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Mock Printz, Newbery, Caldecott Awards

From: Maryann Owen <mhowen>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:31:39 -0600

The Lakeshores Library System and Kenosha Library System had a joint Mock Printz, Newbery and Caldecott meeting yesterday afternoon at the Racine Public Library.

The fourteen people attending voted as follows:

PRINTZ AWARD:

GETTING THE GIRL by Markus Zusak

PRINTZ HONOR:

A NORTHERN LIGHT by Jennifer Donnelly

NEWBERY AWARD: (We had a three-way tie with no time to take a second vote)

AN AMERICAN PLAGUE by Jim Murphy MILKWEED by Jerry Spinelli THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck

NEWBERY HONORS:

ALEUTIAN SPARROW by Karen Hesse

CALDECOTT AWARD:

WHAT ARE YOU SO GRUMPY ABOUT? by Tom Lichtenheld

CALDECOTT HONORS:

TRUCKS: WHIZZ! ZOOM! RUMBLE! by Patricia Hubbell (illus. by Megan Halsey) WHISTLING by Elizabeth Partridge (illus. by Anna Grossnickle Hines) DIARY OF A WORM by Doreen Cronin THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS by Mordecai Gerstein

Here is the complete list of books we discussed:

Printz Award TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HEARTLESS GIRL by Martha Brooks GETTING THE GIRL by Markus Zusak BEGGING FOR CHANGE by Sharon G. Flake A NORTHERN LIGHT by Jennifer Donnelly FAT KID RULES THE WORLD by K. L. Going

Newbery Award THE CITY OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau COLIBRI by Ann Cameron LOCOMOTION by Jacqueline Woodson MAGGIE'S DOOR by Patricia Reilly Giff THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck OLIVE'S OCEAN by Kevin Henkes ALEUTIAN SPARROW by Karen Hesse MILKWEED by Jerry Spinelli AN AMERICAN PLAGUE by Jim Murphy THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX by Kate DiCamillo

Caldecott Award BUSTER by Denise Fleming ON NOAH'S ARK by Jan Brett OLD CRICKET by Lisa Wheeler (illus. by Ponder Goembel) THE MAGIC GOURD by Baba Wague Diakite GRANDPARENTS SONG by Sheila Hamanaka SILENT MOVIE by Avi (illus. by C. B. Mordan) THE GIRL ON THE HIGH-DIVING HORSE by Linda Oatman High (illus. by Ted Lewin) MORRIS THE ARTIST by Lore Segal (illus. by Boris Kulikov) DIARY OF A WORM by Doreen Cronin TIPPY-TOE CHICK, GO! by George Shannon (illus. by Laura Dronzek) THE TREE OF LIFE by Peter Sis CAPTAIN BOB TAKES FLIGHT by Roni Schotter (illus. by Joe Cepeda) SNOW MUSIC by Lynne Rae Perkins THE JOURNEY OF OLIVER K. WOODMAN by Darcy Pattison (illus. by Joe Cepeda) TRUCKS: WHIZZ! ZOOM! RUMBLE! by Patricia Hubbell (illus. by Megan Halsey) WHISTLING by Elizabeth Partridge (illus. by Anna Grossnickle Hines) MRS. CHICKEN AND THE HUNGRY CROCODILE by Won-Ldy Paye and M. H. Lippert
(llus. by Julie Paschkis) THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS by Tom Lichtenheld BUTTERFLIES FOR KIRI by Cathryn Falwell


Maryann H. Owen Youth Services Librarian Racine Public Library 75 7th Street Racine, WI 53403
(262) 636?45
Received on Wed 17 Dec 2003 11:31:39 AM CST