North Carolina Children's Book Award
The North Carolina Children’s Book Award program is a children’s choice program sponsored by school and public librarians in North Carolina and is designed to introduce children to current children’s literature and to instill a love of reading.
The 2012 nominated titles for the NCCBA contest will be announced in mid-May. Nominated titles will be posted on the NCSLMA site and the Bookhive site listed below, and will be highlighted at various workshops throughout our state.
2011 Winners
- Rhyming Dust Bunnies, written by Jan Thomas, is the winner in the Picture Book category with 20,501 of the 96,916 votes cast.
- The Lemonade War, by Jacqueline Davies, is the winner in the Junior Book category with 2,134 votes of the 12,604 votes cast.
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2012 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees
This is the official list of nominees released by the NCCBA Committee. Please consult this list when ordering titles for your voting program. All vendors may not include each title in their promotional materials.
Reviews for all titles coming soon!
| Picture Books |
Junior Books |
- Barton, Chris: Shark vs. Train
NY: Little, Brown. 2010
- Brennan-Nelson, Denise: Willow
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. 2008
- Donaldson, Julia: What the Ladybug Heard
NY: Henry Holt & Company.2009
- Hill, Laban Carrick: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
NY: Little Brown. 2010
MacLachlan, Patricia: I Didn’t Do It
NY: Katherine Tegen Books. 2010
- Perry, John: The Book that Eats People
Berkeley: Tricycle Press. 2009
- Ramsey, Calvin: Ruth and the Green Book
Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books. 2010
- Rosenthal, Amy Krouse: Spoon
NY: Disney/Hyperion Books. 2009
- Sattler, Jennifer Gordon: Sylvie
NY: Random House Children’s Books. 2009
- Sauer, Tammi: Mr. Duck Means Business
NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2011
- Stein, David Ezra: Interrupting Chicken
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. 2010
- Willems, Mo: City Dog, Country Frog
NY: Hyperion Books for Children. 2010
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- Wiles, Deborah: Countdown
NY: Scholastic. 2010
- Van Cleve, Kathleen: Drizzle
NY: Dial Books for Young readers. 2010
- Appelt, Kathy: Keeper
NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2010
- Singer, Marilyn: Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2010
- Vanderpool, Clare: Moon Over Manifest
NY: Delacort Press. 2010
- Bemis, John Claude: The Nine Pound Hammer
NY: Random House. 2009
- Kehret, Peg: Runaway Twin
NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2009
- Law, Ingrid: Scumble
NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. 2010
- Scieszka, Jon: Spaceheadz #1
NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2010
- Angleberger, Tom: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
NY: Amulet Books. 2010
- Gidwitz, Adam: A Tale Dark and Grimm
NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2010
- Lord, Cynthia: Touch Blue
NY: Scholastic Press. 2010
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About the NCCBA
The North Carolina Children's Book Award began in 1992. Each year since then, school and public libraries participate in the process of selecting, studying and voting for the next winner! Members of the North Carolina Library Association's children's committee select a group of picture books and junior novels from suggestions submitted by North Carolinian school children. The list of books is then given to each school and public library throughout the state. During the course of the year, classroom teachers, media specialists and public librarians in North Carolina encourage children to become familiar with the nominees and vote for their favorite title in two categories: "Picture Book" and "Junior Book". The award is therefore truly a children's book award - selected by the children of the state of North Carolina!
NCCBA Contact Information
| North Carolina Children's Book Award Committee Co-Chairs |
Lisa Tucker England
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools
Frank Morgan Elementary
3210 Village Point Drive
Clemmons, NC 27102
email: lengland@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
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Jane Deacle
Public Librarian
Cameron Village Regional Library
1930 Clark Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27605
919-856-6723
email: jdeacle@co.wake.nc.us
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