Nonfiction Picture Books - Nominations Please!

The books are trickling in, and the nonfiction picture book panel is gearing up for the hard work ahead. Here are the books that have been nominated so far.

• ABC Safari by Karen Lee
• Anne Hutchinson's Way by Jeannine Atkins
• Artful Reading by Bob Raczka
• Ballerina Dreams by Lauren Thompson
• The Book of Time Outs: A Mostly True History of the World's Biggest Troublemakers by Deb Lucke
• City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male by Meghan McCarthy
• Campy: The Story of Roy Campanella by David Adler
  
• D is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet by Nancy I Sanders
• Different Like Coco, by Elizabeth Matthews
• Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg by Mia Posada
• Hair Dance by Dinah Johnson
• A Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories by Gail Ablow
• In My Backyard by Valarie Giogas
• Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here by Lizann Flatt
• Lightship by Brian Floca
• A Little Peace by Barbara Kerley
• Living Color by Steve Jenkins
• Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria by Kyra E. Hicks
  
• Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter by Lois V. Harris
• May I Pet Your Dog?: The How-to Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs (and Dogs Meeting Kids) by Stephanie Calmenson
• My Name Is Gabito/Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La Vida De Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Monica Brown
  
• Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher
• Ocean Seasons by Ron Hirschi
• One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
• Rough, Tough Charley by Verla Kay
• Sawdust and Spangles: The Amazing Life of W.C. Coup by Ralph Covert
• A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
• Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas by Meghan McCarthy
• Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre
• Wired by Anastasia Suen
• Young Pele: Soccer's First Star by Lesa Kline-Ransome

There is no doubt that there are many outstanding books on this list. However, there are still many wonderful books out there that have NOT been nominated. I spent the better part of the last two days combing through the shelves of booksellers, from large chains to small independents. Here are a few of the titles I own or have recently read that are missing from this amazing list.

• Coral Reefs by Gail Gibbons
  
• Dogs and Cats by Steve Jenkins
• The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom by Emily Arnold McCully
• Here is the Arctic Winter by Madeleine Dunphy
• Jim Limber Davis: A Black Orphan in the Confederate White House by Rickey Pittman
• Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt by Judith St. George
• One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss
• A Puffin's Year by Katherine Zecca
• The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story by Jeanette Winter
  
• Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed . . . and Revealed by David Schwartz and Yael Schy

You will note that two widely discussed books are missing from both these lists. One is Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns and The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis. Fear not! Both have been nominated in the middle grade and young adult category for nonfiction.

Since I'm on the nominating panel that will selecting the finalists in this category, I don't feel comfortable adding a title to the list. So, if you haven't nominated a book yet for the nonfiction picture book category, won't you please look over the lists on this page and think about what worthy titles may have been missed? Then, head on over to the Cybils blog and make your nomination.