The National Book Awards longlists are being announced over at The New Yorker, and the Young People’s Literature class contains fairly a number of comics – no shock, as graphic novels have been making themselves felt in these awards for some time. But half of the class this 12 months are illustrated books, marking fairly an accomplishment. Different publishers are additionally nicely represented, together with, First Second, Random House Graphic and Scholastic.
All in all, it’s a reasonably beautiful proof of the impression that comics have had on youngsters’s books over the past decade – within the face of continuous e book banning and censorship, it’s additionally an vital assertion that graphic novels are difficult, nuanced literature.
The longlists will ultimately be shortened to finalists and winners in every class.
Erin Bow, “Simon Sort of Says”
Disney-Hyperion Books / Disney Publishing Worldwide
Kenneth M. Cadow, “Gather”
Candlewick Press
Alyson Derrick, “Forget Me Not”
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster
Huda Fahmy, “Huda F Cares?”
Dial Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House
Vashti Harrison, “Big”
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Hachette Book Group
Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan Publishers
Dan Nott, “Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day”
Random House Graphic / Penguin Random House
Dan Santat, “A First Time for Everything”
First Second / Macmillan Publishers
Betty C. Tang, “Parachute Kids”
Graphix / Scholastic, Inc.
Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, “More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers / Macmillan Publishers
The judges for the class this 12 months are Sarah Park Dahlen, Kyle Lukoff, justin a. reynolds, and Sabaa Tahir.
Finalists will probably be announced on October 3, and the awards ceremony will probably be held November fifteenth (minus Drew Barrymore, however that’s an entire nother factor.)
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