From: Susan Kusel <susankusel>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:50:36 -0800 (PST)

The Maryland Library Association just announced the winners of the 2006 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Awards. The award is given to outstanding books for beginning and reluctant readers published in 2005 in four categories: Easy fiction. Easy non-fiction, Transitional Fiction and Transitional Non-fiction. For more information about the Blue Crab Award and previous winners, click on this webpage on the Maryland Library Association's website: http://www.mdlib.org/divisions/csd/blue.html
   
  I was on this year?s committee and thought this list would be relevant given the upcoming discussion about books for reluctant readers.
  -Susan Kusel
  
   
  Easy Fiction Winner:
  -Hi! Fly Guy! Tedd Arnold. Cartwheel Press, 2005.
   
  Easy Fiction Honor Books:
  -Fred and Ted Go Camping. Peter Eastman. Random House, 2005.
  -Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas. Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Su?ie Stevenson. Simon & Schuster, 2005.
  -May I Please Have a Cookie? Jennifer Morris. Cartwheel Books, 2005.
  -Mr. Putter & Tabby Make a Wish. Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Arthur Howard. Harcourt, 2005.
   
   
  Easy Non-Fiction Winner:
  -Chameleon, Chameleon. Joy Cowley. Photographs by Nic Bishop. Scholastic, 2005.
   
  Easy Non-Fiction Honor Books:
  -A Chick Grows Up. Pam Zollman. Children?s Press, 2005.
  -Aircraft Carriers. Matt Doeden. Lerner Publications, 2005.
  -Little Shark. Anne Rockwell. Illustrated by Megan Halsey. Walker Books, 2005.
  -Starfish. Lloyd Douglas. Children?s Press, 2005.
   
   
  Transitional Fiction Winner:
  -The Next-Door Dogs. Colby Rodowsky. Illustrated by Amy June Bates. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
  Transitional Fiction Special Recognition Award:
  -Stinky Stern Forever. Michelle Edwards. Harcourt, 2005.
   
  Transitional Fiction Honor Books:
  -Jigsaw Pony. Jessie Haas. Illustrated by Ying-Hwa Hu. Greenwillow, 2005.
  -Moose Crossing. Stephanie Greene. Illustrated by Joe Mathieu. Marshall Cavendish, 2005.
  -The Secret Seder. Doreen Rappaport. Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Hyperion, 2005.
  -That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom. Judy Cox. Illustrated by Blanche Sims. Holiday House, 2005.
   
   
  Transitional Non-Fiction Winner:
  -Turtle Tide: The Way of Sea Turtles. Stephen Swinburne. Illustrated by Bruce Hiscock. Boyds Mill Press, 2005.
   
  Transitional Non-Fiction Honor Books:
  -Always Remember Me. Marisabina Russo. Antheneum Books, 2005.
  -Dust Bowl: The 1930?s Black Blizzard. Richard H. Levey. Bearport Publishing, 2005.
  -Houdini: World?s Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King. Kathleen Krull. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Walker Books, 2005.
  -I Wonder Why Columbus Crossed the Ocean and Other Questions About Explorers. Rosie Greenwood. Kingfisher, 2005.
  -Skyscrapers. Seymour Simon. Chronicle Books, 2005.
  -Snakes: Biggest! Littlest! Sandra Markle. Photographs by Joe McDonald. Boyds Mill Press, 2005.
   
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