And the 2025 Endies Endpaper Awards Go To . . .

On Monday we shared the winners of the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards (click here to see them). Today we are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 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.

Thank you to everyone who submitted endpapers to be considered. And the winners are . . .

Category: Best Pattern

Winner: SHAPED BY LOVE: AN ODE TO MOM BODS by Nikki Powers, Amanda Calatzi (Illustrated by)

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Category: Best Classification Guide

Winner: The Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough by Rébecca Dautremer, Charis Ainslie (Translated by)

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Category: The “NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM” Award

Winner: MAYHEM AT THE MUSEUM by Hannah Brückner, illustrated by Laura Watkinson

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Category: The Prop Shop Award 

Winner: ASTRONAUTICAL by Brooklin Stormie

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Category: The Hand-Made Award

Winner: THE BIGGEST SMALLEST THINGS by Sara de Waal, Ana Stretcu (Illustrated by)

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Category: Best Map

Winner: CHARLEY MOUSE CLEANS HOUSE by Katerina Gorelik

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Category: Best Photo Gallery

Winner: SNARKY SHARKY by Bethan Clarke, Nikolas Ilic (Illustrated by)

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Category: The View From Both Sides Award

Winner: WE MATCH! By Chris Barton, Sharon Glick (Illustrated by)

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Category: Best Impression of Something Other Than a Book

Winner: MESSI’S MAGIC by Caroline L. Perry, Luciano Lozano (Illustrated by)

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Category: The Humor Award

Winner: CATNIP MOUSE by A. J. Smith

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Category: Tastiest

Winner: WELCOME TO THE BEST BAKERY Yue Zhang, translated by Adam Casciaro

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Category: The ‘Part of the Story’ Award

Winner: ASHIMPA: THE MYSTERIOUS WORD Catarina Sobral, translated by Juliana Barbassa

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Category: The ‘Let Me Introduce You to the Characters’ Award

Winner: MARCHING BAND by Kael Tudor, Kate Hindley (Illustrated by) 

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Category: The “Variations on a Theme” Award

Winner: HELLO, TOBI! By Andrea Cáceres

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Category: Most Science-y

Winner: WHEN THE AIR SANG by Laura Bontje, illustrated by Sarah Whang

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Category: The ‘Look Closely’ Award A.K.A. The Walter Wick Award

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

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Category: Best Before and After

Winner: THANK YOU SUN by Dan McCauley, illustrated by Jo Loring-Fisher

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Category: Best Reveal

Winner: HEDGEHOGS DON’T WEAR UNDERWEAR by Marissa Valdez

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Category: Best Chapter Book/Middle Grade/YA

Winner: SECRETS OF THE SNAKESTONE by Piu DasGupta

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Category: Best Sun, Moon, or Stars

Winner: TIGER, IT’S SNOWING by Daishu Ma

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Category: Best Simplicity 

Winner: YOU CAN’T TAME A TIGER by Stephanie Ellen Sy, illustrated by Julien Chung

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Category: Best Spoiler/Sneak Peek

Winner: THE QUILT OF OUR MEMORIES by Desirée Acevedo, illustrated by Victor Jaubert

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Category: Best Cliff’s Notes Version

Winner: THIS BOOK IS TOO QUIET by Cristina Cubells, illustrated by Joana Casals

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Category: Best Sneak Peek at the Setting

Winner: THE EXPEDITION Tuvalisa Rangström, illustrated by Klara Bartilsson

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Category: The Something to Read Award

Winner: A CHEST FULL OF WORDS Rebecca Gugger, illustrated by Simon Röthlisberger, translated by Tim Mohr

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Category: The ”I Learned Something” Award

Winner: OUR MOTHER’S NAMES by Uma Menon, Rahele illustrated by Jomepour Bell

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Category: Best Transformation

Winner: IF YOU GO WALKING by Erin Alladin, illustrated by Miki Sato

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Category: Fanciest

Winner: SOUL MACHINE by Jordana Globerman

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Category: The Zoom-In Award

Winner: OCTAVIO AND HIS GLASSES by Marc González Rossell

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Category: Best Energy

Winner: REZ KID by Andrea Landry, illustrated by Isabella Fassler

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Category: Landscape Award

Winner: TIGER DON’T WORRY by Daishu Ma

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Category: Best View

Winner: LOOK UP by Azul López

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Category: The Kevin Costner Water World Award

Winner: CHANGING TIDES by Júlia Moscardó

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Category: Best Nature 

Winner: THE CALL OF THE BIRDS by Séraphine Menu, illustrated by Fleur Oury

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Category: Best Sky

Winner: SEVEN: A MOST REMARKABLE PIGEON by Sandra Nickel, illustrated by Aimée Sicuro

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Category: The Day and Night Award 

Winner: HOW DO I WONDER? by Gianna Davy, illustrated by Brenda Rodriguez

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Category: Best Stamps

Winner: BRIDGES by Magda Garguláková, illustrated by Jakub Bachorík

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Category: Best Abstract

Winer: SOMETIMES STORMY by Amanda Davis

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