2006 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens

Awards List

Fourteen and Up

Boy Proof
(Recommended)
Cecil Castellucci

Looking for Alaska
(Recommended)
John Green

Inexcusable
(Recommended)
Chris Lynch

Seven to Ten

Sweet Smell of Roses
(Recommended)
Angela Johnson

Precious and the Boo Hag
(Recommended)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Freedom on the Menu
(Recommended)
Carole Boston Weatherford

Michael Rosen's Sad Book
(Recommended)
Quentin Blake

Seen Art?
(Recommended)
Jon Scieszka

The Penderwicks
(Recommended)
Jeanne Birdsall

Mercy Watson to the Rescue
(Recommended)
Kate DiCamillo

Show Way
(Recommended)
Jacqueline Woodson

Ten to Fourteen

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(Recommended)
J.K. Rowling

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
(Recommended)
David Lubar

Flush
(Recommended)
Carl Hiaasen

Totally Joe
(Recommended)
James Howe

Where I Want to Be
(Recommended)
Adele Griffin

Criss Cross
(Recommended)
Lynne Rae Perkins

Up to Seven

Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
(Recommended)
Jerdine Nolen

Zen Shorts
(Recommended)
Jon J. Muth

That New Animal
(Recommended)
Emily Jenkins

The Hello, Goodbye Window
(Recommended)
Norton Juster

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
(Recommended)
Karen Beaumont

Snip Snap! What's That?
(Recommended)
Mara Bergman

Traction Man Is Here!
(Recommended)
Mini Grey

White Is for Blueberry
(Recommended)
George Shannon; Laura Dronzek

And Tango Makes Three
(Recommended)
Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell

Llama Llama Red Pajama
(Recommended)
Anna Dewdney

Hi! Fly Guy
(Recommended)
Tedd Arnold

Leaf Man
(Recommended)
Lois Ehlert

Award Categories

Audiobk Too Good to Miss

Audiobook

Children/Young Adult

Fourteen and Up

Seven to Ten

Ten to Fourteen

Up to Seven

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