The 2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have been announced — via video for the first time! — by Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton and Linda Pizzuti Henry, managing director of the Boston Globe. Click the video above to watch! You can find the press release and Horn Book reviews of the winners here. The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards ceremony will take place at Simmons College in Boston, MA, on September 30, 2016, with the one-day Horn Book at Simmons colloquium, "Out of the Box," to follow on October 1. Registration and more information can be found here!
 

Roger Sutton and Linda Pizzuti Henry. Photo: Aram Boghosian.

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First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature.

Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category.

The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book.

Click here for a list of past winners and honorees. For book reviews, acceptance speeches, and more, click the tag Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.