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2010 Beehive Award Nominees
Children's Poetry Books
Oops!
By: Alan Katz
Illustrated by: Edward Koren
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: March 4, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Find your funny bone and grab your giggles!You're about to embark on an adventure through the hilarious landscape created by ALAN KATZ and EDWARD KOREN. From the kingdom of His Royal Sloppiness (also known as the prince of...
Young Adults' Books
Shift
By: Jennifer Bradbury
Cover By: Greg Stadnyk
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: May 20, 2008
Ages: above 12
Imagine you and your best friend head off on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a fight -- the cheap s.o.b. won't kick in any cash. Imagine you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle then come home...
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....
Children's 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...
Children's Fiction Books
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
A Year Told Through Stuff
By: Jennifer L. Holm
Illustrated by: Elicia Castaldi
This edition: Paper Over Board, 128 pages
Publication date: July 24, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet...
