Friday, March 11, 2011

2011 Kiddo Award Winners

James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com announced the first annual Kiddo Awards: books picked as the very best books of the year for getting kids absolutely addicted to reading.

In the first stage of the award selection, the ReadKiddoRead board, children's book reviewers, librarians, authors, and others picked a short-list of forty books which they felt met the criterion. Then, the public was given a chance to winnow that selection down to four, one for each age group. Their mandate:
What makes a book a Kiddo winner? These are the books that kids find unputdownable. These are kids' favorites, and keep them reading. The books that are guaranteed to make your kiddos readers for life.
Below are the winners. In a separate page, I'll list all winners and the runners-up (because once these kiddos have read the winner, they'll need more to read).

Picture Books

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes  Amazon U.S. Amazon Canada Amazon United Kingdom
Author: Eric Litwin; illustrated by James Dean

Early Readers (ages 6 & up)

Henry Aaron's Dream
Henry Aaron's Dream Amazon U.S. Amazon Canada Amazon United Kingdom
Author: Matt Tavares

Middle Grade (ages 8 & up)

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself  Amazon U.S. Amazon Canada Amazon United Kingdom
Author: Lincoln Peirce

Tweens & Teens (ages 10 & up)

The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero
The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero  Amazon U.S. Amazon Canada Amazon United Kingdom
Author: Rick Riordan

7 comments:

  1. I hadn't heard of this site, or award. Thanks for information! We are always looking for good books!

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  2. Thanks for the link. What a wonderful resource!

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  3. I hadn't heard of this award either. I know my kids are ga ga for The Lost hero.

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  4. Wow, I guess we do learn something new every day. Great link. Thanks.

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  5. This is awesome. I'll have to check out their list.

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  6. this is great as an Auntie who writes & reads a lot , I get told, "just get them a book, they love to have books around" so, this is great, it really helps to have suggestions by age group :) thanks

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  7. This list is a great place to start, but I'm starting to thing I should start a page of recommendation for each age. Would be handy for grandparents/aunts/uncles/friends who want a good book but don't know where to start.

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