2012 Benjamin Franklin Award (Awarded by Independent Book Publishers Association)

Awards List

Children's Picture

Tea with Lady Sapphire: Sharing the Love of Birds
(Finalist)
Carl R. Sams II; Jean Stoick

Chippy Chipmunk: Babies in the Garden
(Finalist)
Kathy M. Miller

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Rex Riders
(Winner)
J.P. Carlson

Chippy Chipmunk: Babies in the Garden
(Finalist)
Kathy M. Miller

The Wizard Who Saved the World
(Finalist)
Jeffrey Bennett

Cover Design-Fiction

Palestine
(Winner)
Jonathan Bloomfield

Saltwater Taffy
(Finalist)
Eric Delabarre

A Crooked Number
(Finalist)
Nathan Jorgenson

Fiction (8-12 Years)

Butterflies in Autumn
(Winner)
Charles Strong

The Dragon, the Blade and the Thread
(Finalist)
Donald Samson

Fiction-Teen

The Forgotten Locket
(Winner)
Lisa Mangum

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
(Finalist)
Ransom Riggs

First Fiction

Erekos
(Finalist)
A.M. Tuomala

Historical Fiction

Emeralds Never Fade
(Winner)
Stephen Maitland-Lewis

Interior Design-Ch-Y/A

The Santa Club
(Finalist)
Kelly Moss

Mystery/Suspense

Public Anatomy
(Winner)
A. Scott Pearson

The Opium Equation
(Finalist)
Lisa Wysocky

Politics/Current Events

Palestine
(Finalist)
Jonathan Bloomfield

Popular Fiction

A Crooked Number
(Winner)
Nathan Jorgenson

Award Categories

Animals/Pets

Audio Fiction

Audio-Children's

Audiobook

Boty-Budget Over 10k

Boty-Budget Under 10k

Children's Book W/Audio

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Children's Picture Book (4-7 Years)

Cover Design (Small)

Cover Design-1-2 Color

Cover Design-3 + Color

Cover Design-3+child-Y/A

Cover Design-3+color Lg

Cover Design-3+color SM

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Cover Design-Fiction

Crafts/Hobby/How-To

E-Book

Education/Teaching

Fiction

Fiction-Teen

First Children & Y/A

First Fiction

Gay/Lesbian

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

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