Delaware Diamonds Award - Grades K-2

Awards List

2014

Not Your Typical Dragon
(Winner)
Dan Bar-el

Annie and Simon
(Nominee)
Catharine O'Neill

Dirty Gert
(Nominee)
Tedd Arnold

Knit Your Bit
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Not Your Typical Dragon
(Nominee)
Dan Bar-el

A Place for Turtles
(Nominee)
Melissa Stewart

Prairie Chicken Little
(Nominee)
Jackie Mims Hopkins

Bella's Rules
(Nominee)
Elissa Haden Guest

The King of Little Things
(Nominee)
Bil Lepp

Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash
(Nominee)
Monica Brown

Ukulele Hayley
(Nominee)
Judy Cox

2013

I Need My Own Country!
(Winner)
Rick Walton

One
(Nominee)
Kathryn Otoshi

The Imaginary Garden
(Nominee)
Andrew Larsen

One Funny Day
(Nominee)
Kate McMullan

First Come the Zebra
(Nominee)
Lynne Barasch

Epossumondas Plays Possum
(Nominee)
Coleen Salley

Gracias/Thanks
(Nominee)
Pat Mora

Willow's Whispers
(Nominee)
Lana Button

Rich
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

Our Children Can Soar
(Nominee)
Michelle Cook

2012

The Gingerbread Man: Loose in the School
(Winner)
Laura Murray

Immi's Gift
(Nominee)
Karin Littlewood

Kiss Me! (I'm a Prince!)
(Nominee)
Heather McLeod

Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic
(Nominee)
Robert Burleigh

A Pet for Miss Wright
(Nominee)
Judy Young

Three Hens and a Peacock
(Nominee)
Lester L. Laminack

Tashi and the Tibetan Flower Cure
(Nominee)
Naomi C. Rose

2011

Chester's Masterpiece
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

Little Red Bat
(Nominee)
Carole Gerber

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Nominee)
Devin Scillian

Silas' Seven Grandparents
(Nominee)
Anita Horrocks

That Cat Can't Stay
(Nominee)
Thad Krasnesky

Interrupting Chicken
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

Sneaky Sheep
(Nominee)
Chris Monroe

My Name Is Not Isabella
(Nominee)
Jennifer Fosberry

The African Safari Discovery
(Nominee)
Jeff Brown

2010

One
(Nominee)
Kathryn Otoshi

The Imaginary Garden
(Nominee)
Andrew Larsen

One Funny Day
(Nominee)
Kate McMullan

First Come the Zebra
(Nominee)
Lynne Barasch

Epossumondas Plays Possum
(Nominee)
Coleen Salley

Gracias/Thanks
(Nominee)
Pat Mora

Willow's Whispers
(Nominee)
Lana Button

Rich
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

2009

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
(Winner)
Marla Frazee

Orange Shoes
(Nominee)
Trinka Hakes Noble

Willow
(Nominee)
Denise Brennan-Nelson

The Best Story
(Nominee)
Eileen Spinelli

Yoko Writes Her Name
(Nominee)
Rosemary Wells

Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest
(Nominee)
Cynthia Rylant

2008

Wind Flyers
(Nominee)
Angela Johnson

Deep in the Swamp
(Nominee)
Donna M. Bateman

Badger's Fancy Meal
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

There Is a Bird on Your Head!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Come Fly with Me
(Nominee)
Satomi Ichikawa

2007

The Perfect Nest
(Winner)
Catherine Friend

Alley OOPS
(Nominee)
Janice Levy

Lilly's Big Day
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began
(Nominee)
Emmett Shkeme Garcia

Henry's Freedom Box
(Nominee)
Ellen Levine

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
(Nominee)
Janice N. Harrington

Fiesta Fiasco
(Nominee)
Ann Whitford Paul

A Mama for Owen
(Nominee)
Marion Dane Bauer

2006

Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse
(Winner)
Judy Schachner

Papa, Do You Love Me?
(Nominee)
Barbara M. Joosse

Leaf Man
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Super Fly Guy!
(Nominee)
Tedd Arnold

Oink?
(Nominee)
Margie Palatini

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

2005

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
(Winner)
Mo Willems

Ruby Lu, Brave and True
(Nominee)
Lenore Look

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

The Umbrella
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

Runny Babbit
(Nominee)
Shel Silverstein

2004

Diary of a Worm
(Winner)
Doreen Cronin

2002

Jingle Bells, Homework Smells
(Winner)
Diane deGroat

2001

Hooway for Wodney Wat
(Winner)
Helen Lester

2000

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
(Winner)
Barbara Park

1999

Alligator Baby
(Winner)
Robert N. Munsch

1997

Dinosaurs Before Dark
(Winner)
Mary Pope Osborne

1996

Thomas' Snowsuit
(Winner)
Robert N. Munsch

1995

Stellaluna
(Winner)
Janell Cannon

1994

Tom
(Winner)
Tomie DePaola

1993

The Talking Eggs
(Winner)
Robert D. San Souci

1990

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
(Winner)
Judi Barrett

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