Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. The books that didn’t win.
Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. The books that didn’t win.
Stalled | The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey |
Didn't fly | How to Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward; illus. by Diana Sudyka |
Missed its... | Chance by Uri Shulevitz |
Uncooked | Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki |
Unheard | Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illus. by Brian Pinkney |
Uncharted |
Hike by Pete Oswald The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann In the Woods by David Elliott; illus. by Rob Dunlavey Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin |
Outvoted |
The Next President by Kate Messner; illus. by Adam Rex |
Burned out |
Flamer by Mike Curato |
Too much of an original |
A Girl like Me by Angela Johnson; illus. by Nina Crews |
Too much of a good thing |
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes; illus. by Gordon C. James |
Two much of a good thing |
Twins by Varian Johnson; illus. by Shannon Wright |
Gold and silver aren't, but... | Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy; illus. by Ekua Holmes |
From the July/August 2021 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards. See how The Horn Book reviewed the 2021 Mind the Gap Award recipients here. For more speeches, profiles, and articles click the tag ALA 2021.
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