I’m pleased to announced that the winner of the 2020 Charlotte Zolotow Award is Johnny’s Pheasant, written by Cheryl Minnema, illustrated by Julie Flett, and published by the University of Minnesota Press.
The Charlotte Zolotow award committee named five Honor Books:
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story written by Kevin Noble Maillard and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan)
A Map into the World written by Kao Kalia Yang and illustrated by Seo Kim (Carolrhoda / Lerner)
Pokko and the Drum written and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe (A Paula Wiseman Book / Simon & Schuster)
Saturday written and illustrated by Oge Mora (Little, Brown)
Truman written by Jean Reidy and illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins (Atheneum / Simon & Schuster)
Seven Highly Commended titles were cited:
Beware of the Crocodile written by Martin Jenkins and illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura (U.S. edition: Candlewick Press)
Daniel’s Good Day written and illustrated by Micha Archer (Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Random House)
Goodbye, Friend! Hello, Friend! written and illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld (Dial Books / Penguin Random House)
My Papi Has a Motorcycle written by Isabel Quintero and illustrated by Zeke Peña (Kokila / Penguin Random House)
One Fox: A Counting Thriller Book written and illustrated by Kate Read (Peachtree)
Small in the City written and illustrated by Sydney Smith (Neal Porter Books / Holiday House)
The Thing about Bees: A Love Letter written and illustrated by Shabazz Larkin (Readers to Eaters)
Visit the CCBC blog for a post about the award:
Information about an award event celebrating these books will be available as soon as that date is confirmed.
Thank you to the members of the 2020 Charlotte Zolotow Award committee for their hard work and enthusiasm:
Shannon Furman (School Librarian, Lake View Elementary School, Madison, Wisconsin); Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser (Youth Services Manager, St. Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota); Bridget Nolan (Kindergarten Teacher, Paul J. Olson Elementary School, Verona, Wisconsin); and Jeni Schomber (Head of Library Services, Beloit Public Library, Beloit, Wisconsin).
Merri Lindgren
Chair, 2020 Charlotte Zolotow Award Committee
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