West Virginia Children's Book Award - Children's

Awards List

2014

The One and Only Ivan
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

Canary in the Coal Mine
(Nominee)
Madelyn Rosenberg

Three Times Lucky
(Nominee)
Sheila Turnage

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

Lulu and the Duck in the Park
(Nominee)
Hilary McKay

Malcolm at Midnight
(Nominee)
W.H. Beck

Each Kindness
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Son
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Twelve Kinds of Ice
(Nominee)
Ellen Bryan Obed

2013

No Ordinary Day
(Winner)
Deborah Ellis

The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
(Second Place)
Meg Wolitzer

Soldier Bear
(Second Place)
Bibi Dumon Tak

Missing
(Runner-Up)
Colleen Anderson

Wonderstruck
(Third Place)
Brian Selznick

2012

The Storm in the Barn
(Winner)
Matt Phelan

Sparrow Girl
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

The Year of the Bomb
(Nominee)
Ronald Kidd

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Odd and the Frost Giants
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

Signal
(Nominee)
Cynthia DeFelice

Runaway Twin
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

Woods Runner
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

One Crazy Summer
(Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Animal Crackers Fly the Coop
(Nominee)
Kevin O'Malley

Falling in
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Kathryn Erskine

Mokie and Bik Go to Sea
(Nominee)
Wendy Orr

Word After Word After Word
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Dust Devil
(Nominee)
Anne Isaacs

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

Passing the Music Down
(Nominee)
Sarah Sullivan

2011

Bird
(Winner)
Zetta Elliott

My Dad's a Birdman
(Nominee)
David Almond

The Buddha's Diamonds
(Nominee)
Carolyn Marsden

Silent Music
(Nominee)
James Rumford

The Underneath
(Nominee)
Kathi Appelt

The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short
(Nominee)
Gerald Morris

The Moon Over Star
(Nominee)
Dianna Hutts Aston

Wabi Sabi
(Nominee)
Mark Reibstein

11 Birthdays
(Second Place)
Wendy Mass

Dying to Meet You
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Kelly

When You Reach Me
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

A Season of Gifts
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

Crow Call
(Third Place)
Lois Lowry

Chains
(Fourth Place)
Laurie Halse Anderson

2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
(Winner)
Jeff Kinney

Beowulf
(Second Place)
James Rumford

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Waiting for Normal
(Nominee)
Leslie Connor

The Willoughbys
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Bird Lake Moon
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Buffalo Music
(Nominee)
Tracey E. Fern

Cracker!
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

My One Hundred Adventures
(Nominee)
Polly Horvath

The Wild Girls
(Nominee)
Pat Murphy

Gully's Travels
(Nominee)
Tor Seidler

Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple Story
(Third Place)
Anna Egan Smucker

2009

Maybelle in the Soup
(Winner)
Katie Speck

Dogboy
(Nominee)
Christopher Russell

Henry's Freedom Box
(Second Place)
Ellen Levine

Gabriel's Horses
(Nominee)
Alison Hart

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu
(Third Place)
Jamie Mcewan

2008

Witch Catcher
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

The Scarecrow and His Servant
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

To Keep the South Manitou Light
(Second Place)
Anna Egan Smucker

Code Talker
(Nominee)
Joseph Bruchac

The Lightning Thief
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

Queen of the World!
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Sky Boys
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson; James E. Ransome

Gossamer
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Rules
(Third Place)
Cynthia Lord

2007

Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
(Winner)
Frank Asch

The S.O.S File
(Honor Book)
Betsy Byars / Betsy Cromer Byars

Apples to Oregon
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Smarter than Squirrels
(Honor Book)
Lucy A. Nolan

Thunder From The Sea
(Nominee)
Joan Hiatt Harlow

2006

The Haunting of Swain's Fancy
(Winner)
Brenda Seabrooke

Kensuke's Kingdom
(Honor Book)
Michael Morpurgo
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Doing Time Online
(Nominee)
Jan Siebold

Tippy Lemmey
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

The City of Ember
(Honor Book)
Jeanne Duprau

Snowboarding on Monster Mountain
(Nominee)
Eve Bunting

2005

Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
(Winner)
Diane Stanley

Gooney Bird Greene
(Honor Book)
Lois Lowry

2004

No More Nasty
(Winner)
Amy MacDonald

2003

Because of Winn-Dixie
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

2002

Dork in Disguise
(Winner)
Carol Gorman

2001

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

2000

The Adventures of Captain Underpants
(Winner)
Dav Pilkey

1998

Earthquake Terror
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

1997

Nasty, Stinky Sneakers
(Winner)
Eve Bunting

1996

Boys Start the War
(Winner)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1995

Taxi Cat and Huey
(Winner)
Gen Leroy

1994

Shiloh
(Winner)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1993

Maniac Magee
(Winner)
Jerry Spinelli

1992

Matilda
(Winner)
Roald Dahl

1991

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
(Winner)
Louis Sachar

1990

Fudge
(Winner)
Charlotte Graeber

1989

Class Clown
(Winner)
Johanna Hurwitz
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1988

Herbie Jones
(Winner)
Suzy Kline
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1987

Ralph S. Mouse
(Winner)
Beverly Cleary

1986

Mustard
(Winner)
Charlotte Graeber

1985

Jumanji
(Winner)
Chris Van Allsburg

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