2011 Cherry Picks

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Each year, we vote for our favorite books during Children's Book Week. This year, voting took place during the first week of May. Thanks to all who voted in this year's CHERRY PICKS! Here are the results:
(all nominated titles were published in 2010)

Best Picture Book Nominees
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Stead
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Art & Max by David Wiesner
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
and the winner is:

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein


Best Easy Reader Nominees
Buzz Boy and Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Cork and Fuzz: the babysitters by Dori Chaconas
Ling and Ting: not exactly the same by Grace Lin
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
and the winner is:

Buzz Boy and Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold


Best Juvenile Fiction Nominees
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvemt and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow
Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter
Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpool
and the winner is:

Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvemt and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow



Each year, we also highlight one outstanding nonfiction book with our Director's Pick. This year's Director's Pick is:


Ubiquitous: celebrating nature's survivors by Joyce Sidman
Ubiquitous combines poetry and factual information to tell the stories of some of nature's hardiest species- including beetles, geckos, sharks and dandelions.

Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you again for voting.
If any of these titles are new to you, check them out! We're sure you'll enjoy them.
 
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