LADYBUG PICTURE BOOK AWARD
by Mary Russell, Director
Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library
AND THE WINNER IS...Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner received 4,982 of the 13,936 votes cast for the 2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award making it the winner. Congratulations to Judy Schachner and Dutton Children's Books for producing such a great book!
Voting for the 2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award occurred during Children's Book Week in November. Children from pre-school through the 3rd grade were eligible to vote, and more than 100 New Hampshire preschoolers, elementary schools and public libraries participated in the voting.
- Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner - 4,982 votes
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems - 2,453 votes
- Winter Woes by Marty Kelley - 1,671 votes
- Gater Gumbo: A Spicy-hot Tale by Candace Fleming
pictures by Sally Anne Lambert - 1,037 votes
- I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff,
illustrated by David Catro - 848 votes
- My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman,
illustrated by Kevin Hawkes - 837 votes
- Snakes! by David Greenberg,
illustrated by Lynn Munsinger - 784 votes
- Absolutely Not by Matthew McElligott - 654 votes
- Moo Who? by Margie Palatini,
illustrated by Keith Graves - 479 votes
- The Big Trip by Valerie Gorbachev - 221 votes
Sponsored by the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library, the Ladybug Picture Book Award was established in 2003 to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award voting! |
