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December 15, 2023 by Travis Jonker

And the 2023 Endies End Paper Awards Go To . . .

December 15, 2023 by Travis Jonker   1 comments

Yesterday was for case covers (click here to see the winners of The 2023 Undies Case Cover Awards), but today is for the endpapers.

I’m proud to announce the winners of the 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: I AM STUCK by Julie Mills


CATEGORY: PROP SHOP AWARD

Winner: BUNNYGIRL by Holly Jayne


CATEGORY: BEST MAP

Winner: SANTA CLAUS AND THE THREE BEARS by Maria Modugno, Brooke Dyer, & Jane Dye


CATEGORY: BEST GALLERY

Winner: PAPA’S MAGICAL WATER-JUG CLOCK by Jesus Trejo & Eliza Kinkz


CATEGORY: THE HUMOR AWARD

Winner: A DOLLAR’S GRAND DREAM by Kimberly Wilson and Mark Hoffmann


CATEGORY: TASTIEST

Winner: IT’S TIME FOR BERRIES! by Ceporah Mearns, Jeremy Debicki, and Tindur Peturs


CATEGORY: THE ‘LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS’ AWARD

Winner: THE GREAT GRRRRR by Marie-Sabine Roger and Marjolaine Leray, translated by Yuen Killick


CATEGORY: MOST SCIENCE-Y

Winner: SEW SISTER by Elise Matich


CATEGORY: THE ‘LOOK CLOSELY’ (AKA THE WALTER WICK) AWARD

Winner: HAVE YOU SEEN DINOSAUR? by Dave Barrow


CATEGORY: BEST BEFORE AND AFTER

Winner: LISTEN TO THE EARTH by Carme Lemniscates


CATEGORY: BEST CHAPTER BOOK/MIDDLE GRADE/YA

Winner: MOTH IN A FANCY CARDIGAN by Charlotte Lance and David Booth


CATEGORY: BEST SILHOUETTE

Winner: IN A PATCH OF GRASS by Fran Hodgkins and Dan Tavis


CATEGORY: BEST SUN, MOON, OR STARS

Winner: THE MOON REMEMBERS by E.B. Goodale


CATEGORY: BEST CLIFF’S NOTES VERSION

Winner: LOLA’S NANA-BIBI COMES TO VISIT by Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw


CATEGORY: BEST SNEAK PEEK AT THE SETTING

Winner: THEY HOLD THE LINE by Dan Paley and Molly Mendoza


CATEGORY: THE ‘SOMETHING TO READ’ AWARD

Winner: OH NO, THE AUNTS ARE HERE by Adam Rex and Lian Cho


CATEGORY: THE ‘I LEARNED SOMETHING’ AWARD

Winner: HOW THIS BOOK GOT RED by Margaret Greania and Melisa Iwai


CATEGORY: FANCIEST

Winner: TWO NEW YEARS by Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield


CATEGORY: WILDEST

Winner:  MAMA MAMMALS by Cathy Evans and Bia Melo


CATEGORY: THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT

Winner: OUR INCREDIBLE LIBRARY BOOK by Caroline Crowe and John Joseph


CATEGORY: BEST ENERGY

Winner: WAKE UP, TRUCKS! by Jodie Parachini and Teresa Bellon


CATEGORY: THE KEVIN COSTNER WATERWORLD AWARD

Winner: I WILL SWIM NEXT TIME by Emily Joof and Matilda Ruta


CATEGORY: BEST NATURE

Winner: THE CAT AT NIGHT (reprint) by Dahlov Ipcar


CATEGORY: BEST DAY AND NIGHT

Winner: ARE WE THERE YET? by Sven Völker

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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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    December 16, 2023 at 10:29 pm

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