2010 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees

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!
Reviews for all titles coming soon!

Picture Books Junior Books

• Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of
Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport.
Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.
• The Doghouse by Jan Thomas.
Harcourt, 2008.
• Katie Loves Kittens by John
Himmelman. Henry Holt Books for
Young Children, 2008.
• The Little Bit Scary People by Emily
Jenkins. Hyperion Books for Children,
2009.
• Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis
Raven. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006.
• Nothing but Trouble: The Story of
Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
• Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari
Best. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2006.
• Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton.
HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2008.
• Traction Man Meets Turbodog by Mini
Grey. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
• Two Bobbies: A True Story of
Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and
Survival by Kirby Larson. Walker and
Company, 2008.
• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker.
Candlewick Press, 2008.
• When Dinosaurs Came with
Everything by Elise Broach. Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, 2007.
• Wind-Wild Dog by Barbara Joosse.
Henry Holt & Co., 2006.
• Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by
Cynthia Kadahota. Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, 2007.
• Diamond Willow by Helen Frost Farrar.
Straus, & Giroux, 2008.
• Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan.
Atheneum Books, 2007.
• Extreme Animals: The Toughest
Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies.
Candlewick Press, 2006.
• Found by Margaret Haddix Peterson.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, 2008.
• Frogs by Nic Bishop. Scholastic Non-
Fiction, 2008.
• Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech.
Joanna Cotler Books, 2008.
• The Long Gone Lonesome History of
Country Music by Bret Bertholf Little.
Brown and Company, 2007.
• Moving Day by Meg Cabot. Scholastic
Press, 2008.
• Savvy by Ingrid Law. Dial Books for
Young Readers, 2008.
• This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology
and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman.
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children,
2007.
• The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry.
Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

• Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski.

HarperCollins Children’s Books. 2008.