Crystal Kite Nominees

Just in case you'd like to see a list of ALL of the nominees from our Crystal Kite regional division (which includes Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota), here they are! 

• BIBLE KNOCK KNOCKS FROM THE BACK PEW, Mike Thaler, Zonderkidz
• BIBLE RIDDLES FROM THE BACKPEW, Mike Thaler, Zonderkidz
• CARMEN LEARNS ENGLISH, Judy Cox, Holiday House, Inc.
• CAT DIARIES, Erik Brooks, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• CHARLIE RUSSELL: TALE-TELLING COWBOY ARTIST, Lois Harris, Pelican Publishing Company
• CHASING BROOKLYN, Lisa Schroeder, Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster)
• CHURCH HARVEST MESTIVAL, Mike Thaler, Zonderkidz
• CINCO DE MOUSE-O!, Judy Cox, Holiday House, Inc.
• CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER BULLY, Trudy Ludwig, Tricycle Press
• COUGAR CUB TALES: I'M JUST LIKE YOU, Sharon Cramer, B & F Publishing
• COUGAR CUB TALES: LOST AND ALONE, Sharon Cramer, B & F Publishing
• DISASTERS: NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CATASTROPHES THROUGH THE CENTURIES, Brenda Z Guiberson, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• EARTH: FEELING THE HEAT, Brenda Z Guiberson, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• EPITAPH ROAD, David Patneaude, Egmont USA
• EXPECTATIONS FOR WOMEN: CONFRONTING STEREOTYPES, J Elizabeth Mills, Rosen Central
• FAIRVIEW FELINES: A NEWSPAPER MYSTERY, Michele Corriel, Blooming Tree Press
• FAITHFUL, Janet Fox, Puffin Books (Penguin Young Readers Group)
• FOR HORSE-CRAZY GIRLS ONLY, Christina Wilsdon (equiferus), Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan Publishers)
• FURLOCK AND MUTTSON MYSTERIES, Robin Koontz, ABDO Group
• HENRIETTA HORNBUCKLE' S CIRCUS OF LIFE, Michael de Guzman, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
• HOT PURSUIT: MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI, Craig Orback, Kar-Ben Publishing
• IT'S RAINING CUPCAKES, Lisa Schroeder, Aladdin (Simon & Schuster)
• JOURNEY INTO THE DEEP: DISCOVERING NEW OCEAN CREATURES, Rebecca L Johnson, Millbrook Press (Lerner Publishing Group)
• MILITARY LIFE: STORIES AND POEMS FOR CHILDREN, Julie LaBelle, Elva Resa Publishing
• MOON BEAR, Brenda Z Guiberson, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• MORE BEARS!, Kenn Nesbitt, Sourcebooks
• MY MOM'S DEPLOYMENT, Julie LaBelle, Elva Resa Publishing
• NORA AND THE TEXAS TERROR, Judy Cox, Holiday House, Inc.
• OTHER, Karen KIncy, Flux
• POLAR OPPOSITES, Erik Brooks, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (Marshall Cavendish Corporation)
• PUDDLE MOON, Mari Gayatri Stein, River Wood Books
• ROLL UP THE STREETS!, John Bladek, KaneMiller
• SECRETS OF A LAB RAT: MOM, THERE'S A DINOSAUR IN BEESON'S LAKE, Trudi Strain Trueit, Aladdin (Simon & Schuster)
• SMELLS LIKE DOG, Suzanne Selfors, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group USA)
• STABLEMATES: STORMY, J Elizabeth Mills, Cartwheel Books (Scholastic)
• TELL ME A SECRET, Holly Cupala, HarperCollins Children's Books
• THE AUTHOR FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, Mike Thaler, Scholastic
• THE CAN MAN, Craig Orback, Lee & Low Books
• THE CLEARING, Heather Davis, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• THE DEAD BOYS, Royce Buckingham, G.P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin Young Readers Group)
• THE DRAGONS OF NOOR, Janet Lee Carey, Egmont USA
• THE EVERYTHING KIDS' EASY SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS BOOK, J Elizabeth Mills, Adams Media
• THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN (ACCORDING TO SUSY), Barbara Kerley, Scholastic Press
• THE FENCES BETWEEN US: THE DIARY OF PIPER DAVIS, Kirby Larson, Scholastic
• THE FREAK OBSERVER, Blythe Woolston, Carolrhoda Books (Lerner Publishing Group)
• THE GENETIC CODE, Phill Jones, Chelsea House (Infobase Publishing)
• THE KING'S 6TH FINGER, jolby, Self Published
• THE NAUGHTY LIST, Suzanne Young, Razorbill (Penguin Young Readers Group)
• THE NEST WHERE I LIKE TO REST, Dawn Babb Prochovnic, ABDO Group
• THE OTHER HALF OF MY HEART, Sundee Frazier, Delacorte Dell (Random House)
• THE SLIMY SCIENCE KIT FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, Mike Thaler, Scholastic
• THE SOURDOUGH MAN, Chérie Stihler, Sasquatch Books
• THE SPOOKY WHEELS ON THE BUS, J Elizabeth Mills, Cartwheel Books (Scholastic)
• THE SUMMER VACATION FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, Mike Thaler, Scholastic
• THE TIGHTY-WHITEY SPIDER, Kenn Nesbitt, Sourcebooks
• THE TILTING HOUSE, Tom Llewellyn, Tricycle Press
• THE TIMEKEEPER'S MOON, Joni Sensel, Bloomsbury Children's Books
• THRESHOLDS, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Viking Children's Books (Penguin Young Readers Group)
• VACATION BIBLE SNOOZE, Mike Thaler, Zonderkidz

Wow, that's quite a list, and there will be some stiff competition out there! Round 1 voting will end the last weekday in February, so if you haven't ready many of these, get thee to a library or bookstore pronto, and be sure to cast your vote (see previous post for details)!