Nominees (2008)

The Black-Eyed Susan Committee of the Maryland Association of
School Librarians is pleased to announce the 2008-2009 nominees.

As always, please be sure that these books fit the needs of your school and community.

Click here to download these nominees as an Adobe (.pdf) file.

  Picture Book

• Barretta, Gene - Now & Ben : the Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
• Bruel, Nick - Who is Melvin Bubble?
• Bruel, Robert O. - Bob and Otto
• Clements, Andrew – Dogku
• Deedy, Carmen Agra - Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: a Cuban Folktale
• Ehrhardt, Karen - This Jazz Man
• Flaherty, Alice - The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster : a Tale of Picky Eating
• Freymann, Saxton... et al. – Knock, Knock!
  
• Harrington, Janice N. - The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
• Kay, Verla - Rough, Tough Charley
• Madison, Alan - Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly
• Michelson, Richard - Across the Alley
• Sierra, Judy - Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf
• Watt, Melanie - Scaredy Squirrel
• Woodruff, Elvira - Small Beauties : the Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara

Grades 4-6

• Berlin, Eric – Puzzling World of Winston Breen, The
• Clements, Andrew – No Talking
• Dahlberg, Maurine – Story of Jonas, The
• DeFelice, Cynthia – Ghost of Poplar Point, The
• Graff, Lisa – Thing about Georgie, The: a novel
• Hahn, Mary Downing – Witch Catcher
• Hicks, Betty – Out of Order
• McKissack, Patricia – Friendship for Today, A
• O'Connor, Barbara – How to Steal a Dog
• Pitchford, Dean – Big One-Oh

Grades 6-9

• Auch, M. J. – One-Handed Catch
• Carter, Ally – I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
• Key, Watt – Alabama Moon
• Kostick, Conor – Epic
• Lord, Cynthia – Rules
• Pfeffer, Susan Beth – Life As We Knew It
• Salisbury, Graham – Night of the Howling Dogs
• Shafer, Audrey – Mailbox, The
• Smith, Roland – Peak
• Wells, Rosemary – Red Moon at Sharpsburg

High School

• Ferguson, Alane – Christopher Killer, The
• Flinn, Alex – Diva
• Harmon, Michael – Skate
• Hartinger, Brent – Grand & Humble
• Hautman, Pete – Rash
• McCormick, Patricia – Sold
• McKernan, Victoria – Shackleton's Stowaway
• Pfeffer, Susan Beth – Life As We Knew It
• Tharp, Tim – Knights of the Hill Country