Crown Award

Children’s Crown Award Nominees for 2010

The Children’s Crown Award is a children’s choice award for grades 3-6.  Librarians and teachers select wholesome and uplifting books published within the last two years, and participating schools have students in each grade level read nominated titles: 3^rd graders read three (one must be a chapter book), 4^th graders four (one must be a chapter book), 5^th graders five (two must be chapter books), and 6^th graders six (two must be chapter books).  Ballots are due April 30^th.

Visit the Crown website for more information: http://www.childrenscrownaward.org/crown.htm.

The current nominated Crown Award books are shelved behind the Youth Services desk.

Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles	Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family byColby Rodowsky	The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
The Dog Who Thought He Was Santa by Bill Wallace	Ice Cream Town by Rona Arato	Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt
Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World by Juliana Hatkoff	Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk	Morris and Buddy: The Story of the First Seeing Eye Dog by Becky Hall
Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr	No Talking by Andrew Clements	Paint the Wind by Pam Ryan
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins	Sweet Land of Liberty by Deborah Hopkinson	The Tale of Pale Male by Jeanette Winter
Tales of Famous Americans by Connie Roop	Trouble According to Humphrey by Betty Birney