Awards

2014 Golden Kite Winners

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SCBWI 

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators has announced the winners of their 2014 Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Awards.  Here are the winners:

Sophie's Squash Forest Has a Song: Poems

Picture Book Text Winner:  Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller

Picture Book Text Honor:  Forest Has a Song by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

 

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild Niño Wrestles the World

Picture Book Illustration Winner:  Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Picture Book Illustration Honor:  Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales

 

Better Nate Than Ever Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity, #2)

Fiction Winner:  Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle

Fiction Honor:  Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

 

Call of the Klondike: A True Gold Rush Adventure 17165899

Nonfiction Winner:  Call of the Klondike by David Meissner

Nonfiction Honor:  The Dolphins of Shark Bay by Pamela Turner

 

Openly Straight

Sid Fleischman Humor Award:  Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

Barbro Lindgren Wins Lindgren Prize

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Benny and the Binky Sam's Cookie

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize is the largest monetary prize in children’s literature.  This year’s prize when to Swedish author, Barbro Lindgren.  Here is more information from the New York Times article:

In its citation, the 12-member prize jury called her “a literary pioneer” and praised her adventurous use of language and the psychological nuance of her writing. “She has reinvented not only the picture book for the very young,” the citation reads, “but also the absurd prose story, the existential children’s poem, and realistic fiction for young adults. With perfect pitch, she presents to us both playful shenanigans and moments of bright joy, the inscrutable nature of life and the nearness of death.”

2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards

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The winners and honor books for the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards have been announced.

FICTION WINNER

Grasshopper Jungle

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

FICTION HONORS

Boxers & Saints Boxed Set Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity, #2)

Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

 

NONFICTION WINNER

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin

NONFICTION HONORS

The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest--and Most Surprising--Animals on Earth Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker

The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins

Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson

 

PICTURE BOOK WINNER

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

PICTURE BOOK HONORS

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me Rules of Summer

Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty, illustrated by Bryan Collier

Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan

Kids’ Next Summer ‘14

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IndieBound has released their recommended reads for this summer for kids.  Here is the top ten and there are longer lists for different ages on their website. 

TOP TEN

Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep Conversion The Glass Sentence

Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg

Conversion by Katherine Howe

The Glass Sentence by S. E. Grove

I Am Otter The Night Gardener Say What You Will

I Am Otter by Sam Garton

The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern

The Thickety: A Path Begins Three Bears in a Boat

Thickety by J. A. White

Three Bears in a Boat by David Soman

The Truth About Alice We Were Liars

The Truth about Alice by Jen Mathieu

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

South Asia Book Award

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South Asia Book Award

The winners of the 2014 South Asia Book Award have been announced.  The award is administered by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium and is given annually for up to two outstanding works of literature for children or teens which “accurately and skillfully portrays South Asia or South Asians in the diasporas, that is the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world.”  Up to five Honor Books and Highly Commended Books will also be recognized.

Here are the winners and recognized books for 2014:

WINNERS

A Moment Comes Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education

A Moment Comes by Jennifer Bradbury

Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education by Elizabeth Suneby

 

HONOR BOOKS

Bye, Bye, Motabhai! 16290039

Bye, Bye, Motabhai! by Kala Sambasivan, illustrations by Ambika Sambasivan

Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty, illustrations by Thomas Gonzalez

The Garden of My Imaan Mother Teresa: Saint of the Slums: Campfire Biography-Heroes Line

The Garden of My Imaan by Farhana Zia

Mother Teresa: Angel of the Slums by Lewis Helfand, art by Sachin Nagar

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED BOOKS

The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna Gobble You Up! 

The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna written and illustrated by Demi

Gobble You Up! by Gita Wolf, art by Sunita

In Andal's House My Basmati Bat Mitzvah Torn

In Andal’s House by Gloria Whelan, illustrations by Amanda Hall

My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J Freedman

Torn by David Massey

In the Margins 2014 Nominees

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In the Margins which falls under the Library Services for Youth in Custody, is a book list for teens that showcases self-published and small press titles by and about people in poverty or living in the margins.  Books from large publishers are also considered as long as they fit into the focus of the list. 

Here are the 2014 nominees to date.  New titles will still be considered and teen feedback will be part of creating the final list.

Caged Warrior The Griots of Oakland: Voices from the African American Oral History Project

Caged Warrior by Alan Lawrence Sitomer

The Griots of Oakland by Angela Beth Zusman

Left For Dead The Lure

Left for Dead by Ebony Canion

The Lure by Lynne Ewing

Rabbit Ears When I Was the Greatest

Rabbit Ears by Maggie De Vries

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

2014 YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Nominees

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YALSA has announced the 25 titles nominated for the Teens’ Top Ten.  Teens are encouraged to read the nominees before they vote, which starts on August 15 and goes through Teen Read Week ending on October 18. 

Here are the 25 nominees:

The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave, #1) Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Between, #1) The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker & Holmes, #1)

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Tucholke

The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason

Earth Girl (Earth Girl, #1) Eleanor & Park The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, #1)

Earth Girl by Janet Edwards

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

The Eye of Minds by James Dashner

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die In the Shadow of Blackbirds Love in the Time of Global Warming (Love in the Time of Global Warming, #1)

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block

Maybe I Will A Midsummer Night's Scream Sky on Fire (Monument 14, #2) 

Maybe I Will by Laurie Gray

A Midsummer Night’s Scream by R. L. Stine

Monument 14: Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne

The Nightmare Affair (The Arkwell Academy, #1) Of Triton (The Syrena Legacy, #2) Openly Straight 

The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett

Of Triton by Anna Banks

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

The Rithmatist (Rithmatist, #1) Siege and Storm (The Grisha, #2) Six Months Later 

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards

Splintered (Splintered, #1) Steelheart (Reckoners, #1) Teardrop (Teardrop, #1)

Splintered by A. G. Howard

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Teardrop by Lauren Kate

The Testing (The Testing, #1) This is What Happy Looks Like

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

This Song Will Save Your Life Winger (Winger, #1)

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

Winger by Andrew Smith

Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2014 Shortlist

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The UK’s Royal Society will be awarding a prize to the book for young people that best communicates science.  The age range is for under 14-year-olds.  Here are the six books on the shortlist:

Big Book of Stars and Planets Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing & Believing 

Big Book of Stars and Planets by Emily Bone

Eye Benders: the science of seeing and believing by Clive Gifford & Anil Seth

How Animals Live (How it Works) Lift the Flap Questions & Answers about your Body (Usborne Lift-the-Flap-Books)

How Animals Live by Christiane Dorion

Lift the Flap Questions & Answers About Your Body by Katie Daynes

We've Got Your Number What Makes You You?

We’ve Got Your Number by Mukul Patel

What Makes You You? by Gill Arbuthnot

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalists

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Badge

The 100 top entries in each of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award categories have been announced.  On June 13th, Amazon Publishing will announce the top five that advance to the semi-final.  The semifinalists for the Young Adult Fiction category are here.  The award goes to an unpublished or self-published novel that will then be published by Amazon Publishing.