Golden Sower Award - Primary

Awards List

2016

My Crocodile Does Not Bite
(Nominee)
Joe Kulka

No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lou
(Nominee)
Rhonda Gowler Greene

That Is Not a Good Idea!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom
(Nominee)
John Rocco

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

Rufus Goes to School
(Nominee)
Kim Griswell

Simpson'S Sheep Won'T Go To Sleep!
(Nominee)
Bruce Arant

Sophie's Squash
(Nominee)
Pat Zietlow Miller

The Invisible Boy
(Nominee)
Trudy Ludwig

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(Nominee)
Anne Isaacs

2015

Creepy Carrots!
(Winner)
Aaron Reynolds

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

One Cool Friend
(Nominee)
Toni Buzzeo

Crafty Chloe
(Nominee)
Kelly DiPucchio

Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(Nominee)
Chris Van Dusen

Creepy Carrots!
(Nominee)
Aaron Reynolds

Lost and Found
(Nominee)
Bill Harley

Sky Color
(Nominee)
Peter H. Reynolds

Being Frank
(Nominee)
Donna W. Earnhardt

Each Kindness
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Mousetronaut
(Nominee)
Mark Kelly

2014

Interrupting Chicken
(Nominee)
David Ezra Stein

When I Grow Up
(Nominee)
Al Yankovic

Mitchell's License
(Nominee)
Hallie Durand

When a Dragon Moves in
(Nominee)
Jodi Moore

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

The Lost and Found Pony
(Nominee)
Tracy Dockray

Prudence Wants a Pet
(Nominee)
Cathleen Daly

Have You Seen Mary?
(Nominee)
Jeff Kurrus

2013

Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I Don't)
(Nominee)
Barbara Bottner

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Honor Book)
Devin Scillian

That Cat Can't Stay
(Nominee)
Thad Krasnesky

Bridget's Beret
(Nominee)
Tom Lichtenheld

Ugly Pie
(Nominee)
Lisa Wheeler

How Rocket Learned to Read
(Honor Book)
Tad Hills

Clever Jack Takes the Cake
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Elsie's Bird
(Nominee)
Jane Yolen

2012

Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw
(Nominee)
Kaethe Zemach

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
(Honor Book)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

I Need My Monster
(Honor Book)
Amanda Noll

Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles
(Nominee)
J. Patrick Lewis

The Circus Ship
(Nominee)
Chris Van Dusen

Otis
(Nominee)
Loren Long

Testing the Ice
(Nominee)
Sharon Robinson

2011

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Snow Day!
(Nominee)
Lester L. Laminack

Duck Soup
(Honor Book)
Jackie Urbanovic

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Bats at the Library
(Nominee)
Brian Lies

Dog Who Belonged to No One
(Honor Book)
Amy Hest

That Book Woman
(Nominee)
Heather Henson

A Visitor for Bear
(Nominee)
Bonny Becker

2010

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
(Winner)
Judy Sierra

Henry's Freedom Box
(Nominee)
Ellen Levine

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

Badger's Fancy Meal
(Nominee)
Keiko Kasza

On Meadowview Street
(Nominee)
Henry Cole

Dogku
(Honor Book)
Andrew Clements

Orange Shoes
(Nominee)
Trinka Hakes Noble

The Great Texas Hamster Drive
(Nominee)
Eric A. Kimmel

Woolbur
(Honor Book)
Leslie Helakoski

2009

If I Built a Car
(Winner)
Chris Van Dusen

Three Silly Billies
(Nominee)
Margie Palatini

Honey...Honey...Lion!: A Story from Africa
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

Fancy Nancy
(Honor Book)
Jane O'Connor

Duck and Goose
(Nominee)
Tad Hills

Nothing to Do
(Nominee)
Douglas Wood

Library Lion
(Honor Book)
Michelle Knudsen

2008

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
(Winner)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Wallace's Lists
(Nominee)
Barbara Bottner

I Wanna Iguana
(Nominee)
Karen Kaufman Orloff

2007

My Lucky Day
(Winner)
Keiko Kasza

Old Cricket
(Nominee)
Lisa Wheeler

Hungry Coat
(Nominee)
Demi

Toughest Cowboy
(Honor Book)
John Frank

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Pinduli
(Honor Book)
Janell Cannon

Award Categories

Grades 4-6

Grades K-3

Intermediate

Primary

Young Adult

Award Years

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

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