The Children's Book Council announced the winners of the third annual Children's Choice Book Awards during a gala held in New York on May 11, 2010, as part of Children's Book Week (May 10-16th). Recipients of the award were selected by over 115,000 online votes by kids across the country through the website www.BookWeekOnline.com.
Now in its third year, the Children's Choice Book Awards Program was founded as a way to provide young readers the opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being written for them, as well as to help create a reading list that will help motivate children to read more, and to cultivate a love of reading.
The winners are:
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
LULU THE BIG LITTLE CHICK written and illustrated by Paulette Bogan (Bloomsbury USA)
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
LUNCH LADY AND THE CYBORG SUBSTITUTE written and illustrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf/Random House)
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
DORK DIARIES: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
Teen Choice Book of the Year
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
Author of the Year
James Patterson for MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel (Little, Brown)
Illustrator of the Year
Peter Brown for THE CURIOUS GARDEN (Little, Brown)
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» For more information about the Children’s Book Council, visit www.cbcbooks.org.
The nominees were:
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
THE BIRTHDAY PET by Ellen Javernick, illustrated by Kevin O'Malley (Marshall Cavendish)
LULU AND THE BIG LITTLE CHICK by Paulette Bogan (Bloomsbury USA)
MOUSE WAS MAD by Linda Urban, illustrated by Henry Cole (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE ODD EGG by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster)
OPPOSNAKES by Salina Yoon (Little Simon/Simon & Schuster)
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
THE BOOK THAT EATS PEOPLE by John Perry, illustrated by Mark Fearing (Tricycle Press)
CORETTA SCOTT by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins)
GONZALO GRABS THE GOOD LIFE by Janice Levy, illustrated by Bill Slavin (Eerdmans)
LUNCH LADY AND THE CYBORG SUBSTITUTE by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf/Random House)
OCEANOLOGY by Ferdinand Zoticus deLessups (Candlewick)
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
THE ADVENTURES OF BENNY by Steve Shreve (Marshall Cavendish)
DORK DIARIES: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
MOONSHOT by Brian Floca (Atheneum/Richard Jackson/Simon & Schuster)
OUTLAW: The Legend of Robin Hood, by Tony Lee, Sam Hart and Artur Fujita (Candlewick)
ZOOBREAK by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Press)
Teen Choice Book of the Year
BLOOD PROMISE: Vampire Academy, Book 4 by Richelle Mead (Razorbill/Penguin)
BLUE MOON: The Immortals, Book 2 by Alyson Noel (St. Martin’s Griffin/Macmillan)
CATCHING FIRE: The Second Book of the Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
CITY OF GLASS: The Mortal Instruments, Book 3 by Cassandra Clare (McElderry/Simon & Schuster)
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Press)
Author of the Year
Suzanne Collins for CATCHING FIRE: The Second Book of the Hunger Games (Scholastic Press)
Carl Hiaasen for SCAT (Knopf/Random House)
Jeff Kinney for DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LAST STRAW and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS (Amulet Books/Abrams)
James Patterson for MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel (Little, Brown)
Rick Riordan for THE LAST OLYMPIAN: Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5 (Disney Hyperion)
Illustrator of the Year
Peter Brown for THE CURIOUS GARDEN (Little, Brown)
Robin Preiss Glasser for FANCY NANCY: EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE (HarperCollins)
Victoria Kann for GOLDILICIOUS (HarperCollins)
Susan Roth for LISTEN TO THE WIND (Dial/Penguin)
David Soman for LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY (Dial/Penguin)
The 2009 Children’s Choice Book Awards
The Children's Book Council announced the winners of the second annual Children's Choice Book Awards during a gala held in New York on May 12, 2009, as part of Children's Book Week (May 11-17th). Recipients of the award were selected by over 220,000 online votes by kids across the country through the website www.BookWeekOnline.com.
Now in its second year, the Children's Choice Book Awards Program was founded as a way to provide young readers the opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being written for them, as well as to help create a reading list that will help motivate children to read more, and to cultivate a love of reading.
The winners are:
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY! written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Disney-Hyperion)
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
SPOOKY CEMETERIES by Dinah Williams (Bearport)
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
THIRTEEN by Lauren Myracle (Dutton/Penguin Young Readers Group)
Teen Choice Book of the Year
BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown and Company)
Author of the Year
Stephenie Meyer, for BREAKING DAWN (Little, Brown and Company)
Illustrator of the Year
Jon J Muth, for ZEN TIES (Scholastic Press)
-For more information about the Children’s Choice Book Awards, visit www.BookWeekOnline.com.
-For more information about the Children’s Book Council, visit www.cbcbooks.org.
The nominees were:
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
THE DONUT CHEF by Bob Staake (Golden Books/Random House)
KATIE LOVES THE KITTENS by John Himmelman (Henry Holt)
THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY! written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Disney-Hyperion)
SORT IT OUT! by Barbara Mariconda, illustrated by Sherry Rogers (Sylvan Dell)
THOSE DARN SQUIRRELS! by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri (Clarion)
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
BABYMOUSE: PUPPY LOVE by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm (Random House)
ONE MILLION THINGS: A Visual Encyclopedia, by Peter Chrisp (DK)
SPOOKY CEMETERIES by Dinah Williams (Bearport)
UNDERWEAR: What We Wear Under There, by Ruth Freeman Swain, illustrated by John O’Brien (Holiday House)
WILLOW by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan, illustrated by Cyd Moore (Sleeping Bear)
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
100 MOST DANGEROUS THINGS ON THE PLANET by Anna Claybourne (Scholastic Reference)
AMULET, BOOK ONE: THE STONEKEEPER by Kazu Kibuishi (Graphix/Scholastic)
THE BIG FIELD by Mike Lupica (Philomel/Penguin Young Readers Group)
SWORDS: An Artist's Devotion, by Ben Boos (Candlewick)
THIRTEEN by Lauren Myracle (Dutton/Penguin Young Readers Group)
Teen Choice Book of the Year
AIRHEAD by Meg Cabot (Point/Scholastic)
BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown and Company)
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
LOCK AND KEY by Sarah Dessen (Viking/Penguin Young Readers Group)
PAPER TOWNS by John Green (Dutton/Penguin Young Readers Group)
Author of the Year
Jeff Kinney, for DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (Amulet/Abrams)
Stephenie Meyer, for BREAKING DAWN (Little, Brown and Company)
Christopher Paolini, for BRISINGR (Knopf/Random House)
James Patterson, for MAXIMUM RIDE: THE FINAL WARNING (Little, Brown and Company)
Rick Riordan, for PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH (Disney-Hyperion)
Illustrator of the Year
Laura Cornell, for BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE by Jamie Lee Curtis (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins)
Robin Preiss Glasser, for FANCY NANCY: BONJOUR BUTTERFLY! by Jane O’Connor (HarperCollins)
David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon, for SMASH! CRASH! by Jon Scieszka (Simon & Schuster)
Jon J Muth, for ZEN TIES (Scholastic Press)
Mo Willems, for THE PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY! (Disney-Hyperion)
The 2008 Children's Choice Book Awards
On May 13th, 2008, the Children's Book Council (CBC) announced the winners of the newly launched Children's Choice Book Awards. The three titles and two authors honored in each of the five categories were selected from finalists compiled from bestseller lists, including those by BookScan, The New York Times and USA Today. Children across the country then cast nearly 55,000 votes at book stores, school libraries and at BookWeekOnline.com. The awards were presented at a gala held in New York City as part of this year's Children's Book Week, held from May 12-18.
This year's winners are:
KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
FRANKIE STEIN by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Kevan Atteberry (Marshall Cavendish)
FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
BIG CATS by Elaine Landau (Enslow Publishers)
ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Ian Falconer, OLIVIA HELPS WITH CHRISTMAS (Simon & Schuster)
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
J. K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Scholastic)
