North Carolina Children's Book Award

NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD PROGRAM announces its 2008 winners!


Scaredy Squirrel, by Melanie Watt is the winner of the Picture Book category and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, by Adam Rex is the winner of the Junior Book category.

Picture Books     

     A Frog Thing by Drachman, Eric. Kidwick Books, 2006.
     The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Stevens, Janet. Harcourt, 2005.
     Hero Cat by Spinelli, Eileen. Marshall Cavendish, 2006.
     Ice Bear: In the Steps of a Polar Bear by Davies, Nicola. Candlewick Press, 2005.
     Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Willems, Mo. Hyperion, 2005.
     Max's Words by Banks, Kate. Farrar,Straus & Giroux, 2006.
     Not Afraid of Dogs by Pitzer, Susanna. Walker and Company, 2006.
     Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Bennett, Kelly. Candlewick Press, 2005.
     Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Barretta, Gene. Henry Holt, 2006.
     On Top of Spaghetti by Johnson, Paul Brett. Scholastic, 2006.
     Roger the Jolly Pirate by Helquist, Brett. HarperCollins, 2004.
     Scaredy Squirrel by Watt, Melanie. Kids Can Press, 2006.
     SuperHero ABC by McLeod, Bob. HarperCollins, 2006.
     What a Day It Was at School by Prelutsky, Jack. Greenwillow, 2006.
     Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? by Agee, Jon ... [et al.]. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2006.
     Wolves by Gravett, Emily. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Junior Books    

All of the Above by Pearsall, Shelly. Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006.
     Angus and Sadie by Voigt, Cynthia. HarperCollins, 2005.
     Babymouse: 1: Queen of the World by Holms, Jennifer. Random House, 2005.
     Blue by Hostetter, Joyce Moyer. Calkins Creek Books, 2006.
     Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Sidman, Joyce. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
     Clementine by Pennypacker, Sara. Hyperion, 2006.
     Each Little Bird That Sings by Wiles, Deborah. Harcourt, 2006.
     Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Rex, Adam. Harcourt, 2006.
     The Homework Machine by Gutman, Dan. Simon & Schuster, 2006.
     The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Selznick, Brian. Scholastic, 2007.
     The Lightning Thief by Riordan, Rick. Miramax, 2006.
     Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by McCully, Emily Arnold. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006.
     Room One: A Mystery or Two by Clements, Andrew. Simon & Schuster. 2006, .
     The Year of the Dog by Lin, Grace. Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007.
     Younguncle Comes to Town by Singh, Vandana. Viking Juvenile, 2006.