State Award Reading List
North Carolina State Reading List
2010 North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominees
Picture Books
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
By: Elise Broach
Illustrated by: David Small
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 25, 2007
Ages: 3 - 7
Get a WHAT!?Free WHAT!?DINOSAURS?Just when a little boy thinks he's going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most remarkable, the most stupendous thing happens. He discovers that on this day, and this day...
Junior Books
Edward's Eyes
By: Patricia MacLachlan
Cover By: Marc Yankus
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: August 28, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Jake is a part of an extraordinary family.He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward....
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...
Found
(Part of Missing, The)
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: April 22, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, "You are one...
2009-2010 North Carolina Elementary Battle of the Books Nominees
The Last Holiday Concert
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: October 5, 2004
Ages: 8 - 12
For Hart Evans, being the most popular kid in sixth grade has its advantages. Kids look up to him, and all the teachers let him get away with anything -- all the teachers except the chorus director, Mr. Meinert. When Hart's...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
By: Robert C. O'Brien
Illustrated by: Zena Bernstein
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: March 1, 1971
Ages: 8 - 12
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
