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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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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Very cool! I thought Impossible Possums was illustrated by James Rey Sanchez though.
Thanks for the catch! I’ll go in and change that.
Sir, your yearlong dedication to this post shines through. Well done! Well done indeed!
Can you fill in the authors for the last 14? Or show a cover image so we know which book you’re referring to?