Winners have been named for the Pacific Northwest Book Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and selected by a committee of indie booksellers. For more information about the books and authors, click here.
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Knopf)
Seattle Samurai by Kelly Goto (Chin Music Press)
Sinkhole, and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow (Penguin Books)
Speechless by Aron Nels Steinke (Scholastic)
Wrecked by Coll Thrush (University of Washington Press)
The Antidote by Karen Russell (Knopf)
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The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators has unveiled the finalists in seven categories for the Golden Kite Awards and the Sid Fleischmann Humor Award. Each category winner receives $2,500, while honor recipients are awarded $500. The Golden Kites will be presented live on February 6 at 7 p.m. Eastern on SCBWI's YouTube channel. This year's finalists are:
Picture book text
We Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, illustrated by Aaron Becker (Atheneum)
Gather Grateful by Megan Litwin, illustrated by Alexandra Finkeldey (Candlewick)
Another Word for Neighbor by Angela Pham Krans, illustrated by Thai My Phuong (HarperCollins)
The History of We by Nikkolas Smith (Kokila)
Fireworks by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Catia Chien (Clarion)
Picture book illustration
Cat Nap by Brian Lies (HarperCollins)
Fireworks, illustrated by Catia Chien and written by Matthew Burgess (Clarion Books)
History of We by Nikkolas Smith (Kokila)
Our Lake by Angie Kang (Kokila)
When Alexander Graced the Table, illustrated by Frank Morrison and written by Alexander Smalls & Denene Millner (Denene Millner Books)
Nonfiction for younger readers
Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Huy Voun Lee (Christy Ottaviano Books)
One Girl's Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land by Vivian Kirkfield, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon (Calkins Creek)
Magic in a Drop of Water: How Ruth Patrick Taught the World about Water Pollution by Julie Winterbottom, illustrated by Susan Reagan (Rocky Pond Books)
Over and Under the Coral Reef by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal (Chronicle)
Poo Pile on the Prairie by Amy Hevron (Beach Lane Books)
Nonfiction for older readers
White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum (Roaring Brook Press)
World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura (Random House Studio)
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming (Anne Schwartz Books)
Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America by Deborah Heiligman (A Love Story) (FSG)
The Doomsday Detectives: How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction by Cindy Jenson-Elliott (Lee & Low)
Middle grade
Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers by Angela Dominguez (Roaring Brook Press)
Away by Megan E. Freeman (Aladdin)
Once for Yes by Allie Millington (Feiwel and Friends)
Schooled by Jamie Sumner (Atheneum)
Rick Kotani's 400 Million Dollar Summer by Waka T. Brown (Quill Tree Books)
Illustrated older reader
Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh (Quill Tree Books)
Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout (First Second)
Fresh Start by Gale Galligan (Graphix)
North for the Winter by Bobby Podesta (First Second)
Haunted USA: Spine-tingling Stories from All 50 States, illustrated by Sam Kalda and written by Heather Alexander (Quarto)
Young adult
Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout (First Second)
Island Creatures by Margarita Engle (Atheneum)
Exquisite Things by Abdi Nazemian (HarperCollins)
King of the Neuro Verse by Idris Goodwin (Atheneum)
The Weaver Bride by Lydia Gregovic (Delacorte)
Sid Fleischman Humor Award
Catnip Mouse by A.J. Smith (Kids Can Press)
Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane written by K.E. Lewis, illustrated by Isabel Roxas (Clarion)
Turkeys in Disguise by Cynthia Platt, illustrated by Josh Cleland (Clarion)
Big Changes for Plum! by Matt Phelan (Greenwillow Books)