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Dunlap, IL 61525
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Dunlap, IL 61525
(309) 243-5716
Award Winners
Book Awards for Children
CALDECOTT MEDAL, most distinguished American picture book for children.
Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers
NEWBERY MEDAL, most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
MONARCH AWARD, Grades K-3
Mr. S: A First Day of School Book by Monica Arnaldo
Negative Cat by Sophie Blackall
Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius by Lynne Cox
Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld
Thunder and Cluck: Friends Do Not Eat Friends by Jill Esbaum
We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang
The Red Jacket by Bob Holt
Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates by Cheryl Klein
The Flower Garden: A Graphic Novel by Renee Kurilla
Butt or Face? A Hilarious Animal Guessing Game for Kids by Kari Lavelle
Just SNOW Already! by Howard McWilliam
Homing is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly by Katherine Pryor
The World’s Best Class Plant by Liz Garton Scanlon
Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator by Emma Bland Smith
Homegrown by DeAnn Wiley
Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty
Who’s Afraid of the Light? by Anna McGregor
BLUESTEM AWARD, Grades 3-5
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate
The Area 51 Files by Julie Buxbaum
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Fighting for Yes! The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen by Erin Frankel
Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt
Butt or Face? A Hilarious Animal Guessing Game for Kids by Kari Lavelle
The Deep! Wild Life at the Ocean’s Darkest Depths by Lindsey Leigh
Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty
New in Town by Sharee Miller
Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek
Batcat by Meggie Ramm
The Guardian Test by Christina Soontornvat
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead
Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life by Emma Steinkellner
Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and teh Missing Money by Tom Sullivan
The Double Life of Danny Day by Mike Thayer
The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee
REBECCA CAUDILL AWARD, Grades 4-8
Eb & Flow by Kelly J. Baptist
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Final Season by Tim Green
The Bellwoods Game by Celia Krampien
Ghost Book by Remy Lai
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
Hands by Torrey Maldonado
Medusa: The Myth of Monsters by Katherine Marsh
Mexikid by Pedro Martin
Don’t Want to Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton
D&D Dungeon Club: Roll Call by Molly Know Ostertag & Xanthe Bouma
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin
What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
Warrior Girl by Carmen Tafolla
Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang
Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson
The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee & Dan Santat