Kindergarten Level Award Winners
Title
Author
Lexile Pages
Watch Out!
Big Bro's
Coming!
Alborough, Jez 110L
Baboon
Banks, Kate
Night Worker,
Banks, Kate
The
Bus for Us,
The
Bloom,
Suzanne
Fossil Girl,
The: Mary
Anning's
Dinosaur
Discovery
Brighton,
Catherine
Arthur's
Underwear
25
Awards
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book
(Nominated, 2000), Beehive
Children's Picture Book
Award (Won, 1999)
Georgia Children's Picture
Ageappropriate
range
3 to 8
AD210L 32 StoryBook Award
3 to 6
AD260L 31
2 to 6
70L
250L
(Nominated, 1999)
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2002),
Charlotte Zolotow Award
(Won, 2001), American
Library Association Notable
Books for Children (Won,
2001), Florida Reading
Association Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2004)
Pennsylvania Young
27 Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2003)
3 to 7
24
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1999)
5 to 8
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2002),
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2002)
4 to 8
Brown, Marc
230L
30
Arthur's
Brown, Marc
Reading Race
140L
24 Book Awards (Won, 1999)
Garden State Children's
5 to 8
Subject
categories
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
Social Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Business & Law;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Adventure;
Animals;
Biography;
Juvenile
Nonfiction;
Nature; Science
& Technology;
Social Issues
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Book! Book!
Book!
Bruss,
Deborah
AD220L 29
California Young Reader
Medal (Nominated, 2004),
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2004), BlackEyed Susan Book Award
(Nominated, 2003),
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2004), SCASL
Book Award (South
Carolina) (Nominated,
2006)
2 to 6
Benjamin
McFadden and
Black-Eyed Susan Book
Bush, Timothy AD240L 30
Award (Nominated, 2001)
the Robot
Babysitter
5 to 8
Very Clumsy
Click Beetle, Carle, Eric
The
Buckeye Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2001)
3 to 8
Nevada Young Reader's
Award (Nominated, 2005),
Minnesota Book Awards
(Nominated, 2004)
3 to 6
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2002)
5 to 8
One-Dog
Canoe
Casanova,
Mary
Dad and Me
Catalanotto,
Peter
Emily's Art
Catalanotto,
Peter
Wake Up, Big Chitwood,
Suzanne
Barn!
AD210L 26
190L
30
AD240L 34
AD200L 24
AD160L 30
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2005), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Nominated, 2005),
Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award (Nominated,
2004)
Southern Independent
Booksellers Alliance Book
Awards (Nominated, 2003)
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Business & Law;
Fantasy; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Science
& Technology
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Sports
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
5 to 8
Art; Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Sports
3 to 7
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
Great Pig
Search, The
Mr. Tanen's
Ties
Christelow,
Eileen
Cocca-Leffler,
Maryann
AD260L 29
260L
32
Arizona Young Reader's
Award (Nominated, 2003),
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
2001)
California Young Reader
Medal (Nominated, 2002),
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Won, 2003), Show Me
Readers Award (Nominated,
2002), Arkansas Diamond
Primary Book Award
(Nominated, 2002), Florida
Reading Association
Children's Book Award
(Won, 2001)
Missing: One Cocca-Leffler,
Maryland Children's Book
AD190L 31 Award (Nominated, 2001)
Maryann
Stuffed Rabbit
Clever Cat
Collington,
Peter
Click, Clack,
Cronin,
Moo: Cows
Doreen
That Type
5 to 8
5 to 8
5 to 8
AD190L 30
Virginia Reader's Choice
Awards (Nominated, 2003)
4 to 8
AD160L 30
Caldecott Medal
(Nominated, 2001), Flicker
Tale Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2002),
California Young Reader
Medal (Nominated, 2003),
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2003),
Pennsylvania Young
Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2002), Show
Me Readers Award
(Nominated, 2003),
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book
(Nominated, 2002), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Nominated, 2003),
Black-Eyed Susan Book
Award (Won, 2002),
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2003), North
3 to 7
& Places
Animals;
Biography;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
& Places
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Carolina Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2002),
Arizona Young Reader's
Award (Nominated, 2002),
Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award (Nominated,
2003), Beehive Children's
Picture Book Award
(Nominated, 2002), Book
Sense Book of the Year
(Nominated, 2001),
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2002),
Golden Archer Award
(Wisconsin) (Nominated,
2002), Golden Sower Award
(Nominated, 2003), School
Library Journal Best Books
of the Year (Won, 2000),
Charlotte Zolotow Award
(Nominated, 2001), Georgia
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2003),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2001),
Great Lakes' Great Books
Award (Nominated, 2002),
Publishers Weekly Best
Children's Books (Won,
2000), ABC Children's
Booksellers Choices Awards
(Won, 2001), Maryland
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2002), New
York State Charlotte Award
(Won, 2002), Red Clover
Award (Won, 2002),
Treasure State Award
(Nominated, 2002)
Today I Feel
ABC Children's Booksellers
Silly & Other Curtis, Jamie
AD250L 28 Choices Awards (Won,
Moods That Lee
1999)
Make My Day
Inspector
Hopper
Cushman,
Doug
150L
Garden State Children's
64 Book Awards (Nominated,
2003)
4 to 8
4 to 8
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
Social Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile;
Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award (Nominated,
2003), Colorado Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2002), Nevada Young
Reader's Award
(Nominated, 2003)
First Day
Jitters
Danneberg,
Julie
AD210L 28
Bud And
Gabby
Davis, Anne
AD220L 29 Choice Picture Book
Sody
Salleratus
Davis, Aubrey
Ted
DiTerlizzi,
Tony
Gruffalo, The
Donaldson,
Julia
Washington Children's
(Nominated, 2009)
240L
230L
29
34
AD200L 30
North Carolina Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2001)
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Won, 2005), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Nominated, 2003),
Beehive Children's Picture
Book Award (Nominated,
2003), Buckeye Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2004), Georgia Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2003)
Nestlé Children's Book Prize
(Won, 1999), Washington
Children's Choice Picture
Book (Nominated, 2002),
Emphasis on Reading Award
(Won, 2001)
Pura Belpre Award
Papa And Me Dorros, Arthur AD250L 24 (Nominated, 2009)
Moon Ring,
DuBurke,
AD150L 26
John Steptoe Award for New
Talent (Won, 2003)
5 to 9
3 to 7
3 to 7
Mystery
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Fairy Tales,
Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
4 to 6
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
4 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
4 to 8
Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues; Travel &
Places
4 to 8
Fiction &
The
Randy
Pie Went By,
Volunteer State Book Award
Dunn, Carolyn AD230L 21 (Nominated, 2003)
A
Waiting for
Wings
Ehlert, Lois
AD160L 17
OliviaÂ… and
Falconer, Ian AD210L 30
the Missing
Toy
Olivia Saves
the Circus
Falconer, Ian
AD70L
35
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2004), Virginia
Reader's Choice Awards
(Nominated, 2004), SCASL
Book Award (South
Carolina) (Nominated,
2006), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2002),
Publishers Weekly Best
Children's Books
(Nominated, 2001), ABC
Children's Booksellers
Choices Awards (Won,
2002)
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award
(Nominated, 2006), Book
Sense Book of the Year
(Nominated, 2004), Buckeye
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2004),
Publishers Weekly Best
Children's Books (Won,
2003)
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award
(Nominated, 2003), Book
Sense Book of the Year
(Won, 2002), Colorado
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2003), School
Library Journal Best Books
of the Year (Won, 2001),
Georgia Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2003),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2002),
New York Times Notable
Books of the Year (Won,
2001), Publishers Weekly
Best Children's Books
3 to 6
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fairy
Tales, Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
3 to 7
Animals;
Juvenile
Nonfiction;
Nature
3 to 7
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
3 to 7
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Music,
TV, Movies, &
more
Bark, George Feiffer, Jules
Diary of a
Wombat
French, Jackie
AD130L 30
170L
29
(Nominated, 2001), ABC
Children's Booksellers
Choices Awards (Won,
2002), Maryland Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2003)
Flicker Tale Children's Book
Award (Won, 2002),
Pennsylvania Young
Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2002), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Won, 2002),
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2003), North
Carolina Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2001),
Arizona Young Reader's
Award (Won, 2002),
Nevada Young Reader's
Award (Nominated, 2002),
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1999), Buckeye Children's
Book Award (Won, 2001),
Charlotte Zolotow Award
(Nominated, 2000),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2000),
Great Lakes' Great Books
Award (Won, 2002),
Maryland Children's Book
Award (Won, 2002), Florida
Reading Association
Children's Book Award
(Won, 2003), Red Clover
Award (Won, 2001)
Black-Eyed Susan Book
Award (Nominated, 2005),
North Carolina Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2005), Book Sense Book of
the Year (Nominated, 2004),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2004),
COOL (Canberra's Own
Outstanding List) Award
(Won, 2003), Bilby (Books I
Love Best Yearly) Award
2 to 6
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
5 to 8
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
(Nominated, 2004), Bilby
(Books I Love Best Yearly)
Award (Nominated, 2007),
Australian Children's Book
of the Year Awards
(Nominated, 2003)
One Lonely
Sea Horse
Freymann,
Saxton
Mama's
Perfect
Present
Goode, Diane
AD140L 28
210L
Where is that
Greene, Carol AD20L
Cat?
Emphasis on Reading Award
(Nominated, 2002)
4 to 8
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award
(Nominated, 2001)
3 to 8
Arkansas Diamond Primary
15 Book Award (Nominated,
2002)
I'm Not Going
Volunteer State Book Award
to Chase the Harper, Jessica AD240L 22 (Nominated, 2004)
Cat Today!
Goodbye
Mousie
Publishers Weekly Best
Harris, Robie
AD140L 23 Children's Books
H.
(Nominated, 2001)
Some Things Heide,
Golden Sower Award
AD110L 29
(Nominated, 2004)
Florence Parry
Are Scary
Storm, The
Henderson,
Kathy
Off to School,
Hest, Amy
Baby Duck!
4 to 7
3 to 8
4 to 8
5 to 9
AD250L 23
Kate Greenaway Medal
(Nominated, 1999)
5 to 8
AD100L 24
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1999)
3 to 6
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile;
Juvenile
Nonfiction;
Social Issues
Biography;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
& Places
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
Social Issues
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Science &
Technology
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
In the Rain
with Baby
Ducks
Hest, Amy
AD240L
Boston Globe-Horn Book
Awards (Won, 1996)
4 to 8
Baby Duck
and the Bad
Eyeglasses
Hest, Amy
250L
Nevada Young Reader's
Award (Nominated, 1999)
3 to 6
Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award (Nominated,
2001), SCASL Book Award
(South Carolina)
(Nominated, 2001)
4 to 7
Christmas
Tree in the
Hines, Gary
White House,
A
Howard,
Cosmo Zooms
Arthur
Virgie Goes to Howard,
School with Us Elizabeth
Fitzgerald
Boys
Wind Blew,
The
Hutchins, Pat
Kipper's A to
Inkpen, Mick
Z: An
AD240L 32
AD180L 29
190L
50L
AD90L
30
30
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book (Won,
2002), Volunteer State Book
Award (Won, 2003)
Coretta Scott King Awards
(Nominated, 2001), SCASL
Book Award (South
Carolina) (Nominated,
2003), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2001),
Carolyn W. Field Award
(Pennsylvania Library
Association) (Won, 2001)
Kate Greenaway Medal
(Won, 1974)
Nestlé Children's Book Prize
52 (Won, 2001), American
Social Issues
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Science &
Technology;
Social Issues
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Religion &
Beliefs; Science
& Technology
4 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
5 to 8
Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
& Places
3 to 6
3 to 7
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Science &
Technology
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Library Association Notable
Books for Children (Won,
2002), Publishers Weekly
Best Children's Books
(Nominated, 2001)
Alphabet
Adventure
Max
Little One
Step
Isadora,
Rachel
180L
James, Simon AD90L
Flicker Tale Children's Book
28 Award (Nominated, 1987)
26
Five Creatures Jenkins, Emily AD130L 24
Henry Hikes
to Fitchburg
Johnson,
Donald B.
AD170L 28
Iguana
Johnston, Tony 160L
Brothers, The
28
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
2003), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2004)
Boston Globe-Horn Book
Awards (Nominated, 2001),
Charlotte Zolotow Award
(Nominated, 2002),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2002)
Boston Globe-Horn Book
Awards (Won, 2000),
California Young Reader
Medal (Nominated, 2003),
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award
(Nominated, 2004), Beehive
Children's Picture Book
Award (Nominated, 2002),
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
2000), Publishers Weekly
Best Children's Books
(Won, 2000), ABC
Children's Booksellers
Choices Awards (Won,
2001), Maryland Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2002), Giverny Book Award
(Won, 2001)
Show Me Readers Award
(Nominated, 1997)
5 to 8
4 to 8
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile;
Juvenile
Nonfiction
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Music,
TV, Movies, &
more; Sports
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
3 to 6
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
5 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Nature
4 to 8
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Chizzywink
and the
Johnston, Tony AD240L 27
Alamagoozlum
, The
Trek, The
Jonas, Ann
Sweet Dreams:
Kajikawa,
How Animals
Kimiko
Sleep
Mightiest, The Kasza, Keiko
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award
(Nominated, 2003), Buckeye
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2001), Georgia
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2003)
Boston Globe-Horn Book
5 to 8
AD250L 32 Awards (Nominated, 1986)
3 to 8
30
Florida Reading Association
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2001)
4 to 7
30
Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award (Nominated,
2004)
2 to 6
250L
240L
North Carolina Children's
Anansi and the Kimmel, Eric
AD170L 32 Book Award (Nominated,
Magic Stick A.
2004)
5 to 8
Zelda and Ivy
Kvasnosky,
and the Boy
Laura McGee
Next Door
220L
37 (Nominated, 2001)
5 to 9
Trouble Will Lexau, Joan
M.
Find You
190L
68 Poe Awards) (Nominated,
Inch by Inch
Lionni, Leo
210L
Emma's
Strange Pet
Little, Jean
260L
64 Book Awards (Nominated,
4 to 8
Emma's
Little, Jean
200L
64 American Library
4 to 8
Bluegrass Award
Edgar Awards (Edgar Allan
1995)
Caldecott Medal
(Nominated, 1961)
Garden State Children's
2006)
4 to 11
3 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Health;
Juvenile
Nonfiction
Animals;
Fantasy; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Fairy Tales,
Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile;
Mystery
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Family,
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2002)
Yucky Brother
American Library
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Science &
Technology;
Social Issues
Harley
Livingstone,
Star
200L
62 Association Notable Books
Shawn and
Keeper and
the Birthday
Party
London,
Jonathan
60L
30 Book Awards (Nominated,
One Lucky
Girl
Lyon, George
Bluegrass Award (Won,
AD260L 28 2002)
Ella
Pickin' Peas
MacDonald,
(Won, 2001), Golden Archer
AD150L 28
Award (Wisconsin)
Margaret Read
4 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
MacLachlan,
Virginia Reader's Choice
AD240L 25
Awards (Nominated, 2004)
Patricia
4 to 8
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile
4 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
4 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
3 to 6
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
for Children (Won, 2002)
Garden State Children's
5 to 7
4 to 7
2002)
5 to 8
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2001)
Sick Day, The
Geese Find the
Missing Piece:
Maestro,
School Time
Giulio
Riddle
Rhymes
Marshall,
Fox on the Job
James
140L
150L
48
Garden State Children's
Book Awards (Nominated,
2002)
48
Garden State Children's
Book Awards (Won, 1991)
Volunteer State Book Award
Baby BeeBee Massie, Diane
(Won, 2004), Great Lakes'
AD190L 31 Great Books Award (Won,
Redfield
Bird, The
2003)
Littlebat's
Halloween
Story
Widget and
Mayr, Diane
McFarland,
AD230L 29
190L
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2004)
30 Great Lakes' Great Books
4 to 7
3 to 6
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
the Puppy
Lyn Rossiter
Award (Nominated, 2006)
AD210L 30
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2004), Arizona
Young Reader's Award
(Nominated, 2003), Kate
Greenaway Medal
(Nominated, 1999)
4 to 8
Mole and the Newman,
Marjorie
Baby Bird
AD120L 25
Christopher Book Awards
(Nominated, 2003), School
Library Journal Best Books
of the Year (Won, 2002)
4 to 8
If You Take a
Numeroff,
Mouse to the
Laura Joffe
Movies
AD240L 28
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2002)
3 to 7
Big Numbers:
And Pictures
Packard,
that Show Just
Edward
How Big They
Are!
AD200L 28 Award (Nominated, 2002)
Palatini,
Margie
AD210L 30 Medal (Nominated, 2006)
Wombat Goes Morpurgo,
Michael
Walkabout
Perfect Pet,
The
Bedhead
Palatini,
Margie
Amelia Bedelia
Parish, Peggy
Goes Camping
Head, Body,
Paye, WonLegs; A Story
Ldy
from Liberia
Great Lakes' Great Books
California Young Reader
5 to 9
4 to 7
140L
32
Flicker Tale Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2004),
Young Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2004), Golden
Sower Award (Won, 2003)
110L
59
Garden State Children's
Book Awards (Won, 1988)
4 to 8
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book
(Nominated, 2004), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Nominated, 2005),
American Library
Association Notable Books
3 to 7
AD220L 30
4 to 8
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals;
Biography;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
& Places
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile;
Romance
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile;
Religion &
Beliefs
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Juvenile
Nonfiction
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile
Business & Law;
Fiction &
Literature;
Humor &
Games; Juvenile;
Sports
Fairy Tales,
Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
for Children (Won, 2003),
Red Clover Award
(Nominated, 2004)
American Wei, Pomeranc,
Marion H.
The
Show Me Readers Award
(Nominated, 1999)
5 to 10
30
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
2003), New York Times
Notable Books of the Year
(Won, 2003)
3 to 7
Party, The
Reid, Barbara AD180L 30
Governor Generals Literary
Awards (Won, 1997)
4 to 7
Oliver Finds
His Way
Root, Phyllis
Henry and
Mudge and
Annie's
Perfect Pet
Rylant,
Cynthia
Day in the Life Provensen,
of Murphy, A Alice
AD210L 29
40L
School Library Journal Best
AD200L 31 Books of the Year (Won,
2002)
180L
Saint-James,
Greetings Sun
Synthia
120L
Sign Painter,
Say, Allen
The
250L
Bear's Eggs
Schubert,
Ingrid
Cat in the Hat,
Seuss, Dr.
The
Snow
Shulevitz, Uri
Garden State Children's
40 Book Awards (Won, 2003)
Americas Award for
Children's and Young Adult
Literature (Nominated,
1998)
Publishers Weekly Best
32 Children's Books (Won,
AD220L 23
2000)
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book
(Nominated, 2002)
Bilby (Books I Love Best
3 to 6
5 to 8
4 to 8
5 to 8
2 to 8
260L
61 Yearly) Award (Won, 2004)
5 to 8
220L
28 Caldecott Medal
4 to 8
Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
Social Issues;
Travel & Places
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
& Places
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Fairy Tales,
Myths, &
Folktales;
Fantasy; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Art; Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Science &
Technology
(Nominated, 1999), Young
Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2001), Golden
Kite Awards (Won, 1998),
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1998), Charlotte Zolotow
Award (Won, 1999),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 1999),
Spur Awards (Nominated,
2000)
Come Along,
Simmons, Jane 180L
Daisy!
Stray Dog, TheSimont, Marc
Madlenka
Fire Truck
Sis, Peter
Sis, Peter
60L
30
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1998)
26
Caldecott Medal
(Nominated, 2002), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Nominated, 2004),
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2003), North
Carolina Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2003),
Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award (Nominated,
2004), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2002),
Red Clover Award
(Nominated, 2003)
Publishers Weekly Best
AD110L 37 Children's Books (Won,
2000)
AD40L
20
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 1999),
ABC Children's Booksellers
Choices Awards (Won,
1999)
3 to 7
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
4 to 8
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
4 to 8
Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
Travel & Places
3 to 6
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Secret Stars,
The
Slate, Joseph
AD250L 29
Dear Daisy,
Smith, Maggie AD70L
Get Well Soon
No Dinner!
Souhami,
Jessica
29
AD230L 26
Americas Award for
Children's and Young Adult
Literature (Nominated,
1998), Pura Belpre Award
(Nominated, 2000)
5 to 8
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2002)
5 to 8
Volunteer State Book Award
(Nominated, 2004)
5 to 8
Garden State Children's
Know-Nothing Spirn, Michele
Halloween, A Sobel
260L
48 Book Awards (Nominated,
Cats of Mrs.
Stadler, John
Calamari, The
170L
32 StoryBook Award
2003)
Georgia Children's Picture
(Nominated, 2001)
New York Times Notable
Books of the Year (Won,
2003), Publishers Weekly
Best Children's Books
(Won, 2003)
When
Everybody
Wore a Hat
Steig, William
240L
34
My Big Dog
Stevens, Janet
180L
31 Award (Nominated, 2000)
Colorado Children's Book
4 to 8
3 to 6
5 to 10
4 to 7
Biography;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Travel & Places
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Health; Juvenile;
Juvenile
Nonfiction
Fairy Tales,
Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Humor &
Games; Juvenile;
Juvenile
Nonfiction;
Mystery
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Humor &
Games; Juvenile;
Travel & Places
Art; Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Graphic Novels
& Comics; Social
Issues
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
And the Dish
Stevens, Janet AD200L 46
Ran Away
with the Spoon
Don't Make
Me Laugh
Stevenson,
James
AD100L 30
Friend For
Minerva
Louise, A
Stoeke, Janet
Morgan
Snow
Stojic, Manya AD70L
200L
22
California Young Reader
Medal (Won, 2004), Young
Hoosier Book Award
(Nominated, 2004),
Pennsylvania Young
Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2004), Show
Me Readers Award
(Nominated, 2004),
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book
(Nominated, 2003), BlackEyed Susan Book Award
(Nominated, 2003),
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2003),
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2003),
Golden Sower Award
(Nominated, 2004), SCASL
Book Award (South
Carolina) (Nominated,
2006), Georgia Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2004), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2002),
Bluebonnet Award
(Nominated, 2003), Original
Voices Award (Nominated,
2002), Red Clover Award
(Nominated, 2003)
5 to 8
Red Clover Award
(Nominated, 2001)
3 to 6
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1997), New York Times
Notable Books of the Year
(Won, 1997)
2 to 6
School Library Journal Best
28 Books of the Year (Won,
2002)
3 to 6
Fairy Tales,
Myths, &
Folktales;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Juvenile
Nonfiction
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Rain
Stojic, Manya AD120L 29
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award
(Nominated, 2004),
Bluegrass Award
(Nominated, 2002), School
Library Journal Best Books
of the Year (Won, 2000),
Emphasis on Reading Award
(Nominated, 2002)
American Library
Thomas,
Get Well,
AD120L 44 Association Notable Books
Good Knight Shelley Moore
for Children (Won, 2003)
Good Night, Thomas,
Good Knight Shelley Moore
Amanda Pig, Van Leeuwen,
Jean
Schoolgirl
Dot and
Jabber and theWalsh, Ellen
Stoll
Big Bug
Mystery
For Pete's
Sake
Walsh, Ellen
Stoll
50L
240L
48
43
AD190L 27
20L
California Young Reader
Medal (Nominated, 2003),
Pennsylvania Young
Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2003), School
Library Journal Best Books
of the Year (Won, 2000),
Garden State Children's
Book Awards (Nominated,
2003), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2001)
5 to 8
3 to 7
4 to 7
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
1997)
4 to 8
National Outdoor Book
Awards (Won, 2003)
3 to 7
Pennsylvania Young
28 Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2002)
3 to 8
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Nature;
Science &
Technology
Biography;
Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile;
Juvenile
Nonfiction;
Nature; Science
& Technology;
Travel & Places
Animals; Fairy
Tales, Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Health; Juvenile
Animals; Fairy
Tales, Myths, &
Folktales; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile;
Mystery
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Bertie Was a
Walton, Rick
Watchdog
AD80L
50
100L
48
Cats are Like Weston,
Martha
That
180L
32
Sammy and
Whybrow, Ian
the Dinosaurs
220L
26
Hector's
Hiccups
Wardlaw, Lee
Pocket Dogs,
Wild, Margaret AD200L 29
The
Don't Let the
Pigeon Drive Willems, Mo
the Bus!
120L
29
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book
(Nominated, 2004), Beehive
Children's Picture Book
Award (Won, 2004),
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2004),
SCASL Book Award (South
Carolina) (Nominated,
2007)
Garden State Children's
Book Awards (Nominated,
2002)
Garden State Children's
Book Awards (Nominated,
2002)
Nevada Young Reader's
Award (Nominated, 2002)
Bilby (Books I Love Best
Yearly) Award (Nominated,
2002), Bilby (Books I Love
Best Yearly) Award
(Nominated, 2003), Bilby
(Books I Love Best Yearly)
Award (Nominated, 2005),
Australian Children's Book
of the Year Awards
(Nominated, 2001)
Caldecott Medal
(Nominated, 2004), Flicker
Tale Children's Book Award
(Won, 2005), Georgia
Children's Picture StoryBook
Award (Nominated, 2007),
Georgia Children's Picture
StoryBook Award (Won,
2007), Bluegrass Award
(Won, 2005), Colorado
Children's Book Award
(Nominated, 2005), Golden
Archer Award (Wisconsin)
(Won, 2005), SCASL Book
Award (South Carolina)
(Won, 2006), American
Library Association Notable
Books for Children (Won,
4 to 7
5 to 8
5 to 8
3 to 6
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile;
Mystery
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile
4 to 7
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
2 to 6
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Juvenile
Knuffle Bunny Willems, Mo
How Do
Dinosaurs Get Yolen, Jane
Well Soon?
How Do
Dinosaurs Say Yolen, Jane
Good Night?
120L
31
2004), Red Clover Award
(Won, 2005)
Caldecott Medal
(Nominated, 2005),
Bluegrass Award (Won,
2006), Beehive Children's
Picture Book Award
(Nominated, 2006), Book
Sense Book of the Year
(Nominated, 2005),
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2006),
Golden Archer Award
(Wisconsin) (Nominated,
2006), Golden Archer Award
(Wisconsin) (Nominated,
2007), SCASL Book Award
(South Carolina)
(Nominated, 2007),
Charlotte Zolotow Award
(Nominated, 2005),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2005),
Original Voices Award
(Nominated, 2004), Quill
Awards (Nominated, 2005),
Red Clover Award (Won,
2006)
Maryland Children's Book
AD230L 29 Award (Nominated, 2003)
AD210L 30
Christopher Book Awards
(Won, 2001), Book Sense
Book of the Year
(Nominated, 2001),
Colorado Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2002),
School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year (Won,
2000), American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2001),
ABC Children's Booksellers
Choices Awards (Won,
2001), Maryland Children's
Book Award (Nominated,
2003), Florida Reading
Association Children's Book
Award (Nominated, 2002)
4 to 8
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Humor &
Games; Juvenile
3 to 6
Animals; Fiction
& Literature;
Health; Juvenile
4 to 8
Animals; Family,
Childhood, &
Education;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Social
Issues
Zimmerman,
Trashy Town Andrea
Griffing
Lexile Key:
AD (Adult Directed)
GN (Graphic Novel)
HL (High-Low)
IG (Illustrated Guide)
NC (Non-Conforming)
NP (Non-Prose)
AD230L 24
Pennsylvania Young
Reader's Choice Award
(Nominated, 2002), School
Library Journal Best Books
of the Year (Won, 1999),
Charlotte Zolotow Award
(Nominated, 2000),
American Library
Association Notable Books
for Children (Won, 2000)
4 to 8
Business & Law;
Fiction &
Literature;
Juvenile; Travel
& Places