"Celebrating its 48th year, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Winners and two honor books are selected in each of three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction."
Picture Book Award Winner
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Peter Brown, Author & Illustrator
Picture Book Honor
Rules of Summer, Author / Illustrator Shaun Tan
Knock, Knock My Dad's Dream for Me, Author Daniel Beaty & Illustrator Bryan Collier
Fiction Winner
Grasshopper Jungle, by Andrew Smith
Fiction Honor
Rose Under Fire, by Elizabeth Wein
Boxers & Saints, by Gene Luen Lang
Nonfiction Award Winner
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, by Steve Sheinkin
Nonfiction Honor
The Animal Book, by Steve Jenkins
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, by Patricia Hruby Powell