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South DakotaChildren’s Book Awards

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South DakotaChildren’s Book Awards

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South DakotaChildren’s Book Awards

South Dakota Children’s Book Awards

2019-2020

NOMINEESGrades JK-1

Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished

Camille Andros

I Am a CatGalia Bernstein

WordplayIvan Brunetti

This House, OnceDeborah Freedman

Little Fox in the ForestStephanie Graegin

Alfie: The Turtle that Disappeared

Thyra Heder

Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List

Kate Klise

Margaret and the Moon: How

Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing

Dean Robbins

Imagine That! How Dr. Seuss Wrote ‘The Cat in the Hat’

Judy Sierra

I Want That Nut!Madeline Valentine

NOMINEESGrades 2-3

Animal Ark: Celebrating our

Wild World in Poetry and Pictures

Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess, and Deanna Nikaido

A Boy Called BatElana K. Arnold

Wolfie and FlyCary Fagan

7 Ate 9: The Untold Story

Tara Lazar

BarkusPatricia MacLachlan

Flowers for SarajevoJohn McCutcheon

Niko Draws a FeelingBob Raczka

Who’s Afraid of... The Big Bad Fox

Benjamin Renner

When We Were AloneDavid Alexander Robertson

The World Is Not a Rectangle:

A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid

Jeanette Winter

NOMINEESGrades 4-5

SidetrackedDiana Harmon Asher

A Time To Act: John F. Kennedy’s

Big SpeechShana Corey

Sandwiches! More Than You’ve

Ever Wanted To Know About Making and Eating America’s

Favorite FoodAlison Deering

Moto and Me: My Year as a

Wildcat’s Foster MomSuzi Eszterhas

Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question

Martha Freeman

One Last Word: Wisdom from the

Harlem RenaissanceNikki Grimes

Brave Red, Smart Frog:

A New Book of Old TalesEmily Jenkins

Science Comics Bats: Learning to Fly

Falynn Koch

Pablo and BirdyAlison McGhee

Nevermoor: The Trials of

Morrigan CrowJessica Townsend