Garden State Book Award Nominees

The 2010 Garden State Children's Book Award nominations are out.

As usual, the categories are Fiction, Non-fiction, and Easy Reader (the subject of my earlier rant)

There are a lot of great books this year! One that I did not review, but it is a favorite of mine is Mo Willem's, There is a Bird on Your Head, part of the Elephant and Piggie series. I love them!

A few of the nominees that I've reviewed

Fiction

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

Elijah of Buxton

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Non-Fiction

The Wall: Growing up behind the Iron Curtain

Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars

Great books - all of them!

Garden State Children's Book Award Nominees 2009

I just noticed that several of the books I've reviewed lately have been chosen as nominees for the Garden State Children's Book Award.

In the fiction category, I've recently reviewed The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin, Regarding the Bathrooms, by Kate Klise, and Punished by David Lubar. All were great books, but my favorite was definitely Regarding the Bathrooms by Kate Klise. (search this blog by author or title to see my reviews)

I'll be trying to read more of the choices, however, looking over the list, I have a feeling that Captain Underpants the the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People might be a fan favorite!

I'll post more on non-fiction and easy readers.