Since we have the new Mark Twain Award nominees, we might as well take a look at next year’s Show Me Reader Award nominees as well. Remember, this award is given to a picture book, and is geared toward kids in grades 1-3. I usually read all ten nominees to the kids throughout the year during library class so they all get a chance to be voters. Here is next year’s list:

Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair by Pat Brisson
Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg
One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice
Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind  by Judy Finchler
Can I Bring My Pterodactyl to School, Ms. Johnson? by Lois G. Grambling
Lilly’s Big Day by Keven Henkes
Gold Miner’s Daughter: A Melodramatic Fairy Tale by Jackie Mims Hopkins
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack
Hero Cat by Eileen Spinelli