This Saturday, April 6th, the 2019 Minnesota Book Award winners will be announced. Thanks to PAFL, Meinders Community Library readers can check out all of the nominees. For more information on this year’s nominees or to see the winners after April 6th, visit https://thefriends.org/minnesota-book-awards/minnesota-book-awards-winners/.
Children’s Literature (Picturebooks)
- Best Friends in the Universe by Stephanie Watson, illustrations by LeUyen Pham
- Hush Hush, Forest by Mary Casanova, woodcuts by Nick Wroblewski
- The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
- Small Walt and Mo the Tow by Elizabeth Verdick, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal
General Nonfiction
- Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery
- The Relentless Business of Treaties by Martin Case
- A Stranger’s Journey by David Mura
- Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company by C. Roger Pellett
Genre Fiction
- Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill
- Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
- The Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens
- The Voice Inside by Brian Freeman
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction
- The Art of the Wasted Day by Patricia Hampl
- Chinese-Ness by Wing Young Huie
- The I-35W Bridge Collapse by Kimberly J. Brown
- Wild Mares by Dianna Hunter
Middle Grade Literature
- The Collectors by Jacqueline West
- The Key to Every Thing by Pat Schmatz
- Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
- Otherwood by Pete Hautman
Minnesota Nonfiction
- The Children of Lincoln by William D. Green
- The Crusade for Forgotten Souls by Susan Bartlett Foote
- Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais by Timothy Cochrane
- Gunflint Burning by Cary J. Griffith
Novel & Short Story
- A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out by Sally Franson
- Laurentian Divide by Sarah Stonich
- Oranges by Gary Eldon Peter
- The Patron Saint of Lost Girls by Maureen Aitken
Poetry
- The Body of the World by Mary Moore Easter
- GeNtry!fication by Chaun Webster
- Not Here by Hieu Minh Nguyen
- Wilder by Claire Wahmanholm
Young Adult Literature
- Dream Country by Shannon Gibney
- Hooper by Geoff Herbach
- We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
- What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee