State Award Reading List
Wyoming State Reading Lists
Buckaroo Book Award
2010 - 2011 Buckaroo Book Award Winner
Grades K-3
Rhyming Dust Bunnies
By: Jan Thomas
Illustrated by: Jan Thomas
This edition: Paper Over Board, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 3 - 5
Bug! Rug! Mug! Hug! These dust bunnies love to rhyme. Well, except for Bob. Much to the other bunnies’ frustration, Bob can never get the rhythm right. Then he saves everyone from a big, scary monster...
Other Formats: eBook
2011 - 2012 Buckaroo Book Award Nominees
Grades K-3
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk
A Forest of Poems
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
In a watery mirror the rugged raccoon admires his face by the light of the moon: the mysterious mask, the whiskers beneath, the sliver of cricket still stuck in his teeth. Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in the...
Other Formats: eBook
Indian Paintbrush Book Award
2011 - 2012 Indian Paintbrush Book Award Nominee
Grades 4 - 6
Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And in February a warning letter arrives at her home. Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some...
Soaring Eagle Book Award
2010 - 2011 Soaring Eagle Book Award 2nd Runner-Up
Grades 7 - 12
Hush, Hush
(Part of Hush, Hush Saga, The)
By: Becca Fitzpatrick
This edition: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publication date: October 13, 2009
Ages: above 14
Nora Grey is responsible and smart and not inclined to be reckless. Her first mistake was falling for Patch. .Patch has made countless mistakes and has a past that could be called anything but harmless. The best thing he ever...
2011 - 2012 Soaring Eagle Book Award Nominees
Grades 7 - 12
Clockwork Angel
(Part of Infernal Devices, The)
By: Cassandra Clare
This edition: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publication date: August 31, 2010
Ages: above 14
Don’t miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, soon to be a major motion picture in theaters August 2013.Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to...
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is...
Glass
By: Ellen Hopkins
This edition: Trade Paperback, 704 pages
Publication date: April 7, 2009
Ages: above 14
Kristina’s descent continues in the New York Times bestselling sequel to Crank, now with a refreshed look and a trade paperback trim size.One little bit, my heart revs high, then settles into quick- step mode. How...
