Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Grades 3-5

Awards List

2016

The Fourth Stall
(Nominee)
Chris Rylander

Calli Be Gold
(Nominee)
Michele Weber Hurwitz

When Life Gives You O.J.
(Nominee)
Erica S. Perl

8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel // 1 Dog = Chaos
(Nominee)
Vivian Vande Velde

Double Dog Dare
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

Summer of the Wolves
(Nominee)
Polly Carlson-Voiles

Perfect Game
(Nominee)
Fred Bowen

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
(Nominee)
Liesl Shurtliff

Elvis and the Underdogs
(Nominee)
Jenny Lee

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Nominee)
Chris Grabenstein

Fortunately, the Milk
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

Blast Off!
(Nominee)
Nate Ball

2015

Belly Up
(Winner)
Stuart Gibbs

Guinea Dog
(Nominee)
Patrick Jennings

Belly Up
(Nominee)
Stuart Gibbs

As Simple As It Seems
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

My Life As a Book
(Nominee)
Janet Tashjian

Benjamin Franklinstein Lives!
(Nominee)
Matthew McElligott; Larry Tuxbury

Ghost Dog Secrets
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

Ghost Dog Secrets
(Second Place)
Peg Kehret

Aliens on Vacation
(Nominee)
Clete Barrett Smith

Sylvia & Aki
(Nominee)
Winifred Conkling

Waiting for the Magic
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Breadcrumbs
(Nominee)
Anne Ursu

Kindred Souls
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

Guinea Dog
(Third Place)
Patrick Jennings

2014

Because of Mr. Terupt
(Winner)
Rob Buyea

The Klipfish Code
(Nominee)
Mary Casanova

Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel
(Nominee)
K.A. Holt

One Crazy Summer
(Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

The Night Fairy
(Nominee)
Laura Amy Schlitz

Out of My Mind
(Second Place)
Sharon M. Draper

Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
(Nominee)
Alan Silberberg

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

Cinderella Smith
(Nominee)
Stephanie Barden

Quarterback Season
(Nominee)
Fred Bowen

The Trouble With Chickens
(Third Place)
Doreen Cronin

2013

11 Birthdays
(Winner)
Wendy Mass

Piper Reed, Navy Brat
(Nominee)
Kimberly Willis Holt

Diamond Willow
(Nominee)
Helen Frost

The Beef Princess of Practical County
(Nominee)
Michelle Houts

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

A Dog on His Own
(Nominee)
Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

The Secret of Zoom
(Second Place)
Lynne Jonell

The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

Dying to Meet You
(Third Place)
Kate Klise

2012

Please Write In This Book
(Winner)
Mary Amato

Getting Air
(Second Place)
Dan Gutman

Listen!
(Nominee)
Stephanie S. Tolan

No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay)
(Nominee)
Trudi Trueit

Melonhead
(Nominee)
Katy Kelly

The Magic Half
(Nominee)
Annie Barrows

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

Captain Nobody
(Nominee)
Dean Pitchford

Football Genius
(Third Place)
Tim Green

2011

Deep and Dark and Dangerous
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

The Coastwatcher
(Nominee)
Elise Weston

The Hero Revealed
(Nominee)
William Boniface

How to Save Your Tail
(Nominee)
Mary Hanson

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

Found
(Second Place)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Sloppy Copy Slipup
(Nominee)
Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan

One-Handed Catch
(Nominee)
Mary Jane Auch / M.J. Auch

How to Steal a Dog
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

The Lemonade War
(Third Place)
Jacqueline Davies

2010

The Liberation of Gabriel King
(Nominee)
K.L. Going

The Year of the Dog
(Nominee)
Grace Lin
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

The Homework Machine
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Princess Academy
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

Leepike Ridge
(Nominee)
N.D. Wilson

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
(Nominee)
Lynne Jonell

The Thing About Georgie
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

Home of the Brave
(Second Place)
Katherine Applegate

Clementine
(Third Place)
Sara Pennypacker

2009

Flush
(Winner)
Carl Hiaasen

The Penderwicks
(Nominee)
Jeanne Birdsall

Lunch Money
(Second Place)
Andrew Clements

Punished!
(Nominee)
David Lubar

Gossamer
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Mirror's Tale
(Nominee)
P.W. Catanese

Abby Takes a Stand
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

2008

Locomotion
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Secret Identity
(Second Place)
Wendelin Van Draanen

The Magician's Boy
(Nominee)
Susan Cooper

Ida B
(Third Place)
Katherine Hannigan

2007

The Word Eater
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

The World According To Humphrey
(Second Place)
Betty G. Birney

2006

Runt
(Winner)
Marion Dane Bauer

2005

The Doll People
(Winner)
Ann M. Martin

2002

Silverwing
(Winner)
Kenneth Oppel
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

2000

Danger in the Desert
(Winner)
T.S. Fields

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