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November 24, 2025 by Travis Jonker

And the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards Go To . . .

November 24, 2025 by Travis Jonker   2 comments

Thank you to everyone who submitted, shared, and voted in the 2025 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 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.

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Category: BEST IMPRESSION OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BOOK

Winner: DAWN PATROL by Rob Sayegh Jr.,illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr.


Category: THE DAY AND NIGHT AWARD

Winner: NIGHT FLIGHT by David BarclayMoore, illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu


Category: BEST COLOR

Winner: THE GIFT OF THE BROKEN TEACUP by Allan Wolf, illustrated by Jade Orlando


Category: THE INSIDE OUT AWARD

Winner: I TRUCK by Kelly Rice Schmitt, illustrated by Jam Dong


Category: THE HUMOR AWARD

Winner: HEDGEHOGS DON’T WEAR UNDERWEAR by Marissa Valdez


Category: BEST NONFICTION

Winner: SECRETS OF THE DEAD by Matt Ralphs, illustrated by Gordy Wright


Category: THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT

Winner: OUTSIDE IN AND THE INSIDE OUT by Emmy Kastner


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

Winner: THE RIDING LESSON by Jennifer K.Mann


Category: BEST CHAPTER BOOK/MIDDLE GRADE/YA

Winner: GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS by Meg Medina, illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso


Category: MOST DELICIOUS

Winner: THIS IS ORANGE by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Julie Morstad


Category: BEST STAMP OR SILHOUETTE

Winner: BLUE by Suzanne Kaufman


Category: THE GREAT OUTDOORS AWARD

Winer: HOW TO FIND A YETI by Matt Hunt, illustrated by Jennifer Woodward


Category: THE ‘SOMETHING TO READ’ AWARD

Winner: THERE ARE NO SILLY QUESTIONS by Mike Rampton, illustrated by Karsten Guilherme


Category: Best Water

Winner: THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Anna Wilson, illustrated by Jenny Løvlie


Category: BEST SUN, MOON, STARS, OR SKY

Winner: SEVEN SKIES ALL AT ONCE by Ted Kooser, illustrated by Matt Myers


Category: BEST TRANSFORMATION

Winner: THERE’S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER Elayne Crain, illustrated by John Ledda

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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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  1. SUZANNE M KAUFMAN says

    November 24, 2025 at 12:41 pm

    This is so AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!! Any chance could change the spelling of my name to Suzanne from Susan?

    • Travis Jonker says

      November 24, 2025 at 12:44 pm

      Sorry about that – I made the change!

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