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2010 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominees

Dinothesaurus
Dinothesaurus Prehistoric Poems and Paintings By: Douglas Florian
Illustrated by: Douglas Florian
This edition: Hardcover, 56 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: above 6
This book is full of dinosaurs, Both carnivores and herbivores. You'll find a big Iguanodon, As well as a clever Tro-o-don. There's Spinosaurus and T. rex, Plus plesiosaurs with giant necks, And others from...
Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails
Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails Patterns & Shapes . . . Naturally By: Betsy Franco
Illustrated by: Steve Jenkins
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
Ages: 3 - 7
Come explore the hidden shapes and patterns in nature. The peacock's flashy tail is a masterpiece of color and shape. A buzzing beehive is built of tiny hexagons. Even a snake's skin is patterned with diamonds. Poet Betsy...
Ivan the Terrier
Ivan the Terrier By: Peter Catalanotto
Illustrated by: Peter Catalanotto
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 18, 2007
Ages: 2 - 5
Ivan loves a good story. Like that one about the three bears or those three gruff billy goats. Where else can a dog find such playmates action fun... or a...

2009-2010 William Allen White Award Master List

Grades 6-8

Miss Spitfire Reaching Helen Keller By: Sarah Miller
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: July 10, 2007
Ages: 10 - 12
Annie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on a seemingly impossible job -- teaching a child who was deaf, blind, and as...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback, eBook
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam By: Cynthia Kadohata
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback, eBook

Grades 3-5

Dexter the Tough By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 144 pages
Publication date: January 23, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
I'm the new kid. I am tuf. This morning I beat up a kid. It's only the first day of school for Dexter, but he's already mad at the principal, and the secretary, and the janitor, and the kids who laugh at him. When his...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback

2011 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee

Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes By: Margie Palatini
Illustrated by: Barry Moser
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 11, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
Fox wants the grapes, but they're too high for him to reach. He's nothing if not crafty, and in this humorous new spin on the well-known fable, fox's scheme is taken to new heights.

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2010 William Allen White Children’s Book Award

Grades 6-8

Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam By: Cynthia Kadohata
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback, eBook