2016 Kentucky Bluegrass Award

Awards List

Grades 3-5

Duke
(Nominee)
Kirby Larson

Fairy Tale Comics
(Nominee)
Multiple Authors

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
(Nominee)
Karen Foxlee

A Snicker of Magic
(Nominee)
Natalie Lloyd

The Boundless
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World
(Nominee)
Steve Jenkins

Ice Whale
(Nominee)
Jean Craighead George

The Fourteenth Goldfish
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Nuts to You
(Nominee)
Lynne Rae Perkins

Rain Reign
(Nominee)
Ann M. Martin

Grades 6-8

The Crossover
(Nominee)
Kwame Alexander

I Kill the Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Paul Acampora

The Night Gardener
(Nominee)
Jonathan Auxier

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
(Nominee)
Tracy Holczer

Curses and Smoke
(Nominee)
Vicky Alvear Shecter

Wildflower
(Nominee)
Alecia Whitaker

The Iron Trial
(Nominee)
Holly Black; Cassandra Clare

Skink -- No Surrender
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

Unfriended
(Nominee)
Rachel Vail

Grades 9-12

Inhuman
(Nominee)
Kat Falls

The Scar Boys
(Nominee)
Len Vlahos

Faking Normal
(Nominee)
Courtney C. Stevens

Above
(Nominee)
Isla Morley

The Winner's Curse
(Nominee)
Marie Rutkoski

The Geography of You and Me
(Nominee)
Jennifer E. Smith

Complicit
(Nominee)
Stephanie Kuehn

The Walk on
(Nominee)
John Feinstein

I'll Meet You There
(Nominee)
Heather Demetrios

Grades K-2

Mama Built a Little Nest
(Nominee)
Jennifer Ward

I Pledge Allegiance
(Nominee)
Pat Mora

The Monkey Goes Bananas
(Nominee)
P.C. Bloom

Gaston
(Nominee)
Kelly DiPucchio

Flashlight
(Nominee)
Lizi Boyd

This Book Just Ate My Dog!
(Nominee)
Richard Byrne

Noodle Magic
(Nominee)
Roseanne Thong

Dear Mr. Washington
(Nominee)
Lynn Cullen

Last Stop on Market Street
(Nominee)
Matt De La Pena

Preschool

Baby Bear
(Recommended)
Kadir Nelson

The Farmer's Away! Baa! Neigh!
(Recommended)
Anne Vittur Kennedy

The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
(Recommended)
Mo Willems

You Are (Not) Small
(Recommended)
Anna Kang

Construction
(Recommended)
Sally Sutton

Rex Wrecks It!
(Recommended)
Ben Clanton

The Book with No Pictures
(Recommended)
B.J. Novak

Dinosaur Parade
(Recommended)
Shari Halpern

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
(Recommended)
Mac Barnett

Blue on Blue
(Recommended)
Dianne White

Award Categories

Children's Literature

Grades 3-5

Grades 4-8

Grades 6-8

Grades 9-12

Grades K-2

Grades K-3

Preschool

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