HIT: Young Readers Lists from across USA

[Mary Lynn Shields <shields@GUEST.NWNET.NET>]

Sorry it has taken me so long to post this hit  but my district's server
was down for a week, and then I was out of town due to an illness in my
family. Thanks to all of you who sent me the information and  a special
thanks to those of you who mailed lists to me.  For those of you who
think all the lists appear in the front of Follett's catalogue, I believe
you will like this hit as they are not in Follett.  Here it is:

Every year the school children of Kentucky choose their favorite books.  For
1995 they have chosen in the K-3 division, The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by
Paul Brett Johnson and in the 4-8 division The Hero of Bremen retold by
Margaret Hodges.
The 1996 Kentucfky Bluegrass Book Award Nominees for K-3
are:
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
Alphabestiary: Animal Poems from A to Z selected by Jane Yolen
Counting on Calico by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes
Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name?  An Oneida Song of spring by Sandra de
Coteau Orie
Going Home by Margaret Wild
Grandfather's Lovesong by Reeve Lindbergh
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen
Homeplace by Anne Shelby
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Ragsale by Artie Ann Bates
Shoes Like Miss Alice's by Angela Johnson
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
The Story of a Boy named Will who went Sledding down the Hill by Daniil
Kharms
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
This is a Great Place for a Hot Dog Stand by Barney Saltzberg
Until the Cows Come Home by Patricia Mills
For the Grades 4-8 category, these titles are nominated:
The Barn by Avi
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Christmas of the Reddle Moon by J. Patrick Lewis
Here and Then by Georgia Ella Lyon
Jacob's Rescue : a Holocaust story by Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin
Jericho: A Novel by Janet Hickman
John Henry by Julius Lester
The Librarian who measured the earth by Kathryn Lasky
Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Toltz Jones
Moose Tracks by Mary Casanova
Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
On Cat Mountain by Francoise Richard
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Polar, the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
War Game by Michael Foreman

Here are the lists for the 1995-96 Volunteer State Book Award:
Grades K-3:
Arnold, Tedd. Green Wilma
Auch, Mary Jane.  Peeping Beauty
Brett, Jan. Trouble with Trolls
Cannon, Janelle. Stellaluna
Ehrlich, Amy. Parents in the Pigpen, Pigs in the Tub
Garland, Sherry. The Lotus Seed
George, Jean Craighead. The First Thanksgiving
George, William. Christmas at Long Pond
Gilman, Phoebe. Something from Nothing
Gray, Libba Moore. Miss Tizzy
Henkes, Kevin. Owen
Jaffe, Nina. In the Month of Kislev
Johnson, Paul Brett. The Cow who Wouldn't Come Down
McDermott, Gerald. Zomo the Rabbit
McPhail, David. Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne. Daddy and Me
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey
Taylor, Livingston. Can I be Good?
Trivizas, Eugene. The Trhee Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Wiesner, David. June 29, 1999
Grades 4-6:
Avi.  Windcatcher
Cerullo, Mary.  Sharks, Challengers of the Deep
Choi, Sook.  Echoes of the White Giraffe
Cooper, Susan.  The Boggart
Haas, Dorothy.  Burton and the Giggle Machine
Hildick, E. W. Case of the Weeping Witch
Haas, Dorothy.  Burton and the Giggle Machine
Hildick, E. W. Case of the Weeping Witch
Lamb, Nancy.  The Great Mosquito, Bull & Coffin Caper
MacBride, Roger. Little House on Rocky Ridge
McKissack, Patricia.  The Dark-Thirty
Myers, Anna. Red-Dirt Jessie
Namioka, Lensey.  Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.  The Grand Escape
Paulsen, Gary.  The River
Rappaport, Doreen.  Escape from Slavery
Schwartz, Joel.  How to Get Rid of Your Older Brother
Stolz, Mary  Stealing Home
Sterman, Betsy.  Backyard Dragon
Strauch, Eileen.  Hey you, Sister Rose
Wood, June R.  The Man who Loved Clowns
Wright, Betty Ren.  The Ghosts of Mercy Manor

Young Adult:
Angell, Judie.  Yours Truly
Avi.  Blue Heron
Brooks, Jerome.  Knee Holes
Bunting, Eve.  Jumping the Nail
Collier, James Lincoln.  The Clock
Cooney, Caroline B.  Flight #116 is Down
Crutcher, Chris.  Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Cusick, Richie Tankersley.  Fatal Secrets
Deuker, Carol.  Heart of a Champion
Hays, Tony.  Murder on the Twelfth Night
Hobbs, Will.  Downriver
Humphreys, Martha.  Until Whatever
Lowry, Lois.  The Giver
MacLachlan, Patricia.  Baby
Moulton, Deborah.  Summer Girl
Myers, Walter Dean.  Somewhere in the Darkness
Napoli, Donna Jo.  The Magic Circle
Nixon, Joan Lowery.  The Weekend was Murder
Napoli, Donna Jo.  The Magic Circle
Nixon, Joan Lowery.  The Weekend was Murder
Pace, Sue.  The Last Oasis
Paulsen, Gary.  Night-John
Reiss, Kathryn.  Dreadful Sorry
Shusterman, Neal.  What Daddy Did
Spinka, Penina Keen.  Mother's Blessing
Wrede, Patricia.  Calling on Dragons
Wyss, Thelma.  A Stranger Here


Hi!  In Minnesota, we have the Maud Hart Lovelace Award, named after that
author who grew up in this town (Mankato).  Kids in grades 3-8 vote on
their favorite of the fifteen nominees each March, and the winner is
announced on MHL's birthday, April 25.  I have a colleague here in town who
just did her Master's paper on this topic, if you are interested in
contacting her for more info.  Her name is Kathy Wortel, and her address
is:
kworte1@garfield.isd77.k12.mn.us
Hope this helps you.  Good luck.
Virjean Griensewic
Dakota Meadows Middle School
This are the current nominees for the California Young Readers Medal:
PRIMARY
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Frida Maria by Deborah Norse Lattimore
Parents in the pigpen, pigs in the tub by Amy Ehrlich
Ruby the copycat by Peggy Rathmann
Three-legged cat by Margaret Mahy
INTERMEDIATE
Flip-flop girl by Katherine Paterson
Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn
Wings by Bill Brittain


In Arkansas we have a Charlie May Simon children's book award for  each
year.  Students in grades 4-6 read and vote on the books they
enjoyed most from this list, then an award banquet is given with the
top author invited to speak.  Goes over well.
This year:
    Chive by Shelley A. Barre
    The Boggart by Susan Cooper
    Jacob's Rescue:  A Holocaust Story by Malka Drucker & Michael
               Halperin
    Eleanor Roosevelt:  A life of discover by Russell Freedman
    The Fire Bug Connection:  An Ecological Mystery by Jean Craighead
               George
    Wrapped in a riddle by Sharon E. Heisel
    Someone to count on by Patricia Hermes
    Sweet notes, sour notes by Nancy Smiler Levinson
    The Giver by Lois Lowry
    Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
    Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
    Hey you, Sister Rose by Eileen Walsh Strauch
    The secret funeral of Slim Jim the snake by Elvira Woodruff
    Learning By Heart by Ronder Thomas Young



North Carolina Association of School Librarians sponsors Battle of the
Books for grades 6-8 with a different book list each year.  The 1996 list is:
Avi - True Confessions of charlotte doyle
Conly, Crazy Lady
Cooper, Dark is Rising
Creech, Sharon - Walk two moons
Fox, Paula - Slave dancer
Gardiner, john - stone fox
Gilbreth, Cheaper by the Dozen
Hunt, Across Five Aprils
Hamilton, virginia - house of dies drear
Lee, Harper - To kill a mockingbird
Lowry, Lois - Rable Starkey
Lyons, Letters from a Slave Girl
Mazer, After the Rain
McKinley, Robin - hero and the crown
Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Myers, walter dean - Scorpions
Naylor, Phyllis - Shiloh
North, Sterling - Rascal
Reiss, Johanna - Upstairs room
Taylor, Theodore - Weirdo
Verne, Jules - Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Voigt, Dicey's Song
Wells, Rosemary - when no one was looking
Yolen, Devil's Arithmetic

North Carolina 1995 ChildrenUs Picture Book Award List
Polacco, Patricia - the bee tree
Henkes, Kevin - Chrysanthemum
Johnson, Paul - the cow who wouldnUt come down
Young, ruth - Golden bear
Wiesner, David - June 29, 1999
Houston, Gloria - My grea aunt arizona
Waddell, Martin - Owl babies
McPhail, David - Pigs aplenty, pigs galore
Meimed, Laura - the rainbabies
Pfister, Marcus = The rainbow fish
Bunting, eve = Red fox running
Rathmann, Peggy - Ruby the copycat
Young, Ed - seven blind mice
Birdseye, Ted - Soap Soap donUt forget the soapU
Cannon, Jannell - Stellaluna
Hopkinson, Deborah - sweet clara and the freedom quilt
Trivizas, Euguene - the three little wolves & the big bad pig
Aardema, Verna - traveling to tondo
Mitchell, Margaree - Uncle JedUs barbershop
McDermott, Gerald - Zomo the rabbit

North Carolina 1995 ChildrenUs Junior Book award 4 - 6 gr
Lowry, Lois - Attaboy sam
Peet, Bill - Bill peet: an autobiography
Jackson, Alison- Blowing bubbles with the enemy
Cooper, Susan - The boggart
Naylor, Phillis - The boys start the war
Prelutsky, Jack -For Laughing out loud
Tate, Eleanora - Front porch stories at the one room school
Byars, Betsy - McMummy
Taylor, Mildred - Mississippi bridge
Bunting, eve - our sixth grade sugar babies
Park, Barbara - Rosie Swanson - Fourth grade geek for president
Roberts, Willio D - scaraed stiff
Hahn Mary d - Stepping on the cracks
Cleary, Beverly - Strider
Avi - Windcatcher

Rhode Island Children book Award list 1996
Ackerman, Karen - the night crossing
Bauer, Marion D - A question of trust
Calvert, Patricia - Bigger
Cerullo, Mary - Lobsters:gangsters of the sea
Charbonnet, Gabrielle - Tutu much ballet
Danziger, Paula - Amber brown is not a crayon
DeFelice, Cynthis - LostmanUs river
Derby, Sally - Jacob and the stranger
Dorris Michael - guests
Facklam, Margery - the big bug book
Getz, david - frozen man
Griffin, Peni - switching well
Hesse, Karen - Sable
Kehret, Peg - the riches kids in town
Kimmel, Eric - I know not what, I know not where
Lasky, Kathryn - the librarian who measured the earth
Paterson, Katherine - flip flop girl
polacco, Patricia - pink and say
quattlebaum Mary - Jackson jones and the puddle of thorns
Wallace, Bill - Blackwater swamp



Florida has two book awards:
Sunshine State Young ReaderUs Award
This yearUs books for Grades 3 - 5 are:
Birdseye, Tom - Just call me stupid
Cavanagh, Helen, - Panther Glade
Danziger, Paula - Amber Brown is not a Crayon
Kelleher, D.V.-Defenders of the universe
MacLachlan, Patricia - Journey
Mills, Claudia - Dianah for President
Petersen, P.J. - The Sub
Reeder, Carolyn - GrandpaUs mountain
Roberts, Willo Davis - What are we going to do about david?
Roop, Peter and Connie - Ahyoka and the talking leaves
Stoltz, Mary -Stealing home
Vigor, John - Danger, dolphins and ginger beer
Wallace, Bill - Blackwater swamp
Woodruff, Elvira - The secret funeral of slim jim the snake

Books for grades 6 - 8
Bunting, eve - the hideout
Cavanagh, Helen - panther glade
Cooney, caroline b - flight #116 is down
Hanson, Joyce - The captive
Heisel, Sharon - Wrapped in a riddle
Kennedy, Barbara - The boy who loved alligators
Korman, Gordon - The twinkie squad
Paulsen, Gary - the river
Reeder, Carolyn - GrandpaUs mountain
Roberts, Willo Davis - What are we going to do about david?
Slote, Alfred -Finding Buck McHenry
Vigor, John - Danger, dolphins and ginger beer
Wallace, Bill - Blackwater swamp
Waardlaw, Lee - Seventh grade weirdo
Whittaker, Dorothy Raymond, - Angels of the swamp

The Florida Reading Association ChildrenUs book award boosk are:
Nikola-Lisa, W - Being with you this way
McGeorge, Constance - BoomerUs big day
Grambling, Lois, - Can I have a stegosaurus, mom? Can I please?
Seymour, Tres - I love my busszrd
Novak, Matt - Mouse TV
Pringle, Lawrence - Octopus hug
Aylesworth, Jim - Old black fly
Medearis, Angela Shelf - Our people








                 M. L. Shields - Lib/Media Specialist
                      Lake Forest Park Elementary
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