North Carolina Children’s Book Award

JUNIOR BOOK NOMINATIONS 2001-2002

Aliki. William Shakespeare & the Globe. New York: Harper Collins, 1999.

Burleigh, Robert. Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic.

Illus. by Walter Lyon Krudop. New York: Atheneum, 1998.

Clements, Andrew. The Janitor’s Boy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

DeFelice, Cynthia. Ghost of Fossil Glen. New York: Avon, 1998.

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn Dixie. New York: Candlewick, 2000.

Fletcher, Ralph. Flying Solo. New York: Dell, 1998.

Frasier, Debra. Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster. New York: Harcourt, 2000.

Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. New York: McElderry Books, 2000.

Hoffman, Mary. Starring Grace. Illus. by Caroline Binch.

New York: Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2000.

Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the Aunts. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.

New York: Dutton, 1999.

Jordan, Deloris. Salt in My Shoes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Myers, Christopher. Wings. New York: Scholastic, 2000.

Seuling, Barbara. Oh No, It’s Robert. Illus. by Paul Brewer.

Chicago, IL: Cricket Books, 1999.

Vos, Ida. The Key is Lost. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

Junior Book Nominations

Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster

Written and Illustrated by Debra Frasier

Childlike drawings are used to give the added impression that this is a story about an assignment written by a fifth grade girl. The girl, named Sage, makes a mistake and gets made fun of by the other students. She recovers from the embarrassment quite well as she uses that mistake as the idea for a character in a parade. The class pictures, vocabulary, inserts, and vocabulary sentences at the bottom of each page add to the fun and show that you can get a lot of humor out of playing with words. Next stop, PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH, by Norman Jester

…submitted by Mel Burton, North County Regional Library, PLCMC

Because of Winn Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

Who could have known that finding a dog at the supermarket would change someone’s life? Named after the supermarket in which he was found, Winn-Dixie opens doors for new friendships and opportunities in a small southern town. Ten year old Opal has just moved to Naomi, Florida with her father, the preacher and, because of Winn-Dixie, she is able to make new friends, learn more about her mother and spend the summer collecting memories about the unique characters in her new hometown. Read Because of Winn-Dixie and find out how a mangy old dog changed the lives of the various people in this sleepy southern town.

….submitted by Mel Burton, North County Regional Library , PLCMC