Awards

The Pennsylvania Center for the Book celebrates outstanding books, authors, and literary achievement through four signature awards: The Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Best Books for Family Literacy, The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, and Pennsylvania Great Reads from Great Places. Together, these programs recognize excellence in family literacy, children’s poetry, graphic novels, and books that reflect Pennsylvania’s rich literary heritage. By honoring exceptional literary works and connecting readers with engaging and meaningful stories, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book promotes lifelong reading, literacy, and a love of literature across the Commonwealth and beyond.

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Hot Dog Taste Test

By Lisa Hanawalt

Published by Drawn & Quarterly, 2016

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Pennsylvania Center for the Book Awards

Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize 2017 Honor Book

"Hilarious, quirkily drawn and often musing about taboo topics, Lisa Hanawalt's Hot Dog Taste Test is a deliciously amusing read. The author skips from subject to subject in a frenetic, hyper sprint that very much simulates our nano second culture. She draws about food and bathroom problems among far-flung random issues, and pushes the boundaries of our comfort zone, making us laugh at our own uptightness about being human. Using a variety of media and dizzyingly varied page formats, she keeps the reader riveted from page to page as she reveals her gloriously free-wheeling mind and generosity of spirit. Hot Dog Taste Test is a laugh-out-loud celebration of individuality and the goofy everyday thoughts that we tend to keep private."