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The Buckaroo Book Award: Grades K-3
The
Buckaroo Book Award allows for children in Wyoming grades K-3 to choose
favorite books they have read or listened to. Sponsored by the Wyoming
Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council, the award
strives to help young children become familiar with the qualities of good
books and to recognize popular authors.
Rules:
· Each participating child will vote for only one book.
· Participants must have read or listened to at least 3 books in order to vote.
· Voting will take place during late February or early March. Results are due by March 15.
2010-2011 Buckaroo Award Nominees — Cast your vote on your next trip into the library!
- Arthur and Henry Bacon - I Hate Reading: How to Get Through 20 Minutes of Reading a Day Without Really Reading
- Marty Crisp - Titanicat
- Kurt Cyrus - Tadpole Rex
- Corinne Demas - Always in Trouble
- Tony Fucile - Let's Do Nothing!
- Neil Gaiman - Crazy Hair
- Steve Jenkins - Never Smile at a Monkey: and 17 Other Important Things to Remember
- J. Patrick Lewis - Spot the Plot: a Riddle Book of Book Riddles
- Loren Long - Otis
- Chris Paul - Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big
- E. S. Redmond - Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal - Yes Day!
- Tammi Sauer - Chicken Dance
- Jan Thomas - Rhyming Dust Bunnies
- Jeanne Willis - Bog Baby
2009-2010 Winners
Winner
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
All past Winners & Nominees
Download a list by author or year; courtesy of the Campbell County Public Library System.
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The Caldecott Medal: Grades K-4
The
Caldecott Medal was created to honor the nineteenth-century English illustrator
Randolph Caldecott. A winning book is awarded each year by the Association
for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association,
to the artist of the year's most notable American picture book.
2009 Winner
Honor
Honor
Honor
All past Winners & Nominees
Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-present, courtesy of the American Library Association.
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The Indian Paintbrush Book Award: Grades 4-6
The
Indian Paintbrush Book Award allows for children in Wyoming grades 4-6
to choose favorite books they have read or listened to. Sponsored by the
Wyoming Library Association
and the Wyoming State Reading Council, the award strives to help children
become familiar with the qualities of good books and to recognize popular
authors.
2010-2011 Indian Paintbrush Nominees — Cast your vote on your next trip into the library!
- Tiki and Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell - Kickoff!
- Pseudonymous Bosch - The Name of this Book is Secret
- Andrew Clements - Lost and Found
- John Flanagan - The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice #1)
- Laura Gallego Garcia - Valley of the Wolves
- Patricia Reilly Giff - Wild Girl
- Margaret Peterson Haddix - Found (Missing #1)
- Gordon Korman - Schooled
- Ingrid Law - Savvy
- Ann M. Martin - Everything for a Dog
- Brandon Mull - Candy Shop War
- Barbara O' Conner - How to Steal a Dog
- Rosanne Parry - Heart of a Shepherd
- Gary Paulsen - Mudshark
- Rebecca Stead - When You Reach Me
2009-2010 Winners
Winner
Mary Downing Hahn - Deep Dark and Dangerous
1st Runner-up
Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians # 4)
2nd Runner-up
Tim Green - Football Hero
All past Winners & Nominees
Download a list by author or year; courtesy of the Campbell County Public Library System.
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The Newbery Medal: Grades 4-8
The
Newbery Medal was created to honor eighteenth-century British bookseller
John Newbery. It is awarded each year by the Association for Library Service
to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author
of the most notable contribution to American children's literature.
2010 Medal Winner
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Honor
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
Honor
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Honor
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Linn
Honor
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
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