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Minnesota Book Awards
A selection of recent picture book winners and finalists in children's categories. For more information, go to Minnesota Book Awards. |
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2012 Salas, Laura Purdie Bookspeak! : Poems About Books 2012 Award for Children's Literature A collection of wacky, whimsical poems about books and all the treasures they contain. |
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2012 Thimmesh, Catherine Friends 2012 Finalist for Children's Literature This book offers a photo exploration of unlikely animal friendships, which not only gives readers insight into animals but challenges preconceived notions about compatibility. |
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2012 Loewen, Nancy The Last Day of Kindergarten 2012 Finalist for Children's Literature As she prepares for her graduation ceremony, a first grader-to-be remembers her enjoyable year in kindergarten. |
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2012 Sidman, Joyce Swirl By Swirl : Spirals in Nature 2012 Finalist for Children's Literature Celebrates the shape of a spiral in nature, from rushing rivers to flower buds and even the shape of an ear. |
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2011 LaRochelle, David 1 1= 5 : and other Unlikely Additions 2012 Finalist for Children's Literature Colorful illustrations and unusual calculations encourage children to think about numbers in a creative way. |
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2011 Glaser, Linda Emma's Poem : the Voice of the Statue of Liberty 2011 Finalist for Children's Literature The story of Emma Lazarus, who, despite her life of privilege, became a tireless advocate for the immigrants who arrived in New York City in the 1880s and wrote a famous poem for the Statue of Liberty. |
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2011 Hall, Michael My Heart is Like a Zoo 2011 Award for Children's Literature Depicts in rhyming text how love can be many different things, such as eager as a beaver, steady as a yak, or silly as a seal. |
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2011 Frisch, Aaron A Night On the Range 2011 Finalist for Children's Literature As he camps overnight in the backyard, an aspiring young cowboy with a healthy imagination spends his first night "on the range." |
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2010 Bauer, Marion Dane The Longest Night 2010 Finalist for Children's Literature One very long night, a crow, a moose, and a fox all claim they can bring back the sun, but the wind knows that only one little creature has what is needed to end the darkness. |
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2010 Sidman, Joyce Red Sings from Treetops : a Year in Colors 2010 Award for Children's Literature Nature displays different colors to announce the seasons of the year. |
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2010 McGhee, Alison Song of Middle C 2010 Finalist for Children's Literature Miss Kari, my piano teacher, tells me that true artistry takes great imagination. It also takes a lot of practice. The big day of my piano recital is almost here, and hoo boy, have I been practicing! I've even got the help of my lucky hat and shoes -- not to mention my lucky underwear. |
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2010 Salas, Laura Purdie Stampede! : Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School 2012 Finalist for Children's Literature An inventive poetry collection that shows the wild side of first- and second-graders at school. These 18 funny and imaginative poems observe students in their natural habitat and reveal their unusual behavior, crazy communication, and very healthy appetites. Whether they're in the classroom, on the playground, or in the cafeteria, school brings out the animal in all of them. |
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2009 Carlson, Nancy L. Henry's Amazing Imagination! 2009 Finalist for Children's Literature When Henry's imagination gets mixed up with the truth during show and tell, his teacher suggests that he write and illustrate his own stories. |
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2009 Swanson, Susan Marie The House in the Night 2009 Award for Children's Literature Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light. |
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2009 Monroe, Chris. Monkey with a Tool Belt 2009 Finalist for Children's Literature Clever monkey Chico Bon Bon builds lots of things with his many tools, and when he is captured by an organ grinder, he uses them to help him escape and get back home. |
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2009 Lyon, George Ella My Friend the Starfinder 2009 Finalist for Children's Literature A child relates some of the wondrous tales told by an old man who once found a falling star and stood at the end of a rainbow. |
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