Young Hoosier Book Awards

Indiana's Kids' Choice Book Award!

First begun in 1974, the Young Hoosier Book Award exists to encourage recreational reading in Indiana students. Since 1992, the Award has been divided into three categories based on grade level: Kindergarten-3rd grade, 4-6th grade, and 6-8th grade.

Each year, teachers, students, parents and media specialists submit suggestions to the Young Hoosier Book Award committee, which is composed of AIME (Association for Indiana Media Educators) members. The Award Committee then selects twenty nominees for each age category. Students take part in the process by reading a certain number of the books on the list. In April, the students vote for their favorite book. Votes are then tallied and the winning illustrator and authors are presented the award at the annual AIME spring conference the following year. Their names are added to the list of winners spanning from 1975 to the present.

[Text adapted from Clay County Public Library website.]

Visit the Young Hoosier Book Award website to nominate a title or view previous winners.

 

2008-09 Winners

Picture book: Bad Kitty written and illustrated by Nick Bruel

Intermediate: The Ghost's Grave written by Peg Kehret

 

2009-2010 Nominees

Picture Books - Grades K-3

Barnum Brown: Dinosaur Hunter by David Sheldon

Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch

Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller

Dogku by Andrew Clements

Fred Stays With Me by Nancy Coffelt

Grandpa for Sale by Dottie Enderle and Vicki Sansum

Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto

John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith

Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy

Nothing to Do by Douglas Woods

Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia and Emily MacLachlan

A Place for Butterflies by Melissa Stewart

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin

Stick by Steve Breen

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington

The Orange Shoes by Tricia Hakes Noble

The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend

Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison

Where in the Wild? by David M. Schwartz

Wolf's Coming by Joe Kulka

 

Intermediate Grades 4-6

Archer's Quest by Linda Sue Park

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars by Douglas Florian

Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban

A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonnell

Gabriel's Horses by Alison Hart

Hey There, Stink Bug! by Leslie Bullon

The Journey that Saved Curious George by Louise Borden

Julia's Kitchen by Brenda Ferber

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt by Judith St. George

The Many Rides of Paul Revere by James Cross Gilbin

Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven

On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck

Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan

Punished! by David Lubar

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery

The Society of Secret Superheroes: Great Cape Caper by Phyllis Shalant

The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles