Haiku, Ew!, illustrated by Julia Patton and written by Lynn Brunelle (Lerner Books), is the winner of the Animal Behavior Society’s Outstanding Children’s Book Award for 2025! The award was established in 2001 by the Animal Behavior Society’s Education Committee “in order to encourage and reward accurate and compelling authorship of children’s books about animal behavior.” Another book by a Painted Words illustrator, Rats to the Rescue, illustrated by Huy Voun Lee (Lerner Books), was a finalist for the 2025 award, as well!
Congratulations to Julia and Huy!
See the full list here.