Book News: Children’s Awards
I have decided to add a new feature: book news! I read a lot of blogs and would like to post some news here for you 🙂
There have been a lot of children’s awards occurring recently and here are one’s results.
Children’s Book Council Awards:
- Author of the Year: James Patterson for Max (A Maximum Ride Novel) (Little, Brown)
- Illustrator of the Year: Peter Brown for The Curious Garden (Little, Brown)
- Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year: Lulu the Big Little Chick written and illustrated by Paulette Bogan (Bloomsbury USA)
- Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year: Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute written and illustrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf/Random House)
- Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year: Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-fabulous Life written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
- Teen Choice Book of the Year: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)