georgia book award nominees
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Previews and Reviews2008-2009
Picture
Storybook Award
Grades (K-4)
Joel Taxel, Chair
Georgia Children’s Literaturebook awards
Jo Beth JamesMedia SpecialistRoyston ElementaryRoyston, GA
Mia BuggsYouth Service LibrarianRedan-Trotti BranchDeKalb County LibraryRedan, GA
Roberta GardnerEarly Learning LibrarianThe Galloway SchoolAtlanta, Georgia
Jean HudsonMedia SpecialistWhitesburg Elementary SchoolWhitesburg, GA
Lori Haakenson1st grade teacherDunleith Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA
2008-2009 Georgia Children’s Picture StorybookCommittee Members
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Mama Played Baseball
David Adler
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Do Kangaroos WearSeatbelts?
Jane Kurtz
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Once I Ate Pie
Patricia MacLachlan andEmily MacLachlan Charest
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Abe Lincoln the Boy Who Loved Books
Kay Winters
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Too Many Frogs !
Sandy Asher
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa
Veronica Chambers
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Penda Diakite
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Lilly’s Big Day
Kevin Henkes
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Grandmama’s Pride
Becky Birtha
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum
Lisa Wheeler
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Star of the Week
Barney Saltzberg
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Tooth Fairy’s FirstNight
Ann Bowan
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Coming on Home Soon
Jacqueline Woodson
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Sweet Tooth
Margie Palatini
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
The Patchwork PathA Quilt Map to Freedom
Bettye Stroud
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
My Mountain Song
Shutta Crum
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Manana Iguana
Ann Whitford Paul
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Not a Box
Antoinette Portis
Picture Storybook Award Nomineegrades (K-4)
Jazzy Miz Mozetta
Brenda Roberts
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Candlewik PressChronicle books
Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR Flashlight Press
HarperCollinsHoliday House
Houghton MifflinHyperion Books for Children
Peachtree PublishersPenguin BooksRandom House
Raven Tree Press, LLCScholastic, Inc.
Simon and SchusterAlbert Whitman
JOURNEY TO THE BLUE MOON. Copyright © 2006 Rebecca Rupp. Reproduced by permission of thepublisher, Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
THE PATCHWORK PATH. Text copyright © 2005 Bettye Stroud. Illustrations copyright © 2005 ErinSusanne Bennett. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
LIBRARY LION. Text copyright © 2006 by Michelle Knudsen. Illustrations © copyright 2006 by KevinHawkes. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
STAR OF THE WEEK. Copyright © 2006 Barney Saltzberg. Reproduced by permission of the publisher,Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
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Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Copyright © 2004. Used with permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Viking Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Heat by Mike Lupica. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher, illustrated by Keith Graves. Copyright © 2005. Used with permission of Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Larger-Than-Life Lara by Dandi Daley Mackall. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts? by Jane Kurtz, illustrated by Jane Manning. Copyright © 2005. Used with permission of Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Julie Maren. Copyright © 2005. Used with permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.