And the 2022 Endies Go To . . .
Yesterday was for case covers (click here to see the winners of The 2022 Undies Case Cover Awards), but today is for the endpapers.
I’m proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Endies Endpaper Awards. Thank you to everyone who submitted, voted, and shared.
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Thank you Carter Higgins and Mel Schuit for your work in making these awards happen.
Let’s have a look at the winners.
Category: BEST PATTERN
Winner: WE CAN SAY NO by Lydia Bowers, illustrated by Isabel Muñoz

Category: BEST MAP
Winner: THE SECRET STREAM by Kimberly Ridley, illustrated by Megan Elizabeth Baratta

Category: BEST GALLERY
Winner: LIZZY AND THE CLOUD by The Fan Brothers

Category: THE HUMOR AWARD
Winner: NOT A CAT by Winter Miller, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff

Category: TASTIEST
Winner: CULTURED DONUTS by Chloe Tyler

Category: THE ‘PART OF THE STORY’ AWARD
Winner: OUT ON A LIMB by Jordan Morris, illustrated by Charlie Mylie

Category: THE ‘LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS’ AWARD
Winner: MINA by Matthew Forsythe

Category: THE SCATOLOGICAL AWARD
Winner: POO IN THE ZOO by Steve Smallman, illustrated by Ada Grey

Category: THE ‘VARIATIONS ON A THEME’ AWARD
Winner: SWOOP by Nicole Godwin, illustrated by Susannah Crispe

Category: MOST SCIENCE-Y
Winner: THE SECOND IN THE WORLD TO INVENT THE TELEPHONE by Farren Phillips

Category: THE ‘LOOK CLOSELY’ AWARD
Winner: (Tie) BIG AND SMALL AND IN-BETWEEN by Carter Higgins, illustrated by Daniel Miyares

Winner: (Tie) THE CRAB BALLET by Renée LaTulippe, illustrated by Cécile Metzger

Category: BEST BEFORE AND AFTER
Winner: DOGGIE by Nancy Armo


Category: BEST SILHOUETTE
Winner: WHEN YOU’RE OLDER by Sofie Laguna, illustrated by Judy Watson

Category: BEST PEEK AT THE SETTING
Winner: NOUR’S SECRET LIBRARY by Wafa’ Tarnowska, illustrated by Vali Mintzi

Category: THE ‘SOMETHING TO READ’ AWARD
Winner: OUR WORLD IS A FAMILY by Jennifer Jackson and Miry Whitehill, illustrated by Nomar Perez

Category: THE ‘I LEARNED SOMETHING’ AWARD
Winner: WHERE’S SPEEDY? by Nici Gregory

Category: BEST TRANSFORMATION
Winner: THE GARDEN WE SHARE by Zoë Tucker, illustrated by Swaney Julianna

Category: FANCIEST
Winner: LIBRARY GIRL by Karen Henry Clark, illustrated by Sheryl Murray

Category: WILDEST
Winner: QUACKS LIKE A DUCK by Stephanie Campisi, illustrated by Maria Lebedeva

Category: MOST CRAFTY
Winner: AMERICAN DESI by Jyoti Gopal, illustrated by Supriya Kelkar

Category: BEST ENERGY
Winner: DIG, DANCE, DIVE by Etta Kaner, illustrated by June Steube

Category: LANDSCAPE AWARD
Winner: THE UGLY PLACE by Laura Deal, illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Category: BEST NATURE
Winner: BERRY SONG by Michaela Goade

Category: BEST HISTORICAL
Winner: FARMHOUSE by Sophie Blackall


Category: THE ‘DAY AND NIGHT’ AWARD
Winner: WHO IS IT, WHOODINI? by Roman Yasiejko, illustrated by Gustavo Ramos


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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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Psst – the “click here” for the Undies isn’t linked.
Thanks for the catch!
Thanks so much! What a lot of fun. I loved seeing the gorgeous endpapers and your categories are inspired. 😊🎉