Congratulations to the following books for being awarded as 2010-2011 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award!
Division I: ( grades 3 – 5 )
The Coastwatcher by Elise Weston
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Deep and Dark and Dangerousby Mary Downing Hahn
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy, Book 1: The Hero Revealed by William Boniface
How to Save Your Tail: If You are a Rat by Mary Elizabeth Hanson
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
No Talking by Andrew Clements
One-Handed Catchby Mary Jane Auch
The Sloppy Copy Slipup by DyAnne DiSalvo
Division II: ( grades 6 – 8 )
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
* If a Tree Falls at Lunch Periodby Gennifer Choldenko
Night of the Howling Dogsby Graham Salisbury
Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
Just like last year nominations there were four books on both lists.
The Maud Hart Lovelace Award is a children’s book award designed to encourage recreational reading among school age children. Click on the links to learn more about each book as well as information on where they can be easily purchased.
Note: * An asterisk indicates titles for mature readers.
