Award Books

2018-2019 Award Nominees

Mark Twain (Grades 4-6)

Title Author Publisher
Framed! A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery James Ponti Aladdin
The Seventh Wish Kate Messner Bloomsbury
Moo Sharon Creech Harper Collins
Counting Thyme Melanie Conklin Penguin Random House
Maxi’s Secrets Lynn Plourde Penguin Random House
When Friendship Followed Me Home Paul Griffin Penguin Random House
Soar Joan Bauer Penguin Young Readers Group
Ghosts Raina Telgemeier Scholastic
Save Me a Seat Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan Scholastic
Unbound Ann E Burg Scholastic
Ghost Jason Reynolds Simon & Schuster
Nine, Ten: A September 11th Story Nora Raleigh Baskin Simon & Schuster

Show Me (Grades 1-3)

Title Author Illustrator Publisher
Good Night, Bat! Good Morning Squirrel! Paul Meisel Same Boyds Mill Press
 A Bike Like Sergio’s Maribeth Boelts Noah Jones Candlewick Press
Quickest Kid in Clarksville Pat Zietlow Miller Frank Morrison Chronicle Books
The Water Princess Susan Verde & Georgie Badiel Peter Reynolds G P Putnam’s
The Magic Word Mac Barnett Elise Parsley Harper Collins
Who Wants a Tortoise Dave Keane K. G. Campbell Knopf Books for Young Readers
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog Lisa Papp same Peachtree Publishers
Seven and a Half Tons of Steel Janet Nolan Thomas Gonzalez Peachtree Publishers
Dear Dragon Josh Funk Rodolfo Montalvo Viking
Diana’s White House Garden Elisa Carbone Jen Hill Viking 

Missouri Building Block (Pre K - K)
 Title  Author
 The Giant Jumperee  Julia Donaldson
 I Got a New Friend  Karl Newsom Edwards
 Barnacle is Bored Jonathan Fenske
 Plankton is Pushy Jonathan Fenske
 Go Sleep in Your Own Bed!  Candace Fleming
 A Good Day for a Hat T. Nat Fuller
 Pug Meets Pig Sue Lowell Gallion
 Carrot & Pea: An Unlikely Friendship Morag Hood
 Spunky Little Monkey Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
 Everybunny Dance! Ellie Sandall


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