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M A I N  L I B R A R Y
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Tallahassee, FL 32301  
(850) 606-2665
TDD (850) 606-2603


Children's Book Week 2008
 

The Children's Choice
Book Awards 2008 Finalists

DID YOU VOTE?  FIND OUT WHO WON...

Favorite Book for Grades K-2

  • Dino Dinners by Mick Manning
    and Brita Granstrom (Holiday
    House)

  • Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping
    by Eileen Christelow (Clarion)

  • Frankie Stein written by Lola
    M. Schaefer, illustrated by Kevan
    Atteberry (Marshall Cavendish)

  • Three Little Fish and the Big
    Bad Shark
    written by Ken Geist,
    illustrated by Julia Gorton
    (Cartwheel Books/Scholastic)

  • Tucker's Spooky Halloween by
    Leslie McGuirk (Candlewick Press)

Favorite Book for Grades 3-4

  • Babymouse: Camp Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House)

  • Big Cats by Elaine Landau (Enslow Publishers)

  • Monday With a Mad Genius written by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca (Random House)

  • The Richest Poor Kid written by Carl Sommer, illustrated by Jorge Martinez (Advance Publishing)

  • Wolves by Duncan Searl (Bearport)

Favorite Book for Grades 5-6

  • Beowulf: Monster Slayer written by Paul D. Storrie, illustrated by Ron Randall (Lerner)

  • Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth about Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More by Joshua Gee (Scholastic)

  • Ghosts by Stephen Krensky (Lerner)

  • The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley by Amy Lissiat and Colin Thompson (Kane/Miller)

  • When the Shadbush Blooms written by Carla Messinger with Susan Katz, illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden (Tricycle Press)

2007 Author of the Year

  • Anthony Horowitz, Snakehead (Alex Rider Adventure) (Philomel/Penguin)

  • Erin Hunter, Warriors, Powers of Three: The Sight (HarperCollins)

  • Jeff Kinney, Diary of Wimpy Kid (Abrams)

  • Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse (Disney Book Group)

  • J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Scholastic)

2007 Illustrator of the Year

  • Jan Brett, Three Snow Bears (Putnam/Penguin)

  • Ian Falconer, Olivia Helps with Christmas (Simon & Schuster)

  • Robin Preiss Glasser, Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy (HarperCollins)

  • Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic)

  • Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity (Disney Book Group)
BOOKMARK CONTEST FOR 2009,
starts June 1, 2008 and ends December 31, 2008
Click here for application forms

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