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Staff Picks for Kids
Caldecott Medal
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The Edgar Awards
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Mock Newbery Candidates
The Monarch Award: Illinois' K-3 Children's Choice Award
Newbery Medal
The Pura Belpré Award
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Award
The Schneider Family Book Award
The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Get in the Game, READ!
Looking for books that are real winners? We shared many of the following books at the local schools when we presented our Summer Reading Program information. Complete lists for each school are available at the Youth Services desk.Birth-Preschool
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Dog and Bear: Two's Company by Laura Seeger E/SEE
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw E/SHA
Mine-o-saur by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen E/QUA
Nobunny's Perfect by Anna Dewdney E/DEW
Olvina Swims by Grace Lin E/LIN
Princess Baby by Karen Katz E/KAT
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton E/HAM
Kindergarten-2nd Grade
*Monarch Award (K-3) Nominee 2009-
365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental E/FRO
Buffalo Wings by Aaron Reynolds JE/REY
*Clementine by Sara Pennypacker J/PEN
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee JE/FRA
Franny K. Stein: Mad Scientist by Jim Benton J/BEN
Froggy Plays T-Ball by Jonathan London E/LON
*The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens E/STE
The Impossible Patriotism Project by Linda Skeers JE/SKE
Louise Soccer Star? by Stephen Krensky J/KRE
*Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley E/OMA
Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems E/WIL
*The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra E/SIE
*Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies j597.3/DAV
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express by Megan McDonald J/MCD
That's Good! That's Bad! In Washington D.C. by Margery Cuyler JE/CUY
Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison JE/MAD
Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski E/HEL
3rd-5th grade
*Rebecca Caudill (gr. 4-8) Nominee 2009-
Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson J/SAN
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls by Meg Cabot J/CAB
Babe & I by David Adler JE/ADL
Coaching Ms. Parker by Carla Heymsfeld J/HEY
Frognapped by Angie Sage J/SAG
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor J/OCO
How to Survive a Totally Boring Summer by Alice Delacroix J/DEL
Kickoff by Tiki & Ronde Barber J/BAR
Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson J/PEA
Legend of the Curse of the Bambino by Dan Shaughnessy JE/SHA
Legend of The Worst Boy in the World by Eoin Colfer J/COL
Mudball by Matt Tavares JE/TAV
Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks J/WEE
*Oh, Rats!: The Story of rats and people by Albert Marrin j599.352/MAR
OOPS! by Alan Katz j811.54.KAT
*Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park J/PAR
Thumb on a Diamond by Ken Roberts J/ROB
Vote 4 Amelia by Marissa Moss J/MOS
The Willoughbys J/LOW
6th-8th grade
*Rebecca Caudill (gr. 4-8) Nominee 2009-
*Alabama Moon by Watt Key YA/KEY
Baseball Crazy edited by Nancy Mercado YA/MER
The Big Field by Mike Lupica YA/LUP
*A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama by Laura Schlitz J/SCH
Dusssie by Nancy Springer J/SPR
*Gossamer by Lois Lowry J/LOW
Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park J/PAR
*Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer YA/PFE
Offsides by Erik Esckilsen YA/ESC
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