This year more than 65,000 students in Indiana participated in the Young Hoosier Book Award Program, our Children's Choice Award. We are pleased to announce that the 2008-2009 Young Hoosier Book Award Winners are:
Picture Book: Bad Kitty
Intermediate: Ghost's Grave
1st, 2nd & 3rd graders will read and vote for their favorite book during library.
Barnum Brown: Dinosaur Hunter by David Sheldon
Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch
Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller
Dogku by Andrew Clements
Fred Stays With Me by Nancy Coffelt
Grandpa For Sale by Dottie Enderle and Vicki Sansum
Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy
Nothing to Do by Douglas Woods
Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia and Emily MacLachlan
A Place for Butterflies by Melissa Stewart
Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin
Stick by Steve Breen
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington
The Orange Shoes by Tricia Hakes Noble
The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison
Where in the Wild? by David M. Schwartz
Wolf's Coming! by Joe Kulka
Archer's Quest by Linda Sue Park
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars by Douglas Florian
Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonnell
Gabriel's Horses by Alison Hart
Hey There, Stink Bug! by Leslie Bulion
The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
Julia's Kitchen by Brenda Ferber
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt by Judith St. George
The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Cross Giblin
Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven
On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Punished! by David Lauber
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery
The Society of Secret Superheroes by Phyllis Shalant
The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles