The Nutmeg
Children's Book Award encourages children in grades 4-6 to read quality literature and
to vote for their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles in January.
Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Educational
Media Association (CEMA), the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians,
school library media specialists and teachers.
All
books nominated for the award must be:
1. A
work of fiction, with appeal for readers in grades 4-6;
2. Written
by an author who currently resides in the United States;
3. Copyrighted
in the United States, and first published no more than five
years
from date of selection;
4. Currently
in print, and available in paper back as well as hard cover;
5. Well-written,
with strong characterization, a vivid setting, striking language, a
well-constructed plot,
and a plausible conclusion.
2008
Nominees
DRP
| Bear Named Trouble By Marion Dane Bauer Escaping the Giant Wave By Peg Kehret Hatching Magic By Tor Seidler The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordon Jackie's Wild Seattle By Will Hobbs Project Mulberry By Linda Sue Park The Ravenmaster's Secret By Elvira Woodruff Shredderman Secret Identity By Wendelin van Draanen The Seven Professors of the Far North By John Fardell White Star: A Dog on the Titanic By Marty Crisp |
- |
2007
Nominees
DRP
| Becoming Naomi Leon By Pam Munoz Ryan The Boy who Saved Baseball By John H. Ritter Brainboy and the Deathmaster By Tor Seidler Gifts from the Sea By Natalie Kinsey-Warnock Granny Torrelli makes Soup By Sharon Creech Half and Half By Lensey Namioka Kensuke’s Kingdom By Michael Morpurgo Thunder from the Sea By Joan Hiatt Harlow WINNER Macaroni Boy By Katherine Ayres The Warriors By Joseph Bruchac |
- |
2006
Nominees
DRP
GOOSED by Bill Walace
GREGOR THE OVERLANDER by Suzanne Collins
MADE YOU LOOK by Diane Roberts 47
ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD by Jean Ferris 53
PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS by Patricia Reilly Giff 47
SAHARA SPECIAL by Esme Raji Codel 48
TRAIL BY JOURNAL by Kate Klise
TROUBLE DON'T LAST by Shelley Pearsall 50
THE VOYAGE OF PATIENCE GOODSPEED by Heather Vogel Fredrick
2005
Nominees DRP
THE SCHOOL STORY
by Andrew Clements
50
THE MONSTERS AT MORLEY MANOR by Bruce Coville
52
SKELETON MAN
by Joseph Bruchac WINNER
41
RUBY HOLLER by
Sharon Creech 49
JOSHUAÕS SONG
by Joan Hiatt Harlow
48
ANY SMALL GOODNESS by
Tony Johnson 51
SAVING LILLY by
Peg Kehret 52
BELLE TEAL by
Ann M. Martin 49
LOSER by
Jerry Spinelli 48
THE MYSTERIOUS MATTER OF I.M. FINE by Diane Stanley 50
2004
Nominees
THE WANDERER by
Sharon Creech 52
FOLLOWING FAKE MAN by
Barbara Ware Holmes 45
WALKING TO THE BUS-RIDER BLUES by Harriette
Gillem Robinet 48
ESPERANZA RISING by
Pam Munoz Ryan 51
THE POWER OF UN by
Nancy Etchemendy 50
THE KITE FIGHTERS by Linda Sue
Park 53
GRACIE'S GIRL by
Ellen Wittlinger 48
THE YEAR OF MISS AGNES by
Kirkpatrick Hill 50
BABE AND ME by Dan Gutman WINNER 47
LOVE, RUBY LAVENDER by
Deborah Wiles 50
2003
Nominees DRP
FEVER
1793 by
Laurie Halse Anderson 50
PERLOO
THE BOLD
by
Avi 53
WILLIWAW
by
Tom Bodett 53
HEART
OF A CHIEF by
Joseph Bruchac 51
BECAUSE
OF WINN DIXIE by Kate
DiCamillo WINNER 48
ELEVATOR
FAMILY
by
Douglas Evans 49
FLYING
SOLO by
Ralph Fletcher 48
STAR
IN THE STORM by
Joan Hiatt Harlow 50
DAVE
AT NIGHT
by
Gail Carson Levine 45
HOMELESS
BIRD by
Gloria Whelan 51
2002
Nominees DRP
The
Shakespeare Stealer by
Gary L. Blackwood 52
The
Door in the Lake by Nancy Butts 52
The
Landry News by
Andrew Clements 56
Bandit's
Moon by
Sid Fleischman 47
Among
the Hidden by
Margaret Peterson Haddix
WINNER 54
Sun
& Spoon by
Kevin Henkes 53
When
Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly
Willis Holt 48
The
Great Turkey Walk by
Kathleen Karr 49
Regarding
the Fountain: A Tale in Letters, of Liars and Leaks 61
by
Kate Klise
A
Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories
by Richard Peck 52
2001
Nutmeg Nominees DRP
The
Ghost of Fossil Glen by
Cynthia DeFelice 50
Deep
Doo Doo by
Michael Delaney 55
My
Louisiana Sky by
Kimberly Willis Holt 49
A
Shooting Star: A Novel About Annie Oakley
by Sheila Solomon Klass 49
No
More Nice by
Amy MacDonald 49
Riding
Freedom by
Pam Munoz Ryan 53
Gib
Rides Home by
Zilpha Keatley Snyder 55
Sammy
Keyes and the Hotel Thief by
Wendelin Van Draanen 50
101
Ways to Bug Your Parents by
Lee Wardlaw WINNER 48
Belle
Prater's Boy by
Ruth White 49
2000
Nominees DRP
Frindle by
Andrew Clements 54
The
Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman 52
Lone
Wolf by
Kristine L. Franklin 46
Wagon
Train 911 by
Jamie Gilson 45
The
Million Dollar Shot by
Dan Gutman WINNER 50
The
Music of Dolphins by Karen
Hesse
Ella
Enchanted by
Gail Carson Levine 49
Search
for the Shadowman by Joan Lowery
Nixon 52
Gooseberry
Park by
Cynthia Rylant 52
Dear
Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by
Elvira Woodruff 53
1999
Nominees DRP
Poppy by
Avi 52
Summer
of the Bonepile Monster by
Aileen K Henderson 49
Just
Call Me Stupid by
Tom Birdseye 49
Kokepelli's
Flute by
Will Hobbs 54
Nasty
Stinking Sneakers by
Eve Bunting 47
Seven
Spiders Spinning by
Gregory Maguire 54
The
13th Floor, a Ghost Story by
Sid Fleischman 49
Junebug by
Alice Mead 46
Running
Out of Time by
Margaret Haddix 52
Mick
Harte was Here by
Barbara Park WINNER 51
1998
Nominees DRP
Jennifer
Murdley's Toad by
Bruce Coville 51
The
Gold Dust Letters by
Janet Lisle 51
Lostman's
River by
Cynthia DeFelice 52
Mr.
Tucket by
Gary Paulsen 52
Breaking
Free by
LouAnn Gaeddert 48
Poison
Ivy and Eyebrow Wigs by Bonnie Pryor 47
The
Private Notebook of Katie Roberts, Age 11 44
by
Amy Hest WINNER
Twin
in the Tavern by
Barbara Wallace 52
Alien
Secrets by
Annette C. Klause 52
The
Magnificent Mummy Maker by
Elvira Woodruff 50
1997
Nominees DRP
Shape
Changer by
Bill Brittain WINNER
Treasure
Bird by
Peni Griffin 54
Bull
Run by
Paul Fleischman 54
Yang
the Youngest and the Terrible Ear by
Lensey Namioka 49
In-Between
Days by
Eve Bunting 46
Prince
of the Pond by
Donna Jo Napoli 45
Strider by
Beverly Cleary 52
Mayfield
Crossing by
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 47
Jacob's
Rescue by
Malka Drucker and Michael Halperin 53
Knights
of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka 46
1996
Nominees DRP
My
Name is Brain Brian by
Jeanne Betancourt 47
Sparrow
Hawk Red by
Ben Mikaelsen 50
Chevrolet
Saturdays by
Candy D. Boyd 49
Soccer
Shock by
Donna J. Napoli 48
The
Boggart by
Susan Cooper 55
The
Grand Escape by
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
WINNER 51
I
Am Lavina Cumming by Susan Lowell 51
Disappearing
Bike Shop by
Elvira Woodruff 51
Dinah
for President by
Claudia Mills 54
The
Star Fisher by
Laurence Yep 50
1995
Nominees DRP
My
Daniel by
Pam Conrad 50
Rescue
Josh McGuire by
Ben Mikaelsen 51
Jim
Ugly by
Sid Fleischman 50
Tails
of the Bronx by
Jill Pinkwater 48
Letters
from Rifka by
Karen Hesse 49
Finding
Buck McHenry by
Alfred Slote 46
The
Twinkie Squad by
Gordon Korman 53
The
Biggest Klutz in the Fifth Grade
by Bill Wallace
WINNER 48
Afternoon
of the Elves by
Janet Taylor Lisle 52
Dealing
with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede 54
1994
Nominees DRP
Windcatcher
by Avi 50
Stepping
on the Cracks by
Mary Downing Hahn 51
Fudge-a-Mania
by
Judy Blume 46
Shoebag by
Mary James 53
Everywhere by
Bruce Brooks 54
Shiloh by
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor WINNER 50
Aunt
Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls by
Joan Carris 47
The
Cookcamp
by
Gary Paulsen 52
Stonewords:
A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad 49
Maniac
Magee by
Jerry Spinelli 52
1993
Nominees DRP
Cry
Uncle by
Mary Jane Auch 47
Heads,
I Win by
Patricia Hermes 45
My
Teacher is an Alien by
Bruce Coville WINNER 49
Number
the Stars by
Lois Lowry 52
Weasel by
Cynthia DeFelice 51
Seal
Child by
Sylvia Peck 47
The
Village by the Sea by
Paula Fox 50
Eyeballs
for Breakfast by
M.M. Ragz 47
In
Trouble Again, Zelda Hammersmith? by
Lynn Hall 48
Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder 53