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Nonfiction The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies Dawn Raffel
Children’s Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing Nancy Churnin; James Rey Sanchez, illus.
Nonfiction California Dreamin’: Cass Elliot Before The Mamas & The Papas Pénélope Bagieu; Nanette McGuinness, trans.
Visual Arts Leave Me Alone with the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cookbook of Cipe Pineles Cipe Pineles; Rich, MacNaughton, Millman & Popova, eds.
Essay Itamar Rabinovich: A Profile of the Author of a New Rabin Biography Maron L. Waxman July 10, 2017
Nonfiction Play It Again, Sam: The Notable Life of Sam Massell, Atlanta’s First Minority Mayor Charles Mcnair