And the 2024 Undies Case Cover Awards Go To . . .
Thank you to everyone who submitted, shared, and voted in the 2024 Undies Case Cover Awards. Thank you Mel Schuit and Carter Higgins for all your work in making these awards happen.
And now, the winners of the 2024 Undies Case Cover Awards.
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Category: BEST IMPRESSION OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BOOK
SHEEPWRECKED by Ashley Belote
Category: BEST COLOR
ONCE UPON A SARI by Zenia Wadhwani, illustrated by Avani Dwivedi
Category: BEST NONFICTION
HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE by Alexandra Beever, illustrated by Sol Linero
Category: THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT
INTO THE GOBLIN MARKET by Vikki VanSickle, illustrated by Jensine Eckwall
Category: THE ‘LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS’ AWARD
THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by Jolene Gutiérrez and Shaian Gutiérrez, illustrated by Gabby Zapata
Category: THE ‘ZOOM IN’ AWARD
I KNOW HOW TO DRAW AN OWL by Hilary Horder Hippely, illustrated by Matt James
Category: THE ‘LOOK CLOSELY’ AWARD
BARNABY UNBOXED! by The Fan Brothers
Category: BEST CHAPTER BOOK/MIDDLE GRADE/YA
LOUDER THAN HUNGER by John Schu
Category: MOST DELICIOUS
CHALLAH FOR SHABBAT TONIGHT by Sara Holly Ackerman, illustrated by Alona Millgram
Category: BEST STAMP OR SILHOUETTE
IF YOU WANT TO RIDE A HORSE Amy Novesky, illustrated by Gael Abary
Category: BEST SIMPLICITY
THERE WAS A SHADOW by Bruce Handy, illustrated by Lisk Feng
Category: BEST VIEW
CLIMBING THE VOLCANO: A JOURNEY IN HAIKU by Curtis Manley, illustrated by Jennifer K. Mann
Category: TRANSPORTATION AWARD
THE YELLOW BUS by Loren Long
Category: THE ‘SOMETHING TO READ’ AWARD
THE HIDDEN ALPHABET by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Category: FANCIEST
A HORSE CALLED NOW by Ruth Doyle, illustrated by Alexandra Finkeldey
Category: BEST ENERGY
IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE by Carrie Kruck, illustrated by Erika Meza
Category: BEST NATURE
LOOK by Gabi Snyder, illustrated by Samantha Cotterill
Category: BEST UNDERWATER
I LOVE YOU MORE by Clare Helen Welsh, illustrated by Kristen Howdeshell
Category: BEST SUN, MOON, OR STARS
DESERT SONG by Laekan Zea Kemp, illustrated by Beatriz Gutiérrez Hernández
Category: BEST SNEAK PEEK AT THE SETTING
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEAR MARS by Penny Parker Klostermann, illustrated by Estrela Lourenço
Category: MOST CRAFTY
UP PERISCOPE by Jennifer Swanson, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison
Category: BEST TRANSFORMATION
TOVE AND THE ISLAND WITH NO ADDRESS by Lauren Soloy
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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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I always love seeing these winners. The creativity is inspirational. Thank you for showing them to us!
Oh, so lovely! I’m so grateful that The Ofrenda That We Built (written by my daughter and me with art by the amazing Gabby Zapata) is part of this list!