If you remember, the Quills are book awards the public votes for and then the results are televised.
What's up in the KidLit categories?
Children's Illustrated Book
- Fancy Nancy, by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
- If You Give a Pig a Party, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond (no, really?)
- John, Paul, George & Ben, by Lane Smith (vote for this one!)
- Walter the Farting Dog Goes on a Cruise, by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray and Elizabeth Gundy, illustrated by Audrey Colman (These books are written by committee? I had no idea.)
- Winter's Tale: An Original Pop-up Journey, by Robert Sabuda
Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade
- Flush, by Carl Hiaasen
- Inkspell, by Cornelia Funke
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo (this is for you, MotherReader)
- The Penultimate Peril, by Lemony Snicket
- Ptolemy's Gate, by Jonathan Stroud (Okay, I did love this one)
Young Adult/Teen
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
- Dairy Queen, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Eldest, by Christopher Paolini (Ummm...for book award?)
- Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin
- King Dork, by Frank Portman (Okay, loved it.)
