THE 2016 PATERSON PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE is awarded in each grade category for books, which in the opinion of our judges, are the most outstanding books for young people published in that year.
Grades Pre-K – 3
Wendy Marloe, Sanctuary (Marloe Press, New York, NY)
Laurie Wallmark, Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books/Worzalla Books, Stevens Point, WI)
Grades 4 – 6
Ronald Kidd, Night on Fire (Albert Whitman & Company, Chicago, IL)
Michaela MacColl and Rosemary Nichols, Freedom’s Price (Calkins Creek, an Imprint of Highlights, Honesdale, PA)
Grades 7 – 12
Chris Scofield, The Shark Curtain (Black Sheep/Akashic Books, New York, NY)
Valynne E. Maetani, Ink & Ashes (Tu Books/Lee & Low Books, Inc. New York, NY)
Honorable Mention - Paterson Prize For Books For Young People
- Jane Bahk, Juna’s Jar (Lee & Low Books, Inc., NY, NY)
- Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Janine. (Albert Whitman & Company, Chicago, IL)
- Alison Hart, Finder, Coal Mine Dog (Peach Tree Publishers, Atlanta, GA)
- Mary Daniel Hobson and Anna Isabel Rauh, The Wolf Who Ate the Sky (Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA)
- Sirui Li, The Lucky Chipmunk (Far Far Away Graphic Design Studio, Canada)
- Julie Paschkis, P. Zonka Lays an Egg (Peach Tree Publishers, Atlanta, GA)
- Mariko Tatsumoto, Ayumi’s Violin (Ichiban Books)