Award Books

Building Block (Preschool/Kindergarten)

The Book of Rules by Brian Gehrlein

Cows Go Boo! by Steve Web

Don't Eat Bees: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Pett

I'm a Unicorn by Helen Yoon

I'm Terrified of Bath Time by Simon Rich

Lou by Breanna Carzoo

Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor

One Sheep, Two Sheep by Tammi Sauer

People Are Wild by Margaux Meganck

Shhh! The Baby's Asleep by JaNay Brown-Wood

Mark Twain 2023-2024 Readers Award Final Nominees
Title	Author	Publisher
A Place to Hang the Moon	Kate Albus	Holiday House
Linked	Gordon Korman	Scholastic
Nightingale	Deva Fagan	Atheneum
Once Upon a Camel	Kathi Appelt	Simon and Schuster
One Kid's Trash	Jamie Sumner	Atheneum
Pony	R.J. Palacio	Alfred A. Knopf
Six Feet Below Zero	Ena Jones	Holiday House
Tangled Up in Luck	Merrill Wyatt	Margaret K. McElderry Books
The Hidden Knife	Melissa Marr	Nancy Paulsen Books
The Lion of Mars	Jennifer L. Holm	Random House
The Night Ride	J. Anderson Coats	Antheneum Books for Young Readers
Worst-Case Collin	Rebecca Caprara	Charlesbridge

Show Me 2023-2024 Readers Award Final Nominees
Title	Author	Illustrator	Publisher
A Walk in the Words	Hudson Talbott	Hudson Talbott	Nancy Paulsen Books
Be Strong	Pat Zietlow Miller	Jen Hill	Roaring Brook Press
Hugo and the Impossible Thing	Renee Felice Smith Chris Gabriel	Sydney Hanson	Flamingo Books
I Eat Poop. A Dung Beetle Story	Mark Pett	Mark Pett	Roaring Brook Press
Invasion of the Unicorns	David Biedrzycki	David Biedrzycki	Charlesbridge
Negative Cat	Sophie Blackall	Sophie Blackall	Nancy Paulsen Books
Norman Didn't Do It!	Ryan T. Higgins	Ryan T. Higgins	Disney Hyperion
Thankful	Elaine Vickers	Samantha Cotterill	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
The Bruce Swap	Ryan T. Higgins	Ryan T. Higgins	Disney Hyperion
What Can You Do With a Rock?	Pat Zietlow Miller	Katie Kath	Sourcebooks

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