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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 ages birth 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
Wolf's Coming! written and illustrated by Joe Kulka (Carolrhoda
Books). 2008
My Father the Dog written by
Elizabeth Bluemle and illustrated by Randy Cecil. (Candlewick Press). 2007
The Great Fuzz Frenzy written by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel,
and illustrated by Janet Stevens. (Harcourt). 2006
I Like Myself written by
Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow. (Harcourt, Inc). 2005
Honor Books
Snow Day! written by Lester L. Laminack and
illustrated by Adam Gustavson (Peachtree). 2008
Knuffle Bunny Too:
A Case of Mistaken Identity
written and illustrated by Mo
Willems (Hyperion Books for Children). 2008
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). 2007
One Potato, Two Potato
written by Cynthia DeFelice and illustrated by Andrea U'Ren. (Farrar, Straus and
Giroux). 2007
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). 2007
Am I a Color Too? written by Heidi Cole and Nancy Vogl,
and illustrated by Gerald Purnell. (Illumination Arts). 2006
Llama Llama Red Pajama written and illustrated by Anna
Dewdney. (Viking). 2006
Stanley Mows the Lawn written and illustrated by Craig
Frazier. (Chronicle Books). 2006
Knuffle Bunny: A
Cautionary Tale written and illustrated by
Mo Willems. (Hyperion Books for
Children). 2005
Kumak's Fish: A Tall Tale from the Far North
written and illustrated by Michael Bania. (Alaska Northwest
Books/Graphic Arts Center Publishing). 2005
Comstock Book Award
Award Books
The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians written by Carla
Morris and illustrated by Brad Sneed (Peachtree). 2008
Epossumondas Saves
the Day written by Coleen Salley and illustrated by Janet Stevesn.
(Harcourt). 2007
Dad, Jackie, and Me written by Myron Uhlberg
and illustrated by
Colin Bootman. (Peachtree). 2006
Elena's Serenade written by Campbell Geeslin
and illustrated by Ana Juan. (Anne Schwartz/Atheneum Books for Young
Readers). 2005
Honor Books
Mrs. Marlowe's Mice written by Frank Asch and illustrated by
Devin Asch (Kids Can Press). 2008
Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir
Nelson (Scholastic Press). 2008
Christmas in the
Trenches written by John McCutcheon and illustrated by Henri Sørensen.
(Peachtree). 2007
Keeper of Soles
written by Teresa Bateman and illustrated by Yayo. (Holiday House).
2007
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).
2007
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom written by
Bettye Stroud and illustrated by Erin Susanne Bennett. (Candlewick Press).
2006
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). 2006
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
written by Paula Yoo and illustrated by Dom Lee. (Lee & Low Books). 2006
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen written by Marissa
Moss and illustrated by C.F. Payne. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers). 2005
Mr. Maxwell's Mouse written by Frank Asch
and illustrated
by Devin Asch. (Kids Can Press). 2005
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