2011 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

by Roger Sutton
Jun 13, 2011 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
The 2011 BGHB winners are:

Fiction
Winner: Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick)

Honor: Chime by Franny Billingsley (Dial)
Honor: Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke (Kane Miller)

Nonfiction
Winner: The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin (Flash Point/Roaring Brook)

Honor: Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross, illustrated by Stephen Biesty (Candlewick)
Honor: Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White (Candlewick)

Picture Book
Winner: Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Salley Mavor (Houghton)

Honor: Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by
Rick Allen (Houghton)
Honor Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
(Putnam)

[Go here for the complete press release.] Judged by Jennifer Brabander (chair), Robin Brenner, and Dean Schneider, the BGHB Awards will be awarded on Friday evening, September 30th, 2011 at a ceremony at Simmons College. The following day, we will again present The Horn Book at Simmons Colloquium, led by me and Cathie Mercier, Associate Dean and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Children's Literature, and featuring this year's winners with presentations, conversations, and workshops. You can sign up now.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Yahong Chi

>YAY for Blink & Caution!

Posted : Jun 30, 2011 11:07

Anonymous

>We should see if we can address that sometime, Roger. Let me approach my editor at the Globe if you are interested. It seems strange to have the connection be in the title of the awards only. --Liz (it comes out anonymous because I can't for the life of me figure out how to sign in)

Posted : Jun 17, 2011 03:22

KT Horning

>Elissa: that was a Top 40 hit for the 1910 Fruitgum Company in 1968.

Posted : Jun 16, 2011 04:51

Ferron Simuke

>Congratulations to the winners. All of the awards are well deserved.
Maybe some day we will be see Ira Teller's name on that list. His word has been grossly under-appreciated. I forsee Control Switch On gaining a formidable readership in the near future.

Posted : Jun 16, 2011 04:42

Elissa

>"Yummy, lummy. Yummy, lummy. / So much happy in the tummy."

-Toni Morrison

Posted : Jun 15, 2011 04:09

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