CHILDREN'S & YA BOOK AWARDS ~ CHILDREN'S & YA BOOK REVIEWS ~ SEAL OF APPROVAL
Best First Chapter Book
About a Farm
Marc Kuhn
Illustrated by Lynda Mangoro
CreateSpace Independent Publishing 
Best Illustrator
Quinn's Search for the Samurai
Illustrated by Bryn Barnard
Written by Gene and Iris Rotberg
Tower View Press
Best Series
The Bella & Harry Book Series
Written by Lisa Manzione
Illustrated by Kristine Lucco 
Bella and Harry, LLC

Male Audience
Dear Frank, Babe Ruth, the Red Sox and the Great War
W. Nikola-Lisa
Gyroscope Books

Silver Award Recipient
Educational
Nature's Patchwork Quilt
Written by Mary Michè
Illustrated by Consie Powell
​Dawn Publications
Gold Award Recipient
Educational
What's in the Garden
Written by Marianne Berkes
Illustrated by Cris Arbo
Dawn Publications



Silver Award Recipient
Picture Book, Preschooler
Little Isaac's Big Adventure
Written by Tracy Schuldt Helixon
Illustrated by Jack Foster
Guardian Angel Publishing



Best First Picture Book
Bink and Slinky's Ark Adventure
Written by Donna Arlynn Frisinger
Illustrated by Monica Gutierrez
Standard Publishing


Silver Award Recipient
General - Early Reader
Noisy Bug Sing-Along
by John Himmelman
Dawn Publications


Gold Award Recipient
General - Early Reader
Deputy Dorkface How 
Mannerland Got its Manners Back
by Kevin D. Janison
Illustrated by Eldon Doty 
​Stephens Press
​Gold Award Recipient
Picture Book, Preschooler
Over in the Forest 
Come and Take a Peek
Marianne Berkes
Dawn Publications
Silver Award Recipient
Environmental Issues
Fairminded Fran and the Three Small Black Community Cats
Written by Linda Elder
Illustrated by Kathy Abney
​Foundation for Critical Thinking

Gold Award Recipient
Environmental Issues
Nature Recycles, 
How About You? 
Michelle Lord
Illustrated by Cathy Morrison
Sylvan Dell Publishing


Historical Non-Fiction
Windjamming to China
Gustave Tjgaard
Strategic Book Group

Silver Award Recipient
Fantasy Pre-teen
Loogie the Booger Genie
N.E. Castle
N.E. Castle




Gold Award Recipient
Fantasy Pre-teen
The Wicked Passage
N.M. Singel
Mitchell Morris Publishing


Silver Award Recipient
Nonfiction Pre-teen
Katrina and Winter,
Partners in Courage
Nancy Stewart
Guardian Angel Publishing



Gold Award Recipient
Nonfiction Pre-teen
Bullies, Cyberbullies and Frenemies
Michele Elliott
Wayland

Silver Award Recipient
Faith Based Young Adult
Love the Wounded 
Lynn Dove
Word Alive Press


Gold Award Recipient
Fiction Young Adult 
The Trial of Misella Cross
Catherine Witek
Sky Parlour Press


Environmental Issues
Arlene the Rebel Queen
Carol Liu with Marybeth Caldarone
Emerald Book Company

Silver Award Recipient
Historical Fiction
Woody's World
E. Renee Heiss
​Character Publishing


Gold Award Recipient
Historical Fiction
Dear Frank: Babe Ruth, The Red Sox, and the Great War
W. Nikola-Lisa
Gyroscope Books




Gold Award Recipient
Fantasy Fiction Young Adult
Owlet
Emma Michaels
Tribute Books


2013 AWARD WINNING BOOKS
PRESCHOOL / EARLY READER
PRE-TEEN / TWEEN
YOUNG ADULT
Best First Novel
Living with Your Past Selves
Bill Hiatt
CreateSpace Independent Publishing 
2013 BEST IN CATEGORY
The Enchanted Page Book Award
Quinn's Search for the Samurai
Written by Gene and Iris Rotberg
Illustrated by Bryn Barnard 
Tower View Press



The Lumen Award for Literary Excellence
Eagle of Delight
Written by Dr. Jean A. Lukesh
​Field Mouse Productions
The Eloquent Quill Book Award
Finding My Place
Written by Margo L. Dill
​White Mane Kids
Silver Award Recipient
Picture Book - Early Reader
Greet the Dawn
Written by S.D. Nelson
Illustrated by S.D. Nelson
S.D. State Historical Soc. Press


Gold Award Recipient
Picture Book, Early Reader
Quinn's Search for the Samurai
Written by Gene and Iris Rotberg
Illustrated by Bryn Barnard
Tower View Press
SPECIAL INTEREST 
Faith Based 
Bink and Slinky's Ark Adventure
Written by Donna Arlynn Frisinger
Illustrated by Monica Gutierrez
Standard Publishing


Health and Well Being
Jack Teaches his Friends to be Kidsafe!
Written by Sally Berenzweig MEd, MA & Cherie Benjoseph LCSW
Illustrated by Lilah Cohen
Kidsafe Foundation


Female Audience 
Molly the Mermaid
Written and Illustrated by Cari Lyn
Lapis Moon Publishing


Silver Award Recipient
Fiction Young Adult
Life on Hold
Beverly Stowe McClure
4 RV Publishing LLC

Gold Award Recipient Historical Nonfiction
Eagle of Delight
Dr. Jean A. Lukesh
​Field Mouse Productions
Silver Award Recipient Historical Nonfiction
Evelyn and the Two Evas
Evelyn Rothstein
Marble House Editions
Silver Award Recipient
Fantasy Fiction Young Adult
Living with Your Past Selves
Bill Hiatt
CreateSpace Independent Publishing



Gold Award Recipient
Faith Based Young Adult 
The School of Ministry:
The Windgate
Braxton A Cosby
Keith Publications



Inspirational / Motivational 
The Modern Man
Cristiane Serruya
CreateSpace Independent Publishing

CHILDREN'S & YA BOOK AWARDS ~ CHILDREN'S & YA BOOK REVIEWS ~ SEAL OF APPROVAL
Silver Award Recipient 
Nonfiction Young Adult
The Grief Recovery Kit
Tanya Kilgore
Aepisaurus Publishing, LLC


Gold Award Recipient
Nonfiction Young Adult 
Have Fun & Get It Done
Jenée Dana
My Focus Book, LLC



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