News

Jul 16 2012

2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature

The awards have been announced.
Winners are:
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen (Picture book)
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Booksellerby Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Ficton book)
Chuck Close: Face Book, written and illustrated by Chuck Close (Non fiction book)

PICTURE BOOK HONOR WINNERS:
• And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead (Roaring Brook Press, a Macmillan imprint)
• And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick Lewis, illustrated by Gary Kelley (Creative Editions)

FICTION HONOR WINNERS:
• Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet (Candlewick Press)
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Hyperion Books for Children, a Disney imprint)