The winner of this year's Charlotte Zolotow Award has been announced by the Cooperative Children's Book Center. This award is given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year.
The Winner!
The Honor Books
Other books that were cited by the committee as "Highly Commended" include:
- The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll, written by Patricia C. McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkey
- The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County, written by Janice N. Harrington and illustrated by Shelley Jackson
- A Good Day, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes
- Granddad's Fishing Buddy, written by Mary Quigley and illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch
- Jazz Baby, written by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Only You, written by Robin Cruise and illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
- Pierre in Love, written by Sara Pennypacker and illustrated by Petra Mathers
- Those Shoes, written by Maribeth Boelts and illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
- The Trouble with Dogs . . . ? Said Dad, written and illustrated by Bob Graham
- What Happens on Wednesdays, written by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Lauren Castillo
Tricia,
ReplyDeleteI love DRAGON DANCING! I think it's one of the best illustrated picture books published in 2007 that I have seen. I really liked Schaefer's and Morgan's SOMEONE SAYS, too.