The 2012 Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards were announced at BookExpo America today. For more information, titles owned by AU Library link from this post to the library catalog."Since 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have honored excellence in writing and illustrating books for young people." -- The Horn Book
Picture Book Winner
Extra Yarn - Mac Barnett; illustrator Jon Klassen
Honor Books
And Then It's Spring - Julie Fogliano; illustrator Erin E. Stead
And the Soldier Sang - J. Patrick Lewis; illustrator Gary Kelley
Fiction Winner
No Crystal Stair - Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrator R. Gregory
Honor Books
Life: An Exploded Diagram - Mal Peet
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
Non-fiction Winner
Chuck Close, Face Book - Chuck Close
Honor Books
Georgia in Hawaii - Amy Novesky; illustrator Yuyi Morales
The Elephant Scientist - Caitlin O’Connell & Donna M. Jackson