State Book Award Winners!

 

Buckaroo Book Award (grades K – 3) – Wyoming Library Association

Winner Shark Lady by Jess Keating

First runner-up Stay by Kate Klise

Second runner-up Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

Other nominees
Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares
A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano
I Am the Mountain Mouse by Gianna Marino
Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon
Life on Mars by Jon Agee
Poor Little Guy by Elanna Allen
The Secret Life of the Little Brown Bat by Laurence Pringle

 

Indian Paintbrush Award (grades 4 – 6) – Wyoming Library Association

Winner Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz

First runner-up Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Second runner-up Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart

Other nominees
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn
Sunny by Jason Reynolds
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

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Books with the most votes at Crest Hill were:

Grumpy Monkey (Buckaroo) & Awkward (Indian Paintbrush)

How did the book that you voted for do?

 

Visit MackinVIA for your chance to check out many of this year’s nominees.

 

Thanks to the Wyoming Library Association and to everyone who helped support this year’s State Book Awards!