Lupine Award facts for kids
The Lupine Award is a special prize given every year by the Maine Library Association. It celebrates amazing authors and illustrators. To win, an author or illustrator must either live in Maine, have been born there, or write stories that are all about Maine. This award has been given out every year since 1993.
Since 2005, there have been two separate Lupine Awards. One award is for the best picture book, and the other is for the best book for older kids or young adults. The Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association has been giving out this award since 1989. Each year, they choose one winner and one honorable mention in both the picture book and juvenile/young adult categories.
Juvenile and Young Adult Winners
This section lists some of the books that have won the Lupine Award in the Juvenile/Young Adult category. These books are usually for readers aged 12 and up.
| Year | Winner | Honorable Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||
| 2020 | Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults) The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant by Abdi Nor Iftin | Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk |
| 2019 | Searching for Lottie by Susan Ross | American Trailblazers: 50 Remarkable People who Shaped U.S. History by Lisa Trusiani, illustrated by Pau Morgan, Toby Newsome, Cecilia Puglesi |
| 2018 | The Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane Magras | What the Wind Can Tell You by Sarah Marie A. Jette |
| 2017 | Grit by Gillian French | Who Killed Darius Drake? by Rodman Philbrick |
| 2016 | Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet | Wrecked by Maria Padian |
| 2015 | Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson | The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose |
Many other amazing books have won this award since 1993.
Picture Book Winners
This section shows some of the books that have won the Lupine Award in the Picture Book category. These books often have beautiful illustrations and are enjoyed by younger readers, but also by older kids and adults.
| Year | Winner | Honorable Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||
| 2020 | Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita | Chowder Rules! The True Story of an Epic Food Fight by Anna Redding Crowley, illustrated by Vita Lane |
| 2019 | Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter | Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell, illustrated by Ana Ramirez González |
| 2018 | We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins | There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes |
| 2017 | Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares | Baabwaa and Wooliam by David Elliott, illustrated by Melissa Sweet |
| 2016 | Freedom Over Me by Ashley Bryan | Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins |
| 2015 | Island Birthday by Eva Murray, illustrator Jamie Hogan | Growing Up Pedro by Matt Tavares |
Many other wonderful picture books have also received this award since 2005.
