Awards

GoodReads Nominess of Best Middle Grade & Children’s

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Join in voting on the 2013 Opening Round to select the Best Middle Grade & Children’s book on GoodReads.  Voting for this initial round runs through November 9th.  Here are the 15 nominees:

15801381 Counting by 7s Doll Bones

Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Fortunately, the Milk Fyre (Septimus Heap, #7)

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Christ Grabenstein

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman

Fyre by Angie Sage

12127810 The Enchantress Returns (The Land of Stories, #2) Navigating Early

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

Prisoner B-3087 The Runaway King (The Ascendance Trilogy, #2) The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co, #1)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

The Sun Trail (Warriors: Dawn Of The Clans, #1) Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker Trust No One (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, #5)

The Sun Trail by Erin Hunter

Tales from a Not-So-Happy-Heartbreaker by Rachel Renee Russell

Trust No One by Linda Sue Park

2014 CILIP Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal Nominees

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CILIP

The nominees for the 2014 Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal have been announced.  The Carnegie Medal is an annual UK award for an outstanding book for children and young people.  The Kate Greenaway Medal is for outstanding illustration in a book for children and young people. 

This is the first year that the judging panel will be providing a longlist rather than just the full list of nominees and a shortlist.  The longlist will be revealed in February 2014, the shortlist will be announced in March with the final award announced in June. 

GoodReads Nominees for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

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Join in voting on the 2013 Opening Round to select the Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction book on GoodReads.  Voting in this first round runs until November 9th.

The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) Allegiant (Divergent, #3) Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) The Elite (The Selection, #2)

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

The Elite by Kiera Cass

The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines, #3) Light (Gone, #6) Opal (Lux, #3)

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

Light by Michael Grant

Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Prodigy (Legend, #2) Requiem (Delirium, #3) Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2)

Prodigy by Marie Lu

Requiem by Lauren Oliver

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky, #2) Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

GoodReads Nominees for Best Young Adult Fiction

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Join in voting on the 2013 Opening Round to select the Best Young Adult Fiction book on GoodReads.  In this first round, there are 15 novels to choose from:

14813667 Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2) The Distance Between Us

Ali’s Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard

Dare You To by Katie McGarry

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Eleanor & Park Fangirl Game (Jasper Dent #2)

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Game by Barry Lyga

If You Find Me Just One Day (Just One Day, #1) The Moon and More

If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

Just One Day by Gayle Forman

The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Out of the Easy Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society, #3) Rose Under Fire

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

This Is What Happy Looks Like Two Boys Kissing United We Spy (Gallagher Girls, #6)

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

United to Spy by Ally Carter

2013 Teens’ Top Ten

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The Teens’ Top Ten is a list created by teens where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year.  Voting was held earlier in the year and the list was announced in late October.  Here are the top ten for 2013:

9634267 Code Name Verity Crewel (Crewel World, #1)

Butter by Erin Jane Lange

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Every Day (Every Day, #1) The False Prince (The Ascendance Trilogy, #1) Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

Every Day by David Levithan

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Kill Me Softly Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles, #1) Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1)

Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

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The 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards were announced in early October.  Happily, Independent Publisher has a list of all of the medalists. 

There are 165 medalists in all, selected from over 1200 entries.  They award in very specific categories and have three medalists in each category.  Additionally, they award e-book awards as well.  The result is a list of books that you will not see on other award lists, making this a fascinating group of books to explore. 

2013 Best Illustrated Children’s Books

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The New York Times has released their picks for the Ten Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the year.  They are:

Romance The Dark Fog Island

Ballad by Blexbolex

The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Jon Klassen (my review)

Fog Island by Tomi Ungerer (my review)

Holland Jane, the Fox, and Me Jemmy Button

Holland by Charlotte Dematons

Jane, the Fox and Me by Fanny Britt, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

Jemmy Button by Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali

Journey Locomotive

Journey by Aaron Becker (my review)

Locomotive by Brian Floca

My Brother's Book Nelson Mandela

My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak

Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson (my review)

Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 Shortlist

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The Roald Dahl Funny Prize was launched in 2008, so this is the sixth year the prize has been awarded.  The award goes to authors and illustrators who use humor in books for children.  The prize has two categories based on age.  You can see the shortlist below for each category:

 

Ages Six and Under

Do Not Enter The Monster Zoo Monkey Nut Noisy Bottoms. Sam Taplin

Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo! by Amy Sparkes, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Monkey Nut by Simon Rickerty

Noisy Bottoms by Sam Taplin, illustrated by Mark Chambers

 Troll Swap Weasels

Spaghetti with the Yeti by Charlotte and Adam Guillain, illustrated by Lee Wildish

Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson

Weasels by Elys Dolan

 

Ages Seven to Fourteen

 Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1) The Grunts All at Sea

Fish-Head Steve by Jamie Smart

Geek Girl by Holly Smale

The Grunts All at Sea by Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

17137682 My Parents Are Out Of Control 

I Am Still Not a Loser by Jim Smith

My Parents Are Out of Control by Pete Johnson

Pants Are Everything by Mark Lowery

Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize Awarded

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Liar & Spy

Rebecca Stead has won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for Liar & Spy.  Stead is the first American to win the prize.  It was opened to American writers in 2012. 

"It’s always interesting in children’s fiction to see what’s coming from the US, and it’s appropriate that this Newbery-winning author be highly regarded in the UK too," Eccleshare said. "It is a quiet book, but although the drama is finely-tuned, the overall impact is powerful, moving and surprising."