The finalists have been announced for the 2014 Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards.  Booksellers across the country will vote on their picks and choose the winners.  Here are the finalists in the children’s and YA categories:

BOOK OF THE YEAR – YOUNG ADULT

  

Dark Triumph, by Robin LaFevers

The Dream Thieves, by Maggie Stiefvater

Eleanor & Park: A Novel, by Rainbow Rowell

  

More Than This, by Patrick Ness

Rose Under Fire, by Elizabeth Wein

The Summer Prince, by Alaya Dawn Johnson

 

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

  

Counting By 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Flora and Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by K.G. Campbell

The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail, by Richard Peck, illustrated by Kelly Murphy

  

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, by Karen Foxlee

Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Terry Fan

The Year of Billy Miller, by Kevin Henkes

 

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

 

Crankenstein, by Samantha Berger, illustrated by Dan Santat

The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

 

Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey, by Emily Winfield Martin

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, by Peter Brown

 

Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great, by Bob Shea

Warning: Do Not Open This Book! by Adam Lehrhaupt, Matthew Forsythe

The shortlist for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award has been announced.  From 58 candidates from 33 countries, the shortlist has been narrowed to six illustrators and six authors.  The award is given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People “to an author and illustrator whose complete works have made lasting contributions to children’s literature.”

AUTHOR SHORTLIST

  

Ted van Lieshout (The Netherlands)

  

Houshang Moradi Kermani (Iran)

  

Mirjam Pressler (Germany)

  

Nahoko Uehashi (Japan)

  

Renate Welsh (Austria)

  

Jacqueline Woodson (USA)

 

ILLUSTRATOR SHORTLIST

  

Rotraut Susanne Berner (Germany)

 

John Burningham (UK)

 

Eva Lindstrom (Sweden)

  

Roger Mello (Brazil)

  

Francois Place (France)

 

Oyvind Torseter (Norway)

38,000 children in Scotland have voted and selected the 2013 winners of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards.  The winners are:

Bookbug Readers

Jumblebum by Chae Strathie

Younger Readers

The Accidental Time Traveller by Janis Mackay

Older Readers

Ferryman by Claire McFall

The winners of the 2014 Blue Peter Book Awards have been announced.  The short lists for the awards are selected by a panel of judges and then the winners are voted on by over 400 children from ten schools in the UK.

Best Story

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

 

Best Book with Facts

Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders: World War II by Tony Robinson and Del Thorpe

 

Shortlisted Titles for Best Story

 

Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

Whale Boy by Nicola Davies

 

Shortlisted Titles for Best Book with Facts

 

Marvellous Maths by Jonathan Litton

The World in Infographics: Animal Kingdom by Jon Richards and Ed Simkins

Huge thanks to Fuse #8 for making me aware that the NAACP gives out literary awards, and even better, literary awards for books for youth.  Here are the books that won in 2014:

CHILDREN

Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson

 

YOUTH / TEEN

Courage Has No Color: the True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone

 

CHILDREN HONOR BOOKS

  

I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl! by Betty K. Bynum, illustrated by Claire Armstrong-Parod

Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty, illustrated by Bryan Collier

 

Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Terry Widener

 

YOUTH / TEEN HONOR BOOKS

 

God’s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens by Romal Tune

Invasion by Walter Dean Myers

 

Raising the Bar by Gabrielle Douglas

Seraphina’s Promise by Anne E. Burg

The 2014 winners of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards were announced in February.  The awards are given annually to celebrate a new author and a new illustrator. 

The New Writer Award went to

Tea Party Rules by Ame Dyckman.

 

The New Illustrator Award went to

Rain! by Christian Robinson

 

Honor books were selected in each category:

New Writer Honor Books

 

I Love You, Nose! I Love You, Toes! by Linda Davick

Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller

 

New Illustrator Honor Books

  

My Grandpa by Marta Altes

Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon

Tea Party Rules by K. G. Campbell

The winners of the Red House Children’s Book Award were announced on February 22nd.  The award is the only British national book award that is voted on entirely by children.  Here are the winners:

YOUNGER CHILDREN

Superworm by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

 

YOUNGER READERS

Atticus Claw Breaks the Law by Jennifer Gray

 

OLDER READERS

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey