The EB White Read Aloud Award
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The E.B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children
(ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the beloved author E.B. White.
In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, and The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February. The awards are publicly announced, and the official presentation takes place, during a children's dinner at BookExpo America
.
Because the award nominees are generated by independent booksellers based on books they have loved in their own stores, there is no formal outside submission process.
Older Readers--The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner (Walker Books for Young Readers)
(Candlewick Press
)
Older Readers-- Masterpiece
by Elise Broach
, illustrated by Kelly Murphy
(Henry Holt and Company
)
(Atheneum Books
)
Older Readers--The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
(Little, Brown)
, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
(Candlewick Press
)
Older Readers--Alabama Moon
by Watt Key
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux
)
)
Older Readers--Each Little Bird That Sings
by Debra Wiles (Harcourt)
(Random House
)
by Judy Schachner (Penguin Putnam
)
The Association of Booksellers for Children
The Association of Booksellers for Children is an American non-profit trade association whose mission is to support the business of independent children's bookselling and the creation of quality children's books...
(ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the beloved author E.B. White.
In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, and The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February. The awards are publicly announced, and the official presentation takes place, during a children's dinner at BookExpo America
BookExpo America
BookExpo America is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. BEA is almost always held in a major city over four days in late May and/or early June...
.
Because the award nominees are generated by independent booksellers based on books they have loved in their own stores, there is no formal outside submission process.
2010
Picture Books--The Curious Garden by Peter Brown (Little, Brown)Older Readers--The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner (Walker Books for Young Readers)
2009
Picture Books-- A Visitor for Bear by Bonnie Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald DentonKady MacDonald Denton
Kady MacDonald Denton is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was raised in Toronto...
(Candlewick Press
Candlewick Press
Candlewick Press, established in 1991 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is the American division of the British publisher Walker Books Ltd....
)
Older Readers-- Masterpiece
Masterpiece (novel)
Masterpiece is a 2008 novel written by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy and published by Christy Ottaviano Books. It won a 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Children’s Fiction, the 2009 E.B...
by Elise Broach
Elise Broach
Elise Broach is an author from Easton, Connecticut. Among Broach's publications are the acclaimed novels Shakespeare's Secret, Desert Crossing and Masterpiece...
, illustrated by Kelly Murphy
Kelly Murphy
Kelly Murphy is an American author and illustrator of children's books from Massachusetts. Murphy attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, her student work receiving distinction from the Society of Illustrators...
(Henry Holt and Company
Henry Holt and Company
Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt...
)
2008
Picture Books--When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise BroachElise Broach
Elise Broach is an author from Easton, Connecticut. Among Broach's publications are the acclaimed novels Shakespeare's Secret, Desert Crossing and Masterpiece...
(Atheneum Books
Atheneum Books
Atheneum Books was a publishing house and adult publisher created by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. in 1959. He recruited editor Jean E. Karl personally, to come and establish a Children's Book Department in 1961....
)
Older Readers--The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Mysterious Benedict Society is a novel written by Trenton Lee Stewart and illustrated by Carson Ellis, first published in 2007.-Plot summary:...
by Trenton Lee Stewart
Trenton Lee Stewart
Trenton Lee Stewart is an American author best known for the Mysterious Benedict Society series. Stewart is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop...
(Little, Brown)
2007
Picture Books--Houndsley and Catina by James HoweJames Howe
James Howe is the American author of over 80 juvenile and young adult books, including the Bunnicula series, about a vampire rabbit that sucks the juice out of vegetables.-Biography:...
, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Marie-Louise Gay
Marie-Louise Gay is a Canadian children’s author and illustrator.- Background :Born in Quebec City, as a child she lived in Montreal and Vancouver. Gay has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple...
(Candlewick Press
Candlewick Press
Candlewick Press, established in 1991 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is the American division of the British publisher Walker Books Ltd....
)
Older Readers--Alabama Moon
Alabama Moon (novel)
Alabama Moon is a 2006 novel by Watt Key. The story follows the adventures of Alabama native Moon Blake.The novel was originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006....
by Watt Key
Watt Key
Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel Alabama Moon was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received...
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
)
2006
Picture Books--If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen (Penguin PutnamPenguin Group
The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
)
Older Readers--Each Little Bird That Sings
Each Little Bird That Sings
Each Little Bird That Sings is a 2005 book aimed for people of all ages, by Deborah Wiles, the author of Love, Ruby Lavender. It won the 2006...
by Debra Wiles (Harcourt)
2005
Single Award--Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc BrownMarc Brown (author)
Marc Tolon Brown is an American writer of children's books. He writes as well as illustrates his Arthur books, and is best known for that series and its spin-offs. He currently lives in Hingham, Massachusetts. The names of his two sons, Tolon Adam and Tucker Eliot, have been hidden in all of the...
(Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
)
2004
Single Award--SkippyJon JonesSkippyjon Jones
Skippyjon Jones is a children's picture book by Judith Byron Schachner, published in 2003 by Dutton Juvenile. It is the first book in a series of the same name....
by Judy Schachner (Penguin Putnam
Penguin Group
The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
)