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Read Aloud Book Award Winners

The Comstock Reading Aloud Initiative supports two Read Aloud Book Awards, the Wanda Gág Book Award (for toddlers to age 8) and the Comstock Book Award (for ages 8-12).  These first annual awards were given in 2005.  Below is the list of award books.
 

Wanda Gág Book Award

Award Books


The Cow That Laid an Egg written by Andy Cutbill and illustrated by Russell Ayto (HarperCollins Publishers). 2008


Wolf's Coming! written and illustrated by Joe Kulka (Carolrhoda Books). 2007


My Father the Dog written by Elizabeth Bluemle and illustrated by Randy Cecil. (Candlewick Press). 2006

The Great Fuzz Frenzy written by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, and illustrated by Janet Stevens. (Harcourt). 2005

 I Like Myself written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow.  (Harcourt, Inc). 2004
 

Honor Books

A Visitor for Bear written by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (Candlewick Press). 2008


The Sandman written by Ralph Fletcher and illustrated by Richard Cowdrey (Henry Holt and Company). 2008


Snow Day! written by Lester L. Laminack and illustrated by Adam Gustavson (Peachtree). 2007

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children). 2007

My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World written and illustrated by Gilles Bachelet. Originally published as Mon chat le plus bête du monde by Éditions du Seuil in 2004. Translated from French. (Abrams Books for Young Readers). 2006

One Potato, Two Potato written by Cynthia DeFelice and illustrated by Andrea U'Ren. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). 2006

365 Penguins written by Jean-Luc Fromental and illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet. Originally published as 365 Pingouins by Naïve Livres. Translated from French. (Abrams Books for Young Readers). 2006

Am I a Color Too? written by Heidi Cole and Nancy Vogl, and illustrated by Gerald Purnell. (Illumination Arts). 2005

Llama Llama Red Pajama written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney. (Viking). 2005

Stanley Mows the Lawn written and illustrated by Craig Frazier. (Chronicle Books). 2005

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for Children). 2004

Kumak's Fish: A Tall Tale from the Far North written and illustrated by Michael Bania.  (Alaska Northwest Books/Graphic Arts Center Publishing). 2004

Comstock Book Award

Award Books

Abe Lincoln Cross a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) by Deborah Hopkinson and pictures by John Hendrix (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books. 2008


The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians written by Carla Morris and illustrated by Brad Sneed (Peachtree). 2007


Epossumondas Saves the Day written by Coleen Salley and illustrated by Janet Stevesn. (Harcourt). 2006

Dad, Jackie, and Me written by Myron Uhlberg and illustrated by Colin Bootman. (Peachtree). 2005

Elena's Serenade written by Campbell Geeslin and illustrated by Ana Juan.  (Anne Schwartz/Atheneum Books for Young Readers). 2004
 

Honor Books

Willow written by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan, and illustrated by Cyd Moore (Sleeping Bear Press, an imprint of Gale). 2008


A Taste of Colored Water written and illustrated by Matt Faulkner (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). 2008


Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote written by Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon (Henry Holt and Company). 2008


Mrs. Marlowe's Mice written by Frank Asch and illustrated by Devin Asch (Kids Can Press). 2007

Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Scholastic Press). 2007

Christmas in the Trenches written by John McCutcheon and illustrated by Henri Sørensen.  (Peachtree). 2006

Keeper of Soles written by Teresa Bateman and illustrated by Yayo.  (Holiday House). 2006

Learning to Fly written by Sebastian Meschenmoser.  Originally published as Fliegen lernen by Esslinger Verlag J.F. Schreiber in 2005. Translated from German. (Kane/Miller). 2006

The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom written by Bettye Stroud and illustrated by Erin Susanne Bennett. (Candlewick Press). 2005

Precious and the Boo Hag written by Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss, and illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker. (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing). 2005

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story written by Paula Yoo and illustrated by Dom Lee. (Lee & Low Books). 2005

Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen written by Marissa Moss and illustrated by C.F. Payne.  (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). 2004

Mr. Maxwell's Mouse written by Frank Asch and illustrated by Devin Asch.  (Kids Can Press). 2004