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Recommended Lists
Start your kid book hunting with a well-curated list.
• Best
Books for a Baby Shower by goodreads
• Favorite
Baby Books of All Time by Parents
• 100
Picture Books Everyone Should Know by New York Public Library
• Children’s
Choices 2011 and Teacher’
Choices 2011 by International Reading Association
• Classic
Children’s Library 0 – 3 and 4
– 7 by Guardian
• Best
All-Time Children’s Books by Zen Habits
• 100
Books Every Child Should Read by The Telegraph
• 100
Best Books by Teachers First
• The
100 Best Children’s Books by Parenthood
• Top
100 Children’s Books of All-Time by The Childrens Books
Guide
• Best Books on Science
and Math
by The Best Children's Books
• Award
Winning Books by Children's Books and Reviews
• Blue
Ribbon Index from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's
Books
• Beginning
Classic Reader Books 5 – 8 by Kids Reads
• Beginning
New Faves Reader Books 8 – 10 by Kids Reads
• Top
10 Read-Alouds and Top 10 Read-Alones by Hedgehog Books
• Scary
Book List for Kids by Monster Librarian
• The
All-Time Best Books for Tweens by Parents
• Reading
List 10 – 12 by Oprah
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.
2011-2012 Buckaroo Award Nominees — Cast your vote on your next trip into the library!
- Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen - Quackenstein Hatches a Family
- Chris Barton - Shark vs. Train
See it in our catalog - Barbara Bottner - Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I Don't)
- Brian Dennis - Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine,
and a Miracle
See it in our catalog - Kate DiCamillo - Bink and Gollie
See it in our catalog - Rebecca Janni - Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse
See it in our catalog - Amanda Noll - I Need My Monster
See it in our catalog - Patricia Polacco - Junkyard Wonders
- Adam Rubin - Those Darn Squirrels
See it in our catalog - Deborah Ruddell - A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems
- Jennifer Gordon Sattler - Sylvie
- Teddy Slater - Smooch Your Pooch
- David Ezra Stein - Interrupting Chicken
See it in our catalog - David Wiesner - Art & Max
See it in our catalog - Karen Lynn Williams - A Beach Tail
Many of the nominated books are available in our library. Those not in our library they are readily available through interlibrary loan (ILL). Library staff are happy to assist you in placing a request for an ILL. Visit or call the library at (307) 367-4114 for more information.
2010-2011 Winners
Winner
See it in our catalog 1st Runner-up
See it in our catalog2nd Runner-up
See it in our catalog
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.
2011 Winner
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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