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2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners
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2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners
Borrowed by Linda Tripp, collection development librarian
Winners of the prestigious Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were recently announced. For nearly 60 years, authors and illustrators of literature for children and young adults have been recognized for excellent work by this joint venture of “The Horn Book” and “The Boston Globe.”
To be eligible, winning titles “must be first U.S. editions of books published between June 2023 and May 2024 but may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country.”
Established 100 hundred years ago, “The Horn Book Magazine” is one of the most distinguished resources in the field of children’s and young adult literature. View the ceremony and find more information plus reviews here. Winners and honor books were selected in the following categories: Picture Book; Fiction; and Nonfiction and Poetry. In addition, a Special Citation was awarded for the first time since 2008.
PICTURE BOOK WINNER:
- “Do You Remember?” by Sydney Smith
- “I’m From” by Gary R. Gray, Jr.; illustrated by Oge Mora
- “Ode to a Bad Day” by Chelsea Lin Wallace; illustrated by Hyewon Yum
- “Remember Us” by Jacqueline Woodson
- “The Blood Years” by Elana K. Arnold
- “Rez Ball” by Byron Graves
- “The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; illustrated by Brett Helquist
- “Fungi Grow” by Maria Gianferrari; illustrated by Diana Sudyka
- “Kin: Rooted in Hope” by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford
- “The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families” by Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer