NOMINEES  2008-2009

Announced February 1, 2008 Ballots must be postmarked by April 1, 2009 Printer-Friendly Version of 2008-2009 Nominees

PRIMARY (Grades K-3)

Stanley’s Wild Ride by Linda Bailey. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.  Kids Can Press, 2006.

The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend.  Illustrated by John Manders.  Candlewick Press, 2007.

Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies.  Illustrated by Brian Lies.  Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look.  Illustrated by Yumi Heo.  Anne Schwartz/Atheneum, 2006.

Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson.  Illustrated by Suzanne Watts.  Margaret K. McElderry Books/ Simon & Schuster, 2004.

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 3-6)

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!: The First Experiment by Frances O'Roark Dowell.  Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Sheep by Valerie Hobbs.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker.  Illustrated by Marla Frazee.  Hyperion, 2006.

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

Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson.  Delacorte Press, 2006

Rules by Cynthia Lord.  Scholastic Press, 2006.

Heat by Mike Lupica.  Philomel Books, Penguin, 2006.

YOUNG ADULT (Grades 9-12)

Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz.  Richard Jackson Book, Antheneum, 2004.

Sold by Patricia McCormick.  Hyperion, 2006.

Life As We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer.  Harcourt, 2006.

PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (Grades 4 and up)

Pop's Bridge by Eve Bunting.  Illustrated by C. F. Payne.  Harcourt, Inc., 2006.

Mystery at the Club Sandwich by Doug Cushman.  Illustrated by Doug Cushman.  Clarion Books, 2005.

Brothers by Yin.  Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet.  Philomel, 2006.