Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Program

The Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards program supports two awards the Comstock Read Aloud Book Award and the Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award.

2022 Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards

The 18th annual Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards. Listed below are the award and honor books for each category.

2022 Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award

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Mel Fell written and illustrated by Corey Tabor (Balzer + Bray). 2021

2022 Wanda Gág Read Aloud Honor Books

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Maybe... written and illustrated by Chris Haughton (Candlewick Press). 2021

Norman Didn’t Do It! (Yes, He Did) written and illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc.). 2021

2022 Comstock Read Aloud Book Award

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The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship written by Kim Tomsic, illustrated by Hadley Hooper (Chronicle Books). 2021

2022 Comstock Read Aloud Honor Book

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The Story of Bodri written by Hédi Fried, illustrated by Stina Wirsén, and translated by Linda Schenck (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers). 2021

Monet’s Cat written by Lily Murray, illustrated by Becky Cameron (Random House Studio). 2021

Funding & Donations

The Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards program is partially funded by a grant from the Solomon G. Comstock Memorial Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Wanda Gág Book Award Fund of the Minnesota State University Moorhead Foundation, Moorhead, Minnesota. For more information regarding donations to either of these book awards, contact Louie Lauer. Donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.