Showing posts with label edgar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label edgar. Show all posts
Friday, June 15, 2012
2012 Edgar Juvenile and Young Adult Winners
BEST JUVENILE
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby (Scholastic Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (Random House Children’s Books – Knopf BFYR)
heavy sigh.....late again, these were announced in April
Thursday, July 2, 2009
2009 Edgar Award-Juvenile and Young Adult
The 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award for the best juvenile went to THE POSTCARD by Tony Abbott published by Little, Brown.
In the young adult category the award went to PAPER TOWNS by John Green, published by Dutton.
In the young adult category the award went to PAPER TOWNS by John Green, published by Dutton.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
2008 Edgar Award Winners- Juvenile and Young Adult
In the category of better late than never, (the awards were announced on May 1st) these are the books which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for best Juvenile and Young Adult Mystery Novel for 2008.
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh published by Hyperion.
Ratt Life by Tedd Arnold, published by Dial Books.
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh published by Hyperion.
Ratt Life by Tedd Arnold, published by Dial Books.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
2007 Edgar Mystery Award -Juvenile and Young Adult
The winner of the 2007 best juvenile mystery went to Room One by Andrew Clements. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006. Illus by Chris Blair.
and the winner of the 2007 Edgar award for best young adult mystery went to:
Buried by Robin Merrow MacCready. NY: Dutton, 2006.
(I need to catch up on my reading, I did not know of either of these titles before the award announcement.)
and the winner of the 2007 Edgar award for best young adult mystery went to:
Buried by Robin Merrow MacCready. NY: Dutton, 2006.
(I need to catch up on my reading, I did not know of either of these titles before the award announcement.)
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Genre Collecting- Juvenile Mysteries
I was visiting with another children's book specialist the other day and we were doing the usual free association book natter, the topic being the books that seem to be most sought by collectors in the juvenile mystery genre. The list below does not cover the series books (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden etc.) and is by no means complete:
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. (This book won the Newbery Award and is probably my single most requested mystery title.)
Enid Blyton's Fabulous Five stories, especially from the 1940's and 1950's. Published by Hodder Stoughton. (My dealer friend is from the UK, I'm not sure these were even published in the U.S., though I remember reading them in California in the 60's.)
Elizabeth Honness. Her books were all "Mystery of" Mystery of the Secret Message, Mystery of the Maya Jade etc. Mostly published by Lippincott.
Phyllis Whitney wrote juveniles, including juvenile mysteries, as well as adult mystery/romances. She won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for juvenile mystery in 1961 for Mystery of the Haunted Pool and in 1964 for Mystery of the Hidden Hand. Whitney's juvenile mysteries were published by Westminster Press which sold almost exclusively to libraries, so finding first edition or even early edition of her mysteries that are not library discard is a major feat.
As I said, this is mostly an off the top of my head observation based on personal experience, not on market research. The flaw with working this way is that it tends to be a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy; these are some of the books I loved growing up, so I scout them as a dealer and find collectors who share the same interest.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. (This book won the Newbery Award and is probably my single most requested mystery title.)
Enid Blyton's Fabulous Five stories, especially from the 1940's and 1950's. Published by Hodder Stoughton. (My dealer friend is from the UK, I'm not sure these were even published in the U.S., though I remember reading them in California in the 60's.)
Elizabeth Honness. Her books were all "Mystery of" Mystery of the Secret Message, Mystery of the Maya Jade etc. Mostly published by Lippincott.
Phyllis Whitney wrote juveniles, including juvenile mysteries, as well as adult mystery/romances. She won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for juvenile mystery in 1961 for Mystery of the Haunted Pool and in 1964 for Mystery of the Hidden Hand. Whitney's juvenile mysteries were published by Westminster Press which sold almost exclusively to libraries, so finding first edition or even early edition of her mysteries that are not library discard is a major feat.
As I said, this is mostly an off the top of my head observation based on personal experience, not on market research. The flaw with working this way is that it tends to be a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy; these are some of the books I loved growing up, so I scout them as a dealer and find collectors who share the same interest.
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