This award is given to the favorite intermediate level chapter book
each year.
Our 6th grade students, along with thousands of students all over
Washington State,
vote to determine the winner.
2007 Young Reader's Choice Winner: Charlie Bone
and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo 2006 Winner:The
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 2005 Winner:
The Thief Lord by Corneila Funke
2004 Winner: Skeleton Man
by Joseph Bruchac
2003 Winner:
Because of Winn Dixie by
Kate DiCamillo
2002 Winner: Holes by
Louis Sachar 2001 Winner:
Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 2000 Winner:
A Mouse called Wolf by David King-Smith 1999 Winner:
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Twenty picture books are nominated annually. Students in grades
K-3 in Washington State vote in March for their favorite. When all the
votes are tallied, the winning book becomes the Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book of the Year.
It is a yearly tradition at Mt. View that teachers of all students
K-3 read each of the 18-20 nominated books to their class. The children
then vote on their favorite.
2007
WCCPB Winner:Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini
2006 Winner: Arrowhawk by Lola M. Schaefer
2005 Winner:Skippyjonjones
by Judy Schachner 2004 Winner:Togo by Robert Blake
2003 Winner:Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland 2002 Winner:Cosmo
Zooms by Arthur Howard 2001 Winner:Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester,
illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. 2000 Winner:Akiak:
a tale from the Iditarod by Robert Black 1999 Winner: Secret
Shortcut by Mark Teague
The Newbery award honors the best literature for children each year.
This award was first given in 1922, to acknowledge quality writing for children.
The winning novel has to have been written by an American author. Librarians
are chosen each year to take part in the nomination and determination of
one Newbery winner and two or three honor winners.
2007 Newbery Medal winner:The
Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron 2006 Winner:Criss Cross written by Lynne Rae Perkins 2005 Winner: Kira-Kira by
Cynthia Kadohata
2004 Winner:The Tale of Desperaux
by Kate DeCamillo
2003 Winner:Crispin: The Cross of Lead
by Avi
2002 Winner:A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 2001 Winner:A Year down Yonder
by Richard Peck 2000 Winner: Bud, not Buddy by Christopher
Paul Curtis
1999 Winner: Holes by Louis Sachar
Caldicott Award Return to top The Caldicott
award is a focus on children's picture books. Each year this award recognises
picture books for both art and content.
2007 Caldicott Award
Winner:Flotsam by David Wiesner 2006 Winner:The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated
by Chris Raschka and written by Norton Juster
2005 Winner:Kitten's First Full
Moon illustrated
and written by Kevin Henkes
2004 Winner:What do you do
with a Tail like this? by Steve Jenkins and Robin
Page
2003 Winner:My Friend,
Rabbit illustrated and written by
Eric Rohmann
2002 Winner:The Three
Pigs by David Wiesner 2001 Winner:So, You want to be President by David Small 2000 Winner:Joseph had a little Overcoat
by Simms Taback 1999 Winner:Snowflake
Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Newbery Award