The Children’s Book Council has announced the finalists for the 2009 Children’s Choice Book Awards. Winners will be announced during Children’s Book Week in May (May 11-17).
Here are the finalists:
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year:
The Donut Chef by Bob Staake
Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Sort It Out! by Barbara Mariconda, illustrated by Sherry Rogers
Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
Babymouse: Puppy Love by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
One Million Things by Peter Chrisp
Spooky Cemeteries by Dinah Williams
Underwear: What We Wear Under There by Ruth Freeman Swain
Willow by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan, illustrated by Cyd Moore
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
100 Most Dangerous Things On the Planet by Anna Claybourne
Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
The Big Field by Mike Lupica
Swords: An Artist’s Devotion by Ben Boos
Thirteen by Lauren Myracle
Teen Choice Book Award
Airhead by Meg Cabot
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Paper Towns by John Green
Author of the Year
Jeff Kinney
Stephenie Meyer
Christopher Paolini
James Patterson
Rick Riordan
Illustrator of the Year
Laura Cornell
Robin Preiss Glasser
Mo Willems
David Shannon
John J Muth
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