2025 Cook Prize Winner

Life After Whale

Author: Lynn Brunelle

Illustrator: Jason Chin

Gold Medal Acceptance Speech by Lynn Brunelle and Jason Chin.

Honor Books

• Cactus Queen by Lori Alexander, illustrated by Jenn Ely. Silver Medal Acceptance Speech.

• The Iguanodon’s Horn, written and illustrated by Sean Rubin. Silver Medal Acceptance Speech.

• Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect by Marzieh Abbas, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi.   Marzieh Abbas (author) Silver Medal Acceptance Speech. Hoda Hadadi (illustrator)Silver Medal Acceptance Speech.