WASHINGTON CHILDREN'S CHOICE PICTURE BOOK AWARD

The Washington Children's Choice Award is selected annually by Washington State's K-3 students, who may vote for this award through their library media specialist.

NOTE: The committee could not confirm the availability of "Scuttle's Big Wish" by Sean & Ryan Delonas, as it is no longer in print. This book has been replaced on the 2009 nominee list by "Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems" by Susan Katz. 2009 Nominee List - Excel .xls or Acrobat .pdf Note: Be aware that various displays will show the spreadsheet differently. If columns are not appearing correctly, make the columns wider. The text will then appear correctly. To see everything lined up download and print the PDF.

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley, Carol Heyer & Scott Goto

Co-Chairpersons and committee information:

How to vote for the 2009 award:

• Use the nominee list to ...

  • tell students about the award

  • record votes

  • create activities for student interest and reading

  • order books from your usual sources (ISBN & publisher are included)
    
    

• Schools and libraries should email their ballot to Barb Engvall or send the printed ballot by April 1, 2009 to:

Barb Engvall
WCCPBA Ballot
John Campbell Elementary School
408 N. 1St St.
Selah, WA 98942

• FAQs about the WCCPBA voting process can be found here. Please check the FAQs first if you have questions.
  

• Emailed ballots are preferred and must include all titles in alphabetical order (even if no student voted for a title) and the name of their school and the city or town of their school or library.

• WCCPBA posters are available for sale ($5.00 each) at the conference (not before) and afterwards through the mail.
  2" WCCPBA Logo gold seals are also available for $1.00 per set of 5.

• Please email Shay Eisenbarth at wccpba@gmail.com to order posters or stickers after the conference. Postage will depend on how you want the poster sent - either by mailing tube or folded flat in a large envelope. Mailing tube is $2.17 plus postage.

How to nominate titles for the 2010 list:

• Select books from titles published in 2007 or 2008.

• Books may only be nominated by WLMA members who work at the elementary level.

• The WLMA member must have personally read the book.
  

• Nominate books in picture-book format and those that you consider to be good read-alouds for a K-3 audience. These may be either nonfiction or fiction. They may include photography and wordless books.

• Titles on the final 20-book nomination list cannot be nominated the next year.
  

• Books are to be in print and distributed in the United States.

• The ballot will contain not more than 20 titles.

• Submit 2010 ballot nominations by January 18, 2009, to Karen Huebschman (khuebsch@egreen.wednet.edu).

Past Winners and History for WCCPBA Award

WCCPBA History webpage (past winners and activity packets available)