Delaware Diamonds Award - Grades 3-5

Awards List

2014

Grumbles from the Forest
(Nominee)
Jane Yolen

Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year
(Nominee)
Bill Harley

Ellray Jakes and the Beanstalk
(Nominee)
Sally Warner

Words with Wings
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I
(Nominee)
Alison Hart

2013

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
(Nominee)
Katie Smith Milway

The Dream Stealer
(Nominee)
Sid Fleischman

The Magician's Elephant
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

Up the Learning Tree
(Nominee)
Marcia Vaughan

2012

Lilly and the Pirates
(Nominee)
Phyllis Root

A Storm Called Katrina
(Nominee)
Myron Uhlberg

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage
(Nominee)
Claire Rudolf Murphy

Gooney Bird on the Map
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

2011

Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook
(Winner)
Mary Amato

Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective
(Nominee)
David Biedrzycki

Testing the Ice
(Nominee)
Sharon Robinson

Black Jack Jetty
(Nominee)
Michael A. Carestio

Ruth And The Green Book
(Nominee)
Calvin A. Ramsey

2010

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
(Nominee)
Katie Smith Milway

The Dream Stealer
(Nominee)
Sid Fleischman

The Magician's Elephant
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

2009

The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales
(Winner)
Anne Shelby

Rudy Rides the Rails
(Nominee)
Dandi Daley Mackall

Yatandou
(Nominee)
Gloria Whelan

The Willoughbys
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak
(Nominee)
Kay Winters

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Masterpiece
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

2008

A Friendship for Today
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

The Talented Clementine
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Legend of the Cape May Diamond
(Nominee)
Trinka Hakes Noble

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
(Nominee)
Lynne Jonell

2007

Toys Go Out
(Winner)
Emily Jenkins

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
(Nominee)
Lenore Look

2006

The Scarecrow and His Servant
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

2005

Cats in Krasinski Square
(Nominee)
Karen Hesse

2003

Kensuke's Kingdom
(Winner)
Michael Morpurgo
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

2000

Summer Reading Is Killing Me!
(Winner)
Jon Scieszka

1999

Hey, New Kid!
(Winner)
Betsy Duffey

1998

Frindle
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

1994

Shiloh
(Winner)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1993

Maniac Magee
(Winner)
Jerry Spinelli

1992

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
(Winner)
Louis Sachar

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