Kids—did you know there is a week dedicated to honoring books for children and teens, and encouraging young people to discover the adventures awaiting them in books? It’s called Children’s Book Week, and it takes place next month, May 7-13, 2012. School libraries and bookstores across the country will host special story times and author events. If you go to the Children’s Book Week website, you can find out about some of the national events, finish a story that was started by a famous author, or download a free bookmark illustrated by Lane Smith (author/illustrator of It’s A Book and other cool reads). The highlight of Children’s Book Week is a gala in New York City at which the winners of the Children’s Choice Book Awards are announced. These are the only book awards whose winners are chosen by children and teens, and you can go online to vote now until May 3. Last year, a record-breaking 525,000 children and teens voted. This year you can be one of them!
The finalists were chosen by tabulating the votes of 12,500 children and 7000 teens in various regions of the country. Check out the list below to see what books kids say are the best. If you want some more book suggestions, you can see the finalists from previous years by going to the Children’s Book Week website.
Here are the finalists for 2012: come to the library and read a few….and then don’t forget to vote!
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
Bailey by Harry Bliss
Dot by Patricia Intriago
Pirates Don’t Take Baths by John Segal
Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack
Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
Bad Kitty Meets the Baby by Nick Bruel
A Funeral in the Bathroom: And Other School Bathroom Poems by Kalli Dakos
The Monstrous Book of Monsters by Libby Hamilton
Sidekicks by Dan Santat
Squish #1: Super Amoeba by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
Bad Island by Doug TenNapel
How to Survive Anything by Rachel Buchholz
Lost & Found by Shaun Tan
Okay for Now by Gary D Schmidt
Racing in the Rain: My Live as a Dog by Garth Stein
Teen Book of the Year
Clockwork Prince: The Infernal Devices, Book Two by Cassandra Clare
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Passion: A Fallen Novel by Lauren Kate
Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
Author of the Year
Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever
Christopher Paolini for Inheritance
James Patterson for Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
Rick Riordan for The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 2)
Rachel Renee Russell for Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
Illustrator of the Year
Felecia Bond for If You Give a Dog a Donut
Eric Carle for The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Anna Dewdney for Llama Llama Home With Mama
Brian Selznick for Wonderstruck
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