The Children’s Book Council and Mathematical Science Research Institute have awarded the first Mathical: Books for Kids from Tots to Teens book prizes for books that “foster a love and curiosity for math.” Here are the four winners, one in each age category.
PRE-K
Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light
K-2
One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl
GRADES 3-5 and 6-8
Really Big Numbers by Richard Even Schwartz
GRADES 9-12
Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
The 27th Annual Minnesota Book Awards have been announced. The books must be the work of a Minnesota author or illustrator. Here are the winners in the youth categories:
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
West of the Moon by Margi Preus
The 2014 LA Times Book Prizes have been announced. Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton won the Innovator’s Award.
Here is the winner for Young Adult Literature:
Candace Fleming for The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
The nominees for the 2015 Teens’ Top Ten were announced by YALSA. Teen are encouraged to read the nominees and vote for their favorites starting on August 15th and running through Teen Read Week. The titles with the most votes become the Teens’ Top Ten for the year. Here is the video announcing the nominees:
The 2015 Bisexual Book Award finalists have been announced. One category is focused on teen and young adult readers and has two finalists:
Frenemy of the People by Nora Olsen
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
The short lists for the 2015 Book of the Year have been announced by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Winners will be announced in August.
OLDER READERS
Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
Intruder by Christine Bongers
The Minnow by Diana Sweeney
Nona & Me by Clare Atkins
The Protected by Claire Zorn
YOUNGER READERS
Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain by Steven Herrick
The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson, illustrated by Freya Blackwood
Figgy in the World by Tamsin Janu
The Simple Things by Bill Condon, illustrated by Beth Norling
Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks
Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Go to Sleep, Jessie! by Libby Gleeson, illustrated by Freya Blackwood
A House of Her Own by Jenny Hughes, illustrated by Jonathan Bentley
Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach by Alison Lester
Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey
Scary Night by Lesley Gibbes, illustrated by Stephen Michael King
Snail and Turtle Are Friends by Stephen Michael King
PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Duck and the Darklings illustrated by Stephen Michael King, text by Glenda Millard
Fire illustrated by Bruce Whatley, text by Jackie French
My Two Blankets illustrated by Freya Blackwood, text by Irena Kobald
One Minute’s Silence illustrated by Michael Camilleri, text by David Metzenthen
Rivertime by Trace Balla
The Stone Lion illustrated by Ritva Voutila, text by Margaret Wild
EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS
A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land by Simon Barnard
Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime by Carlie Walker, illustrated by Brett Hatherly
Coming of Age: Growing Up Muslim in Australia edited by Demet Divaroren and Amra Pajalic
Emu by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Graham Byrne
Mary’s Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia by Pamela Freeman
Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly, illustrated by Robert Ingpen
The shortlist for the 2015 Independent Book Shop Week book awards has been announced. 24 books are on the shortlist for this UK award with 12 in the children’s book category and 12 in picture books. Winners will be announced on June 20th. Here are the shortlisted titles:
CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD
The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
The Farm beneath the Water by Helen Peters
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
An Island of Our Own by Sally Nicholls
Itchcraft by Simon Mayo
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Opal Plumstead by Jacqueline Wilson
The Parent Agency by David Baddiel
Running Girl by Simon Mason
A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK AWARD
Bears Don’t Read by Emma Chichester Clark
Blown Away by Rob Biddulph
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith
Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
The Mouse Who Ate the Moon by Petr Horacek
Never Tickle a Tiger by Pamela Butchart and Marc Boutavant
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
The Something by Rebecca Cobb
Use Your Imagination by Nicola O’Byrne
A Walk in Paris by Salvatore Rubbino
Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by Emily Mackenzie
The Way to the Zoo by John Burningham
The finalists for the 8th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced and voting is now open. Children and teens across the country can now vote online for their favorites in seven categories. Last year over 1.2 million votes were cast!
Librarians and teachers can do a group vote for classes to allow them to participate as well. Winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week, May 4-10.
The winners of the 2015 Waterstone’s Book Prize have been announced. This UK prize has three age groups and then an overall winner selected from those three. This year the overall winner was a debut book and also only the second picture book to take the overall prize.
OVERALL WINNER
Blown Away by Rob Biddulph
BEST TEEN BOOK
Half Bad by Sally Green
BEST YOUNG FICTION
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Waking Brain Cells 