for their 2016 Indies Choice and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. Booksellers at ABA member stores vote to select the winners through April 6th.

Here are the youth categories:

YOUNG ADULT FINALISTS

 

Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

 

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

 

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by  Becky Albertalli

Symphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. Anderson

 

E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD – MIDDLE READER FINALISTS

 

The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands

Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate

 

George by Alex Gino

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

 

The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

 

E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD – PICTURE BOOK FINALISTS

 

Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins

 

The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall

 

Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

Waiting by Kevin Henkes

 

 

The shortlist for the CBI Book of the Year Awards 2016 has been announced. The awards are given to the best in children’s literature and illustration written or illustrated by people born or resident in Ireland. Winners will be announced on May 23. Here is the shortlist:

 

Asking for It by Louise O’Neill

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne

 

The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Gulliver by Jonathan Swift, retold by Mary Webb, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill

 

Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Irelandopedia by John Burke, illustrated by Fatti Burke

Ná Gabh ar Scoil by Máire Zepf, illustrated by Tarsila Krüse

 

One by Sarah Crossan

The Wordsmith by Patricia Forde