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Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. Our annual Mind the Gap Awards pay tribute to our favorite books that didn’t win. Here’s how we reviewed our 2023 winners. Let’s Go! [I Like to Read: Comics] by Michael Emberley; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Holiday 40 pp. 1/23 ...
Cover Madness continues! Voting is over for the July/August covers. Next up are the September/October covers. Pick your favorite from each group — let us know your favorites in the comments! Come back next week to see which covers advance to the next round. Read the Cover Madness rules here. Click on any...
Picture Book Winner Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. 10/23 9780823442621 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780823450237 $11.99 A mother and child lie in bed, sharing memories in the dark. Changes in font color and placement guide readers in knowing who is speaking...
Fiction Winner Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson Middle School Paulsen/Penguin 192 pp. 10/23 9780399545467 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780399545481 $10.99 Sage Durham, a basketball-obsessed Black twelve-year-old, is looking forward to a summer of pick-up games with the boys (she’s always the only girl on the court) in her close-knit 1970s Brooklyn...
Nonfiction and Poetry Winners Nonfiction Winner The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; illus. by Brett Helquist Intermediate, Middle School Random House Studio/Random 288 pp. 9/23 9780593643846 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593643853 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593643860 $11.99 The...
Winner Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Dial 320 pp. 8/23 9780593462287 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780593462294 $14.99 e-book ed. 9780593462300 $9.99 Martín’s humorous and heartfelt memoir recounts a momentous 1977 road trip with his “big Mexican American family.” Apá and Amá gather...
Winner Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín; illus. by the author Intermediate, Middle School Dial 320 pp. 8/23 9780593462287 $24.99 Paper ed. 9780593462294 $14.99 e-book ed. 9780593462300 $9.99 Martín’s humorous and heartfelt memoir recounts a momentous 1977 road trip with his “big Mexican American family.” Apá and Amá gather...
Winner The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day; illus. by Brett Helquist Intermediate, Middle School Random House Studio/Random 288 pp. 9/23 9780593643846 $19.99 Library ed. 9780593643853 $22.99 e-book ed. 9780593643860 $11.99 The Mona Lisa wasn’t the world’s...
Winner Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 384 pp. 5/23 9780062888846 $19.99 e-book ed. 9780062888860 $12.99 Sixteen-year-old Nigeria is expected to lead the youth of the Movement (which is “like a small African West Philly village in the big, white state of Pennsylvania”) and model what...
Winner The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers; illus. by Shawn Harris Intermediate Knopf 272 pp. 5/23 9781524764203 $19.99 e-book ed. 9781524764227 $10.99 Canine narrator Johannes lives wild in a park and serves as the Eyes, appointed by the penned-up Bison to report what he sees. The...