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and Regional Awards
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Arizona
Arizona Young
Readers’ Awards
www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/monte_vista/special_areas/library/libhtm/azyr.htm
| 2004 |
Picture Book
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (Atheneum) by Candace Fleming,
illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Intermediate Book
Word Eater (Holiday) by Mary Amato, illustrated by
Christopher Ryniak
Teen Book
The Thief Lord (Scholastic) by Cornelia Funke |
 
Arkansas
Arkansas Diamond
Primary Book Award
www.asl.lib.ar.us/childaward/diamondmain.htm
| 2006-2007 |
April Foolishness
(Albert Whitman & Co.) by Teresa Bateman & illustrated
by Nadine Bernard Westcott
| |
Honor Book I
Wanna Iguana (Putnam) by Karen Orloff& illustrated
by David Catrow |
|
Charlie May Simon
Children’s Book Award
www.asl.lib.ar.us/childaward/charlie_may_main.htm
| 2006-2007 |
The Report Card
(Aladdin) by Andrew Clements
| |
Honor Book Worth
(Aladdin) by A. LaFaye |
|
California
California Young
Reader Medal
http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/winners.htm
| 2007 |
Primary
My Lucky Day (Putnam) by Keiko Kasza
Intermediate
Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler (Bloomsbury)
written by William Wise, illustrated by Patrick Benson
Middle School/Junior High
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Putnam) by Gennifer Choldenko
High School
Shattering Glass (Simon Pulse) by Gail Giles
Picture Books for Older Readers
The Cats in Krasinski Square (Scholastic) written
by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson |
Colorado
Colorado Children’s
Book Award
http://ccira.org/w/w?cmd=goccba
| 2006 |
Picture Book
The Great Fuzz Frenzy (Harcourt) by
Janet Stevensand Susan Stevens Crummel
Junior Novel
Inkheart (Scholastic) by Cornelia Funke
|
Blue Spruce Young
Adult Book Award
http://cal-webs.org/bluespruce/
| 2007 |
Eldest (Knopf) by
Christopher Paolini
|
Connecticut
Connecticut Book
Award
www.hplct.org/cfb/
| 2005 |
Leslie Connor, author, for
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel (Houghton), illustrated
by Mary Azarian
Etienne Delesset, illustrator, for Who Killed Cock Robin?
(Creative Editions)
|
Delaware
Blue Hen Award
http://wilmlib.org/bluehen.html
| 2007 |
Picture Book
Space Station Mars (Tricycle) by Daniel San Souci
Chapter Book
Project Mulberry (Yearling) by Linda Sue Park
Teen Book
Flush (Knopf) by Carl Hiaasen
|
Delaware Diamonds
Award
www.doe.state.de.us/dsra/deldiamonds.htm
| 2006-2007 |
Grades K–2
Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse (Puffin)
by Judy Schachner
Grades 3–5
The Homework Machine (Aladdin) by Dan Gutman |
Georgia
Georgia Children’s
Book Award
www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/
| 2007 |
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Walker)
by Mo Willems
Measle and the Wrathmonk (HarperCollins) by Ian Ogilvy
|
Hawaii
Nene Award
nene.k12.hi.us/librarian.html
| 2005 |
Because of Winn-Dixie
(Candlewick) by Kate DiCamillo |
Heartland Award
for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
www.writingconference.com
| 2005 |
Drowning Anna (Hyperion)
by Sue Mayfield |
Illinois
Rebecca Caudill
Young Readers’ Book Award
www.rebeccacaudill.org/
| 2006 |
Eragon (Knopf) by
Christopher Paolini
|
The Monarch Award:
Illinois' K–3 Children's Choice Award
www.islma.org/grants_awards.htm#Monarch
| 2005 |
David Gets in Trouble
(Blue Sky/Scholastic) by David Shannon
| |
First Runner-up
Hooway for Wodney Wat (Lorraine/Houghton) by
Helen Lester, Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
Second Runner-up
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Candlewick)
by Lauren Child |
|
Indiana
Young Hoosier
Book Awards
www.carmel.lib.in.us/child/yhba/yhba.cfm
| 2004 |
Picture Book (K–3)
The Monster Who Ate My Peas (Peachtree) by Danny
Schnitzlein
Intermediate (4–6)
Ghost Soldier (Holt) by Elaine Marie Alphin
Middle Grades (6–8)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Delacorte) by
Ann Brashares
|
Iowa
Iowa Readers’
Choice Awards
www.iema-ia.org
| 2005 |
Children
A Week In The Woods (Simon) by Andrew Clements
Teen
Stormbreaker (Philomel) by Anthony Horowitz |
Kansas
William Allen
White Children’s Book Award
www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/index.htm
| 2007 |
Grades 3–5
The Report Card (Aladdin) by Andrew Clements
Grades 6–8
So B. It (HarperCollins) by Sarah Weeks
|
Kentucky
Kentucky Bluegrass
Award
http://kba.nku.edu/
| 2007 |
Grades K–2
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More (Harcourt) by Karen Beaumont
Grades 3–5
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Candlewick)
by Kate DiCamill
Grades 6–8
Avalon High (HarperCollins) by Meg Cabot
Grades 9–12
Twilight (Little, Brown) by Stephenie Meyer
|
Louisiana
Louisiana Young
Readers’ Choice Awards
http://test.state.lib.la.us/la_dyn_templ.cfm?doc_id=83
| 2007 |
Grades 3-5
Gator Gumbo: A Spicy-Hot Tale (FS&G) by Candace
Fleming. Illustrated by Sally Anne Lambert.
Grades 6-8
So B. It: A Novel (HarperCollins) by Sarah Weeks
|
Maine
Maine Student
Book Award
www.mainelibraries.org/awards/msba.htm
| 2007 |
The Lightning Thief
(Miramax/Hyperion) by Rick Riordan |
Maryland
Black-Eyed Susan
Book Award
http://mdedmedia.org/besall.html
| 2006-2007 |
Picture Book
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley
Grades 4–6
Trading Places With Tank Talbott by Dori Butler
Grades 6–9
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Grades 9–12
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
|
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Children’s Book Award
www.salemstate.edu/education/mcba/
| 2007 |
The Tale of Despereaux
(Candlewick) by Kate DiCamillo
| |
Honor Books The
City of Ember (Random House) by Jeanne Duprau; Al
Capone Does My Shirts (Putnam) by Gennifer Choldenko;
Among the Betrayed (S&S) by Margaret Peterson
Haddix; Thunder from the Sea (S&S) by Joan
Hiatt Har |
|
Michigan
Great Lakes Great
Books
www.michiganreading.org/choicearchive.html
| 2005 |
Grades K–1
The Viper (Dutton) by Lisa Thiesing
Grades 2–3
Arnie the Doughnut (Holt) by Laurie Keller
Grades 4–5
The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick) by Kate DiCamillo
Grades 6–8
A Mango-Shaped Space (Little) by Wendy Mass
|
Minnesota
Comstock Book
Award
www.mnstate.edu/cmc/ReadAloudBookAwardWinners.htm
| 2007 |
Epossumondas Saves the
Day (Harcourt) written by Coleen Salley, illustrated
by Janet Stevens
| |
Honor Books Christmas
in the Trenches (Peachtree) written by John McCutcheon,
illustrated by Henri Sorensen; Keeper of Soles
(Holiday) written by Teresa Bateman, illustrated by Yayo;
Learning to Fly (Kane/Miller) by Sebastian Meschenmoser |
|
Wanda Gag Book
Award
www.mnstate.edu/cmc/ReadAloudBookAwardWinners.htm
| 2007 |
My Father the Dog
(Candlewick) written by Elizabeth Bluemle, illustrated by
Randy Cecil
| |
Honor Books My
Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World (Abrams) by Gilles
Bachelet; One Potato, Two Potato (Farrar) written
by Cynthia DeFelice, illustrated by Andrea U'Ren; 365
Penguins (Abrams) written by Jean-Luc Fromental,
illustrated by Joelle Jolivet |
|
Maud Hart Lovelace
Book Award
www.isd77.k12.mn.us/lovelace/lovelace.html
| 2005 |
Grades 3–5
The Doll People (Hyperion) by Ann M. Martin and Laura
Godwin, illustrated by Brian Selznick
Grades 6–8
Zach's Lie (Hyperion) by Roland Smith
|
Missouri
Mark Twain Award
www.maslonline.org/awards/books/MarkTwain
| 2006 |
The City of Ember (Yearling)
by Jean Duprau |
Nebraska
Golden Sower Award
www.nol.org/home/NLA/golden/sower.htm
| 2006 |
Primary
Substitute Teacher Plans (Holt) by Doug Johnson,
illustrated by Tammy Smith
| |
Honor Books
Diary of a Worm (Cotler/HarperCollins) by Doreen
Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss; Souperchicken
(Holiday) by Mary Jane Auch and Herm Auch |
Intermediate
Escaping the Giant Wave (Simon) by Peg Kehret
| |
Honor Books
City of Ember (Random) by Jeanne DuPrau; Runt
(Yearling) by Marion Dane Bauer |
Young Adult
High Heat (Houghton) by Carl Deuker
| |
Honor Books
Full Tilt (Simon) by Neal Shusterman; Hawksong
(Delacorte) by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes; East (Harcourt)
by Edith Pattou |
|
Nevada
Nevada Young
Readers' Award
www.nevadalibraries.org/Divisions/NYRA/
| 2005 |
Picture Book
Diary of a Worm (Cotler/HarperCollins) by Doreen
Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss
Young Reader
The Stranger Next Door (Dutton) by Peg Kehret
Intermediate
Red Midnight (Rayo/HarperCollins) by Ben Mikaelsen
Young Adult
The House of the Scorpion (Atheneum) by Nancy Farmer |
New Hampshire
Flume Award
www.chilisnh.org/index.html
| 2007 |
Twilight (Little, Brown)
by Stephenie Meyer |
Ladybug Picture
Book Award
www.nh.gov/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/ladybug.html
| 2006 |
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
(Harcourt) by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow |
New Jersey
Garden State Children’s
Book Award
www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/childrens.html
| 2007 |
Easy-to-read series
book
Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown (Puffin) by Paula
Danziger, illustrated By Tony Ross
Easy-to-read book
Loose Tooth by Lola M. Schaefer, pictures by Sylvie
Wickstrom
Younger Fiction
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements, cover
art by Brian Selznick
Younger Nonfiction
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
|
Garden State Teen
Book Award
www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/teen.html
| 2007 |
Fiction: Grades 6–8
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Puffin) by Gennifer Choldenko
Fiction: Grades 9–12
Splintering (Scholastic) by Eireann Corrigan
Nonfiction: Grades 6–12
The Book of Bunny Suicides (Plume) by Andy Riley
|
New Mexico
Land of Enchantment
Book Award
loebookaward.com/
| 2006 |
Children
Togo (Philomel) by Robert J. Blake
Young Adult
The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick) by Kate DiCamillo
|
New York
Charlotte Award
www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/index.html
| 2006 |
Primary
Old Granny and the Bean Thief (FS&G) by Cynthia
DeFelice, illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith
Intermediate
The Legend of Spud Murphy (Hyperion)by Eoin Colfer,
Illustrated by Glenn McCoy
Young Adult
A Northern Light (Harcourt) by Jennifer Donnelly
|
Empire
State Award
www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=411
North Carolina
North Carolina
Children’s Book Award
www.bookhive.org/nccba/
| 2007 |
Picture Book
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude (Walker) by Kevin
O'Malley
Junior Book
A Dog's Life: The Autobiography
of a Stray (Scholastic) by Ann M. Martin
|
North Dakota
Flicker Tale Children’s
Book Award
www.ndla.info/flickertale/ftwinn.htm
| 2005 |
Don't Let the Pigeon
Drive the Bus! (Hyperion) by Mo Willems
Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide (Simon) by
Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Zach's Lie (Hyperion) by Roland Smith
|
Ohio
Buckeye Children’s
Book Award
bcbookaward.info/
| 2007 |
Grades K–2
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude (Walker) by Kevin
Walker O’Malley
Grades 3–5
Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid (Candlewick) by
Megan McDonald
Grades 6–8
Eragon (Knopf) by Christopher Paolini
|
Oklahoma
Sequoyah Book
Award
www.yukon.lib.ok.us/sequoyah.html
| 2005 |
Children
The World According to Humphrey (Putnam) by Betty
Birney
Young Adult
Red Kayak (Puffin) by Priscilla Cummings
|
Oregon
Leslie Bradshaw
Award for Young Adult Literature
www.literary-arts.org/awards
| 2006 |
Eyes of the Emperor
(Lamb/Random) by Graham Salisbury |
Beverly Cleary
Children’s Choice Award
www.oema.net/cleary/index.htm
| 2007 |
The SOS Files (Holt)
by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers
|
Eloise Jarvis
McGraw Award for Children's Literature
www.literary-arts.org/awards
| 2006 |
Tour America (Chronicle)
by Diane Siebert |
The
Pacific Northwest Library Association's
Young Reader's Choice Award
www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
| 2007 |
Grades 4–6
Dragon Rider (Scholastic/Chicken House) by Cornelia
Funke
Grades 7–9
Supernaturalist (Miramax) by Eoin Colfer
Grades 10–12
Hat Full of Sky (Corgi) by Terry Pratchett
|
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Young
Readers Choice Award
www.psla.org/grantsandawards/pyrca.php3
| 2006-2007 |
Kindergarten–Grade
3
Skippjon Jones (Puffin) by Judith Schachner
Grades 3–6
Hachiko (HMCO) by Pamela Turner
Grades 6–8
Peter and the Star Catchers (Disney) by Dave Barry
and Ridley Pearson
Young Adult
My SIster's Keeper (S&S) by Jodi Picoult
|
Rhode
Island
Rhode Island Children’s
Book Award
www.ri.net/RIEMA/bookaward.html
| 2007 |
Stink: The Incredible
Shrinking Kid (Candlewick) by Megan McDonald |
South
Carolina
South Carolina
Association of School Librarians Book Award
www.scasl.net/
2004-
2005 |
Children
Mr. Lincoln's Way (Philomel) by Patricia Polacco
Junior
Stormbreaker (Philomel) by Anthony Horowitz
Young Adult
The Lovely Bones (Little) by Alice Sebold |
South Dakota
South Dakota Library
Association Book Award
www.usd.edu/sdla/reading.htm
| 2007 |
Picture Book Award
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum (Little, Brown) by Lisa Wheeler
Children's Book Award
Up the Learning Tree (Lee & Low) by Marcia K.
Vaughan
Junior Book Award
So B. It (HarperCollins) by Sarah Weeks
Young Adult Book Award
The Truth About Forever (Puffin) by Sarah Dessenr |
Tennessee
Volunteer State
Book Award
www.mtsu.edu/~kpatten/vsba2006.html
2005-
2006 |
Grades K–3
Bad Boys (Tegen/HarperCollins) written by Margie
Palatini, illus. by Henry Cole
Grades 4–6
The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick) by Kate DiCamillo,
illus. by Timothy Basil Ering
Grades 7–12
Eragon (Knopf) by Christopher Paolini
|
Texas
Texas Bluebonnet
Award
www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html
| 2006 |
Seadogs: An Epic Ocean
Operetta (Atheneum) by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by
Mark Siegel
| |
First Runner-up
Gregor the Overlander (Scholastic) by Suzanne
Collins
Second Runner-up
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew
Up to Become Dr. Seuss (Random) by Kathleen Krull,
illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher; additional
illustrations by Dr. Seuss
Third Runner-up
Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
(Bloomsbury) by William Wise, illustrated by Patrick
Benson
Fourth Runner-up
Ida B: ...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster,
and (Possibly) Save the World (Greenwillow) by
Katherine Hannigan
|
|
Utah
Beehive Awards
www.clau.org/
| 2006-2007 |
Picture Book
Where's the Dragon (Sterling) by Jason Hook
Children
Princess Academy (Bloomsbury) by Shannon Hale
Informational
Life-Size Dinosaurs (Sterling) by David Bergen
Young Adult
The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
(Miramax) by Rick Riordan
Poetry
Hotel Deep:Light Verse from Dark Water (Harcourt)
by Kurt Cyrus |
Vermont
Dorothy Canfield
Fisher Award
www.dcfaward.org
| 2007 |
Flush (Knopf) by Carl
Hiassen. |
Red Clover Award
www.mothergooseprograms.org/html/redclover.html
| 2005 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive
the Bus! (Hyperion) by Mo Willems |
Virginia
Jefferson Cup
Award
http://www.vla.org/cyart/jefferson_cup/jeffersoncup_index.htm
| 2004 |
Grape Thief (Candlewick)
by Kristine Franklin
| |
Honor Books
In Defense of Liberty (Holiday) by Russell Freedman;
Ben Franklin’s Almanac (Atheneum)
by Candace Fleming; and A Northern Light (Harcourt)
by Jennifer Donnelly |
|
Young Readers
Award
www.vsra.org/vrcindex.html
| 2005 |
Primary
Epossumondas (Harcourt) by Colleen Salley, illustrated
by Janet Stevens
Elementary
7 x 9 = Trouble! (Farrar) by Claudia Mills,
illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Middle School
Loser (Cotler/HarperCollins) byJerry Spinelli
High School
The House Next Door (Simon) by Richie Tankersley
Cusick |
Washington
Evergreen Young
Adult Book Award
www.kcls.org/evergreen/
| 2005 |
All-American Girl (HarperCollins)
by Meg Cabot |
Sasquatch Reading
Award
www.wlma.org/Association/sasquatch.htm
| 2007 |
World According to Humphrey (Putnam)
by Betty G. Birmey |
Washington Children’s
Choice Picture Book Award
www.wlma.org/Association/wccpba.htm
| 2005 |
Skippyjon Jones (Dutton)
by Judy Schachner |
West Virginia
West Virginia
Children’s Book Award
www.wvcba.org/news/main.html
| 2006-2007 |
The Haunting of Swain's Fancy (Dutton)
by Brenda Seabrooke
| |
Honor Books Kensuke's
Kingdom (Scholastic) by Michael Morpurgo; City
of Ember (Yearling)by Jeanne DuPrau |
|
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla
Award
www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/cba/burr-winners.html
| 2007 |
Freedom Riders: John Lewis
and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
(National Geographic)by Ann Bausum
|
Golden Archer
Award
www.wemaonline.org/ag.ga.overview.cfm
| 2007 |
Primary category
Punk Farm (Knopf)by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Intermediate category
The Penultimate Peril (HarperCollins) by Lemony Snicket
Middle School/Junior High
Hoot (Knopf) by Carl Hiaasen
|
Notable Wisconsin
Children’s Author
www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/cba/notable-2005.html
Wyoming
Indian Paintbrush
Book Award
www.ccpls.org/html/indianp.html
| 2006-2007 |
Dragon Rider
(Scholastic/Chicken House) by Cornelia Funke
| |
First Runner-up
Toad Rage (Yearling) by Morris Gleitzman
Second Runner-up
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (HarperTeen)by
Georgia Byng |
|
Buckaroo Book
Award
www.ccpls.org/html/buckaroo.html
| 2006-2007 |
Skippyjon Jones in the
Dog House (Puffin) by Judith Bryon
| |
First Runner-up
The Sweet Tooth (S&S) by Margie Palatini
Second Runner-up
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (Harcourt) by
Karen Beaumont |
|
Soaring Eagle
Book Award
www.ccpls.org/html/soaringeagle.html
| 2006-2007 |
Eldest (Knopf) by Christopher Paolini
| |
First Runner-up
Twilight (Twilight Series #1) (Little, Brown)
by Stephanie Meyer
Second Runner-up
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Scholastic)
by J.K. Rowling |
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