2024 NAUTILUS WINNERS
Categories 30-35
30 - Special Honors- Debut Author
SILVER WINNER
Children's Fiction Debut Author
30 A - Large Press Children's Picture Books / Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years
GOLD WINNER
The Lion's Whisker: Sister and Brother Take On a Challenge Together; A Circle Round Book
By Rebecca Sheir; Illustrated by Nikita Abuya
Storey Publishing
30 A - Large Press Children's Picture Books / Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years
SILVER WINNERS
Merry and Hark: A Christmas Story
April Genevieve Tucholke; Rebecca Santo, illustrator
Algonquin Young Readers
30 A - Small Press Children's Picture Books / Fiction
GOLD WINNERS
30 A - Small Press Children's Picture Books / Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years
SILVER WINNERS
Coloring the Rainbow: A Story About the Power of Connection
Catherine Rose, Jeffrey Dale, illustrator
Beaver's Pond Press
30 A - Focused Topic: Spiritual Teachings
SILVER WINNERS
Wu Mo's Day, Life in a Buddhist Monastery
Dana Green, Terri Nicholson, illustrator Blue Cedar
Buddhist Text Translation Society
30 B - Children's Picture Books / Non-Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years (Preschool- Grade 2)
GOLD WINNERS
Elder Albert D. Marshall, Louise Zimanyi & Emily Kewageshig, illustrator
Annick Press
30 B - Children's Picture Books / Non-Fiction Ages 2- 6 Years (Preschool- Grade 2)​
SILVER WINNERS
A Different Kind of Boy: A story about inclusion and making friends
Michael Simones
White Crow S-Publishing
You Are More Than: A Primer for Finding the Light in Your Heart
Amy Stark, Ph.D., Moran Reuder, illustrator
Self-Publish
31 A - Children's Illustrated / Fiction Ages 6- 9 Years (Large Press)
GOLD WINNER
The Mindful Magician and the Trip to Feelings Town
Lauren Brukner, Jennifer Jamieson, illustrator
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
31 A - Children's Illustrated / Fiction Ages 6- 9 Years (Large Press)​
SILVER WINNERS
Julie Branch-Evans, Stephen Lomazzo, illustrator
Brown Books Publishing Group
Mary Marianna, Great Owl, and the Chess Master
William Morkill; Susana Ramírez Solís, illustrator
Brown Books Publishing Group
Nyasha Williams, Sawyer Cloud, illustrator
Running Press Kids, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
31 A - Children's Illustrated / Fiction Ages 6- 9 Years (Small Press)
GOLD WINNERS
Carrie Lara, Christine Battuz, illustrator
American Psychological Association
31 A - Children's Illustrated / Fiction Ages 6- 9 Years (Small Press)
SILVER WINNERS
Jenny Kerr Schroen, Chris Eccleston & Justin Donaldson, Rachel Danae, illustrators
Mascot Books
31 A - Focused Topic: Translation
SILVER WINNER
Sally Veillette, Clement Clarke Moore, Marco Nifosì, illustrator
Pop the Cork Publisher
31 A - Focused Topic: Spiritual Teachings
GOLD WINNER
Prince Siddhartha and the Bully
Dana Green, Chamisa Kellogg, illustrator
Buddhist Text Translation Society
31 A - Focused Topic: Spiritual Teachings
SILVER WINNER
Like the Sea and the Sky: A Mysterious Mollusk and Its Magical Blue Ink
Jordan Namerow, Michelle Simpson, illustrator
Brandylane Publishers
31 B - Children's Illustrated / Non-Fiction Ages 6- 9 Years (Grades 1- 4)
GOLD WINNERS
Violet Lemay, Violet Lemay/Alithia Armirez, illustrators
Brown Books Publishing Group / Michael Sampson Books
A Bowl Full of Ideas for Inventive Minds
Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow), author/illustrator, David R Kopacz, author
Condor & Eagle Press
31 B - Children's Illustrated / Non-Fiction Ages 6- 9 Years (Grades 1- 4)
SILVER WINNERS
Hamburger and French Flies - A Barn Swallow's Story
Carol Kent, Carol Kent , illustrator
FriesenPress
32 - Middle Grade Fiction, Ages 8- 12 (Grades 4- 7)
GOLD WINNERS
'Atu Emberson-Bain with Melino Bain-Vete and Siale Bain-Vete; Auntie Fonu (illustrator)
Hakautapu Publishing
32 - Middle Grade Fiction, Ages 8- 12 (Grades 4- 7)
SILVER WINNERS
32 - SciFi/Fantasy
GOLD WINNERS
The Magical Adventures of Quizzle and Pinky Palm
Teresa Mae Waterland, Aletha Heyman, illustrator
FriesenPress
32 - SciFi/Fantasy
SILVER WINNERS
Brooke & Zelda Journal Two Three Blind Men, a Dragon, and a Zelda
Brian Donnelly Author and Illustrator
Mythographer's Workshop LLC
Elizabeth Flanders with Evan Pritchard
Flanders Teaching Tools
33 - Middle Grade Non-Fiction, Ages 8- 12 (Grades 4- 7)
GOLD WINNER
The Astronaut's Guide to Leaving the Planet
Terry Virts, Andres Lozano, illustrator
Workman Publishing
33 - Middle Grade Non-Fiction, Ages 8- 12 (Grades 4- 7)
SILVER WINNERS
Not Fishy Enough: A Ridiculous Parable About Finding Worth Through Self-Acceptance
Briton Kolber, Nicoleta Dabija, illustrator
Briton Kolber Relationship Therapy
Toys or Physics?: Explaining Physics Through Toys
Oles Matsyshyn, Kateryna Martyniuk illustrator
World Scientific Education
34 - Young Adult (YA) Fiction, Ages 13- 19+ (Grades 8- 12)
GOLD WINNER
34 - Young Adult (YA) Fiction, Ages 13- 19+ (Grades 8- 12)
SILVER WINNERS
35 - Young Adult (YA) Non-Fiction, Ages 13- 19+ (Grades 8- 12)
GOLD WINNER
35 - Young Adult (YA) Non-Fiction, Ages 13- 19+ (Grades 8- 12)
SILVER WINNERS
Life Lessons from a UFO Catcher: An Autobiographical Manga
Kenny Loui, author; Yamawe, illustrator
UFO Comics