And the 2024 Endies Endpaper Awards Go To . . .
Yesterday we shared the winners of the 2024 Undies Case Cover Awards (click here to see them). Today we are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Endies Endpaper Awards.
While Undies winners are chosen by popular vote, this year the Endies winners have been selected by a panel of judges, including me, Carter Higgins, and Mel Schuit.
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Thank you to everyone who submitted endpapers to be considered. And the winners are . . .
CATEGORY: BEST PATTERN
Winner: ERNO RUBIK AND HIS MAGIC CUBE by Kerry Aradhya, illustrated by Kara Kramer
CATEGORY: PROP SHOP AWARD
Winner: PHIL’S BIG DAY by Liza Woodruff
CATEGORY: BEST MAP
Winner: WAIT A MINOTAUR by Jeffrey Ebbeler
CATEGORY: BEST GALLERY
Winner: SOLSTICE by Jen Breach
CATEGORY: BEST IMPRESSION OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BOOK
Winner: FIRE FLIGHT: A WILDFIRE ESCAPE by Cedar Pruitt, illustrated by Chiara Fedele
CATEGORY: THE HUMOR AWARD
Winner: THE ROBBERY by Joaquín Camp
CATEGORY: TASTIEST
Winner: PEACHES by Gabriele Davis, illustrated by Kim Holt
CATEGORY: THE ‘LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CHARACTERS’ AWARD
Winner: THE GOOD LITTLE MERMAID’S GUIDE TO BEDTIME by Eija Sumner, illustrated by Nici Gregory
THE ‘VARIATIONS ON A THEME’ AWARD
Winner: TUMBLEBABY by Adam Rex, illustrated by Audrey Helen Weber
CATEGORY: MOST SCIENCE-Y
Winner: SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURES by Kate Mcmillan
CATEGORY: THE ‘LOOK CLOSELY’ (AKA THE WALTER WICK) AWARD
Winner: THE ENDFIXER by Noemi Vola, illustrated by Rosa Churcher Clarke
CATEGORY: BEST BEFORE AND AFTER
Winner: WHAT IF YOU WISH? by Anne Appert, illustrated by Anne Appert
CATEGORY: BEST CHAPTER BOOK/MIDDLE GRADE/YA
Winner: COMPOUND FRACTURE by Andrew Joseph White
CATEGORY: BEST SILHOUETTE
Winner: KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah
CATEGORY: BEST SUN, MOON, OR STARS
Winner: THANK YOU, NIGHT by Dan McCauley, illustrated by Jo Loring-Fisher
CATEGORY: BEST SPOILER/SNEAK PEEK
Winner: IMPOSSIBLE POSSUMS by Justin Colón, illustrated by James Rey Sanchez
CATEGORY: BEST CLIFF’S NOTES VERSION
Winner: TOO MANY ACORNS by Susannah Crispe
CATEGORY: BEST SNEAK PEEK AT THE SETTING
Winner: ZOONI TALES: A FRIEND TILL THE END by Vikram Madan
CATEGORY: THE ‘SOMETHING TO READ’ AWARD
Winner: TOUCH THE SKY
CATEGORY: THE ‘I LEARNED SOMETHING’ AWARD
Winner: DINOSAUR DISCOVERIES
CATEGORY: BEST TRANSFORMATION
Winner: LEO AND THE PINK MARKER
CATEGORY: FANCIEST
Winner: THE ROCK IN MY THROAT
CATEGORY: THE ‘ZOOM IN’ AWARD
Winner: THIS ROCK IS MINE
CATEGORY: MOST CRAFTY
Winner: MARCELLO MARTELLO MARSHMALLO
CATEGORY: THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT
Winner: THANK YOU, RAIN
CATEGORY: BEST ENERGY
Winner: A CREDIT CARD TAKES CHARGE
CATEGORY: MOST SOPHISITICATED
Winner: THERE’S A GHOST IN THE GARDEN
CATEGORY: BEST VIEW
Winner: PAPA AND PEARL
CATEGORY: THE KEVIN COSTNER WATERWORLD AWARD
Winner: Jelly Boy
CATEGORY: BEST NATURE
Winner: GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
CATEGORY: BEST HISTORICAL
Winner: A PARTY FOR FLORINE
CATEGORY: BEST DAY AND NIGHT
Winner: THERE WAS A SHADOW
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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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Erin Siska says
Very cool! I thought Impossible Possums was illustrated by James Rey Sanchez though.
Travis Jonker says
Thanks for the catch! I’ll go in and change that.
Betsy Bird says
Sir, your yearlong dedication to this post shines through. Well done! Well done indeed!
Querying says
Can you fill in the authors for the last 14? Or show a cover image so we know which book you’re referring to?