State Award Reading List
New Jersey State Reading List
2010 Garden State Children's Book Award Nominees
Easy Reader-Series
Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest
(Part of Annie and Snowball)
By: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by: Suçie Stevenson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 10, 2009
Ages: 5 - 7
Someone is building a nest on Annie's porch. Annie can't wait to show her favorite cousin, Henry. Every day they watch the nest grow bigger and bigger.One day give small eggs appear. Annie and Henry love seeing the mother...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Fiction
Uprising
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: September 25, 2007
Ages: above 12
Around her the workers were screaming out prayers and curses.... She herself was sobbing tearlessly.... Her only prayer was still, "I don't want to die."Oh, please, God, don't let me die, she thought. I've never even had a...
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....
No Talking
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
"You have the right to remain silent." However...The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. That's why the...
Touching Snow
By: M. Sindy Felin
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: May 22, 2007
Ages: above 12
"The best way to avoid being picked on by high school bullies is to kill someone."Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on her report card again, getting laughed at by...
The Mischief Monster
(Part of Moongobble and Me)
By: Bruce Coville
Illustrated by: Katherine Coville
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 6 - 10
Sometimes when you get what you want, it's not as good as you thought it would be. Ever since Edward's good friend Moongobble became a full magician, life has been rather boring. No more adventures.But then Snelly comes...
Nonfiction
Hey Batta Batta Swing!
The Wild Old Days of Baseball
By: James Charlton and Sally Cook
Illustrated by: Ross MacDonald
This edition: Hardcover, 56 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 6 - 10
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE OF BASEBALL IN THIS FUNNY, FASCINATING JOURNEY FROM THE EARLIEST GAMES TO TODAY. Discover what it was like before there was a pitching mound or players had numbers on their jerseys. Learn how Babe...
Twist
Yoga Poems
By: Janet S. Wong
Illustrated by: Julie Paschkis
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Come explore yoga in a new way with TWIST,a collection of sixteen original poems sure to inspire even the youngest yogi! Feel the damp soil beneath you as Cobra, and grab hold of a star as Half-Moon. From Low Crow to Eagle and...
Stealing Home
Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds
By: Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by: Mike Wimmer
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 6 - 9
Man on third. Two outs. The pitcher eyes the base runner, checks for the sign. The fans in the jammed stadium hold their breath. Flapping his outstretched arms like wings, number 42 leads off again. It is September 1955, game...
New Jersey Winners List
2009 Garden State Children's Book Award
Easy Reader-Series
Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover
(Part of Henry & Mudge)
By: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by: Suçie Stevenson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: June 6, 2006
Ages: 5 - 7
Henry and Mudge are going to a sleepover at Patrick's house! There's pizza and popcorn, games and monster movies...and Mudge even has his own sleeping bag (he's too big to share Henry's). But will anyone at this sleepover ever...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
