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Roger Sutton and Rebecca Stead prepare to announce the awards. Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
A large crowd gathered to listen and tweet. Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
NONFICTION WINNER:
Chuck Close: Face Book, written and illustrated by Chuck Close (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
NONFICTION HONOR WINNERS:
• Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased by Amy Novesky, illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Harcourt Children’s Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprint)
• The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O’Connell & Donna M. Jackson, photographs by Caitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwell (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprint)
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
FICTION AWARD WINNER:
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Lerner)
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)
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER:
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen (Balzer + Bray, a HarperCollins imprint)
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)
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Photo: Mark Tuchman.
After the announcements, BEA attendees looked at the winning books in the Horn Book booth. Photo: Mark Tuchman.
Mark Tuchman is the Creative Director of Library Journal and School Library Journal.
