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Children's Book Week
By Wauwatosa Public Library
Monday, May 4 2009, 03:37 PM
Celebrate Children’s Book Week (May 11-17, 2009) by reading one of the 2008 Children’s Choice Book Award winners or 2009 Children’s Choice Book Award finalists. The awards celebrate the books that kids chose online in six categories: Kindergarten to 2nd Grade Book of the Year, 3rd to 4th Grade Book of the Year, 5th to 6th Grade Book of the Year, Teen Choice Book of the Year, Author of the Year and Illustrator of the Year.
Go to BookWeekOnline.com for information about Children’s Book Week or to obtain a list of last year’s winners and finalists and this year’s finalists. The 2008 Children’s Choice Book Award winners are:
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Frankie Stein by Lola M Schaefer; illustrated by Kevan Atteberry
3rd – 4th grade
Big Cats by Elaine Landau
5th – 6th grade
Encyclopedia Horrifica by Joshua Gee
Author of the Year
J.K. Rowling for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Illustrator of the Year
Ian Falconer for Olivia Helps with Christmas (written by Ian Falconer)
