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2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

Announced

The 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, announced on June 20, 2024, during The Horn Book's centennial year, used three categories: Picture Book, Fiction, and Nonfiction and Poetry. Sydney Smith's Do You Remember? won for picture book and Jacqueline Woodson's Remember Us for fiction. In the combined category, The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Brett Helquist, won for nonfiction and Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford, won for poetry. The honor books were I'm From by Gary R. Gray Jr., illustrated by Oge Mora, and Ode to a Bad Day by Chelsea Lin Wallace, illustrated by Hyewon Yum; The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold and Rez Ball by Byron Graves; and Fungi Grow by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Diana Sudyka. A Special Citation, the first since 2008, went to The New Brownies' Book by Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer.

Source: official announcement

Picture Book

Recognized titles

  • Do You Remember? by Sydney SmithWinner
  • I'm From by Gary R. Gray Jr.Honor
  • Ode to a Bad Day by Chelsea Lin WallaceHonor

Fiction and Poetry

  • Cover of Rez Ball by Byron GravesHorn Book

    Rez Ball

    Byron Graves

    Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Honor

Also recognized

  • Remember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonWinner
  • The Blood Years by Elana K. ArnoldHonor

Nonfiction

Also recognized

  • Fungi Grow by Maria GianferrariHonor

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