State Award Reading List
Kansas State Reading List
2010 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominees
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 an ancient age.Want to...
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
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 cookie? Ivan's own good story...
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
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Shane Rebenschied
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 likes...
Grades 3-5
Dexter the Tough
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Cover By: Mark Elliott / 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 teacher...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
