Welcome, Teachers and Librarians!


Congratulations to our 2011 ALA Award Winners and all of our other international, U.S.A., State and Regional award winners!

Pura Belpré Illustration Award
A Notable Children’s Book

Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez

William C. Morris Debut Finalist
A Kirkus Best Book
A Shelf Awareness Best Book
A Sydney Taylor Honor Book

Hush
by Eishes Chayil 

Best Fiction for Young Adults

No and Me by Delphine de Vigan--USBBY Outstanding International Book

Princess of Glass
by Jessica Day George

A Great Graphic Novel for Teens

Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

Quick Picks

Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles--A Top Ten Pick
Good Behavior by Nathan L. Henry
Low Red Moon
by Ivy Devlin
Dirty Little Secrets by CJ Omololu

Summer 2011 Kids' Indie Next List --- "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers":


Scapegoat:  The Story of a Goat Named Oat and a Chewed-Up Coat
by Dean Hale
 
2011 Young Readers Choice Award (presented by the Pacific Northwest Library Association):
Intermediate Division (grades 6-9): Rapunzel's Revenge
by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
 
2010-2011 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards Program:
Grades 3-6 div: Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery
Young Adult division:     Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
 
2011 Show Me Award (selected by students in grades 1-3, sponsored by Missouri Association of School Librarians):
Two Bobbies by
Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery
 
Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year (100th anniversary edition):
Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Princesses are Not Perfect by Kate Lum
Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Girl's Best Friend by Leslie Margolis
Summer of Moonlight Secrets by Danette Haworth
Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever by Ruth McNally Barshaw
Finding Family by Tonya Bolden
My Invisible Sister by Sara Pinto and Beatrice Colin
Pickle Impossible by Eli Stutz
Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
What Momma Left Me by Renee Watson
The Fool's Girl by Celia Rees
Cate of the Lost Colony by Lisa Klein
Hush by Eishes Chayil
The Mark by Jen Nadol
No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
Off Like the Wind! by Michael P. Spradlin
Poop Happened! by Sarah Albee
Survival at 40 Below by Debbie S. Miller
 
MASTERLISTS TITLES
 
Nominee for the 2012  Young Readers Choice Award (sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association):
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
 

Nominees for the 2010 NSYRA Charlotte Award:
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z by Kate Messner
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis

 
Nominee for the 2012 Garden State Teen Book Awards:
Deadly Perils: and How to Avoid Them
by Tracey Turner
 
Nominee for the 2011-2012 GA Peach Book Award for Teen Readers:
Dirty Little Secrets by CJ Omololu
 
Nominees for the 2012 Kentucky Bluegrass Awards:
Grades  6-8 division:     How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg
                                   Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsay Leavitt
Grades 9-12 division:     Dirty Little Secrets by CJ Omololu
 
Finalist for the 2011 Ohioana Book Award:
Cate of the Lost Colony
by Lisa Klein
 
TITLES CURRRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED FOR MASTERLISTS
 

2011-2012 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award list:
Dirty Little Secrets by CJ Omololu
 
2012-2013 South Carolina Book Award list:
Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap
Kid vs. Squid by Greg Van Eekhout
The Pup Who Cried Wolf by Chris Kurtz
What Momma Left Me by Renee Watson
Can't Sleep Without Sheep by Susanna Leonard Hill
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
Mad Love by Suzanne Selfors
Rules to Rock By by Josh Farrar




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