2023 Mind the Gap Awards: The books that didn't win at ALA

by Horn Book
Jul 25, 2023 | Filed in Book Awards

Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. The books that didn’t win.

 

Not-dog

Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead; illus. by Matthew Cordell

Don’t Worry, Murray by David Ezra Stein
   
Locked out

Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
   
Swept away

A Day for Sandcastles by JonArno Lawson; illus. by Qin Leng

Windswept by Margi Preus; illus. by Armando Veve
   
Too deep

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Jihyun Kim
   
Too cool

Merci Suárez Plays It Cool by Meg Medina
   
Too monstrous

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton

Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers; illus. by Jeff Edwards
   
Too true

Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb
   
Oh, boo

Oh, Sal by Kevin Henkes
   
Oh, you

The Universe in You by Jason Chin
   
Surely surely...next time?

Surely Surely Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly
   
...but sadly, the medal didn't

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson; illus. by Leo Espinosa
   
...as does ours

Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie; illus. by Julie Flett

 

From the July/August 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards. See how The Horn Book reviewed the 2023 Mind the Gap Award recipients here. For speeches, profiles, and articles, click the tag ALA 2023.

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