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  NOMINEES 2013-2014
 

Announced February 1, 2013
PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF NOMINEES

Ballots must be postmarked by April 1, 2014
Resource Guide and Ballots Available August 1, 2013

PRIMARY (Grades K-3)
Bats at the Ballgame written and illustrated by Brian Lies Children Make Terrible Pets written and illustrated by Peter Brown. Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein Press Here written and illustrated by Herve Tullet Stars written by Mary Lyn Ray,
Bats at the Ballgame written and illustrated by Brian Lies. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011.
Children Make Terrible Pets written and illustrated by Peter Brown. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010.

Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein. Candlewick Press, 2010.

Press Here written and illustrated by Herve Tullet. Chronicle Books, 2011.

Stars written by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Marla Frazee. Beach Lane Books, 2011.

 

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 3-6)

A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole. Katherine Tegen Books, 2010.
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2010.
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann. Aladdin, 2011.

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL/JR. HIGH (Grades 6-9)

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Naylor Reynolds One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June by Phyllis Naylor Reynolds. Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2009.
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Ammistad, 2010.
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. Scholastic Press, 2011.

 

YOUNG ADULT (Grades 9-12)

Divergent by Veronica Roth Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Divergent by Veronica Roth. Katherine Tegen Books, 2011.
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly. Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2010.
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2011.

 

PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (Grades 4 and up)

14 Cows for America written by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Nalyoman Queen of the Falls written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
14 Cows for America written by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Nalyoman. Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree Publishers, 2009.
Queen of the Falls written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011.

Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain. Illustrated by Larry Day. Dutton, 2011.

 

 

 

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