Volunteer State Book Award - Primary

Awards List

2015

Sky Color
(Nominee)
Peter H. Reynolds

Unspoken
(Nominee)
Henry Cole

The Book Boat's In
(Nominee)
Cynthia Cotten

Lucky Ducklings
(Nominee)
Eva Moore

How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

That Is Not a Good Idea!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf
(Nominee)
Mark Teague

The Favorite Daughter
(Nominee)
Allen Say

Papa's Mechanical Fish
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

Sophie's Squash
(Nominee)
Pat Zietlow Miller

A Very Witchy Spelling Bee
(Nominee)
George Shannon

Make Tree Magic
(Nominee)
Christie Matheson

If It's Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws!
(Nominee)
Kim Norman

The Invisible Boy
(Nominee)
Trudy Ludwig

Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses
(Nominee)
James Dean

2014

Creepy Carrots!
(Winner)
Aaron Reynolds

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Nominee)
Devin Scillian

These Hands
(Nominee)
Margaret H. Mason

Charlie the Ranch Dog
(Nominee)
Ree Drummond

Tales for Very Picky Eaters
(Nominee)
Josh Schneider

A Storm Called Katrina
(Nominee)
Myron Uhlberg

Neville
(Nominee)
Norton Juster

Senorita Gordita
(Nominee)
Helen Ketteman

Z Is for Moose
(Nominee)
Kelly Bingham

On My Way to the Bath
(Nominee)
Sarah Maizes

It's a Tiger!
(Nominee)
David LaRochelle

Lost and Found
(Nominee)
Bill Harley

Charley's First Night
(Nominee)
Amy Hest

A is for Musk Ox
(Nominee)
Erin Cabatingan

This Is Not My Hat
(Nominee)
Jon Klassen

2013

The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man
(Winner)
Michael Chabon

Duck! Rabbit!
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

The Pirate of Kindergarten
(Nominee)
George Ella Lyon

Worms for Lunch?
(Nominee)
Leonid Gore

Me... Jane
(Nominee)
Patrick McDonnell

Perfect Square
(Nominee)
Michael Hall

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

Oh, Harry!
(Nominee)
Maxine Kumin

Tweak Tweak
(Nominee)
Eve Bunting

Detective Blue
(Nominee)
Steve Metzger

Me and My Dragon
(Nominee)
David Biedrzycki

I Had a Favorite Dress
(Nominee)
Boni Ashburn

Cows to the Rescue
(Nominee)
John Himmelman

Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed
(Nominee)
Eileen Christelow

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
(Nominee)
Joyce Sidman

One Cool Friend
(Nominee)
Toni Buzzeo

2012

The Pout-Pout Fish
(Runner-Up)
Deborah Diesen

The Plot Chickens
(Nominee)
Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

Duck for Turkey Day
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Jules

Crow Call
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Chalk
(Runner-Up)
Bill Thomson

Wonder Horse
(Nominee)
Emily Arnold McCully

LMNO Peas
(Nominee)
Keith Baker

Junkyard Wonders
(Nominee)
Patricia Polacco

Interrupting Chicken
(Runner-Up)
David Ezra Stein

Zero
(Nominee)
Kathryn Otoshi

Art & Max
(Nominee)
David Wiesner

GUYKU
(Nominee)
Bob Raczka

My Name Is Not Isabella
(Nominee)
Jennifer Fosberry

Rain School
(Nominee)
James Rumford

Award Categories

Grades 4-6

Grades K-3

High School

Intermediate

Middle School

Primary

Young Adult

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