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December 19, 2024 by Travis Jonker

And the 2024 Endies Endpaper Awards Go To . . .

December 19, 2024 by Travis Jonker   4 comments

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

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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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Comments

  1. Erin Siska says

    December 19, 2024 at 11:24 pm

    Very cool! I thought Impossible Possums was illustrated by James Rey Sanchez though.

    • Travis Jonker says

      December 20, 2024 at 10:25 am

      Thanks for the catch! I’ll go in and change that.

  2. Betsy Bird says

    December 20, 2024 at 2:07 pm

    Sir, your yearlong dedication to this post shines through. Well done! Well done indeed!

  3. Querying says

    January 6, 2025 at 4:58 pm

    Can you fill in the authors for the last 14? Or show a cover image so we know which book you’re referring to?

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