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KY Bluegrass Award
KY Bluegrass Award
Each year, KBA committees choose ten books that will be featured on each Nominee List (Preschool, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) through a year-long review. These committees include school, public, and academic librarians, as well as classroom teachers from across the state.
Students who read at least two books from any list can vote on their favorite in March.
And the nominees are...
Kindergarten through 2nd Grade KBA List
Bears are Best by Joan Holub
Carina Felina by Carmen Agra Deedy
Destiny Finds Her Way by Margarita Engle
Gold! by David Shannon
I'm From by Gary Gray
Kaboom! A Volcano Erupts by Jessica Kulekjian
Mr. S: A First Day of School Book by Monica Arnaldo
Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf by Davide Cali
Try a Bite, Trilobite! by Jonathan Fenske
3rd through 5th Grade KBA List
Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate
Golden Ticket by Kate Egan
Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee
How Do Meerkats Order Pizza? Wild Facts About Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them by Brooke Barker
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Penny Draws a Best Friend by Sara Shepard
Starring Steven Spielberg: The Making of a Young Filmmaker by Gene Barretta
The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman
Trex by Christyne Morrell
Middle School KBA List
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
Bite Risk by S.J. Will
Bomb, graphic novel : the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon by Steve Sheinkin
Iceberg by Jennifer Nielsen
Mascot by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
Once There Was by Kiyash Monsef
Remember Me Gone by Stacy Stokes
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
High School KBA List
Chaos Theory by Nic Stone
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Gather by Kenneth Cadow
Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin
Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens
Pieces of Me by Kate McLaughlin
Star Splitter by Matthew Kirby
Throwback by Maureen Goo
2024 A.L.A. AWARD WINNERS
The American Library Association's 2024 Newbery Medal, awarded to the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year, went to The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes - to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park's elders, three ancient Bison. But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building goes up. And then there are the goats...
The 2024 Randolph Caldecott Medal, awarded to the most distinguished American picture book for children was awarded to Big, by Vashti Harrison. Big is about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance. It traces a child's journey to self-love and shows the power of words to both hurt and heal.
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