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Young Hoosier Book Award Picture Book Nominees |
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Can I Be Your Dog?
by Troy Cummings
A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results.
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Bad Dog
by Mike Boldt
A willful youngster who insists that her new pet is a bad dog and not actually a cat describes how her “dog” refuses to listen, walk on a leash, play fetch or even bark, even if she is cute while sleeping in sunny places. By the illustrator of I Don’t Want to Be a Frog.
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Snack Attack!
by Terry Border
Although warned of the dangers lurking outside their packages, Cookie, Pretzel, and Cheese Doodle venture into the kitchen for fun but soon discover that Monster Kids are real.
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Hair Love: A Celebration of Daddies and Daughters Everywhere
by Matthew A Cherry
An ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters by the former NFL wide receiver depicts an exuberant little girl whose dad helps her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
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Where'd My Jo Go?
by Jill Esbaum
When Big Al the little dog gets separated from his trucker friend, Jo, at a roadside rest area, he patiently waits, resisting the attention of other drivers, knowing that Jo will return and find him.
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Let's Have a Sleepover!
by Norman Feuti
Excitedly accepting Hedgehog’s invitation to a sleepover, Harry develops jitters when he learns that they will be sleeping outside, in a relatable leveled reader by the syndicated cartoonist and creator of King of Kazoo.
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Not Quite Snow White
by Ashley Franklin
Tameika is excited to audition for the school's Snow White musical, but when she overhears her classmates say she is too tall, chubby, and brown to play Snow White, she questions whether she is right for the part.
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard
A celebration of the long-cherished Seminole Nation tradition of sharing fry bread during family meals combines evocative verses with vibrant artwork by the award-winning illustrator of La Princesa and the Pea.
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Linus the Little Yellow Pencil
by Scott Magoon
Linus the pencil and his eraser, Ernie, are challenged to set aside their differences and collaborate creatively to prepare for a family art show. By the creator of The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot!
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Moon!: Earth's Best Friend
by Stacy McAnulty
A good-humored and unfailingly loyal Moon traces her history, formation and important relationship with Earth, in a fact-filled companion to Sun! One in a Billion.
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I Am a Tiger
by Karl Newson
A little mouse with big ideas convinces his animal friends that he is actually a tiger by demonstrating that he can do everything a tiger does, a claim that is challenged when an actual tiger shows up.
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Ruby Finds a Worry
by Tom Percival
A young girl's sense of adventure and exploration vanishes when she discovers a Worry that grows and grows until she learns how to get rid of it.
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My Papi Has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero
When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her.
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The Happy Book
by Andy Rash
A young camper who is as happy as a clam and his best friend, a clam who is a happy camper, enjoy a sadness-free world of daisies, sunshine and best friendship, until one of them eats an entire cake and forgets to share. By the creator of Archie the Daredevil Penguin.
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A Normal Pig
by K-Fai Steele
Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to...the things that made her Pip.
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Llama Destroys the World
by Jonathan Stutzman
An uproariously cake-obsessed, dancing llama gorges himself silly until he rips his favorite pair of dancing pants, inadvertently opening a black hole that challenges him to save the world, and perhaps fall for a different sweet treat.
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Fly!
by Mark Teague
When Mama bird decides it is time for Baby bird to leave the nest and learn how to fly south, an apprehensive Baby considers whimsical alternatives, in a wordless picture book by the best-selling creator of the Dear Mrs. LaRue series.
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Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together
by Andrea Tsurumi
Diligently baking cakes while his undersea neighbors swim, hide and blow bubbles, a little crab carries out a small act of bravery in the face of a disaster to help his community unite and carry on. By the creator of Accident!
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The Panda Problem
by Deborah Underwood
A riotously meta celebration of storytelling out of control features a narrator who wants to tell a story and a mischievous panda who insists he has nothing tale-worthy going on but is perfectly willing to imagine any number of exciting plot devices, from jellybean rain to purple aliens.
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If I Built a School
by Chris Van Dusen
A lively companion to If I Built a Car depicts a young boy's creative imaginings of a dream school complete with hover desks, pop-up textbooks, a robot cafeteria chef and a trampoline basketball court.
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Octopus Stew
by Eric Velasquez
A two-in-one celebration of family and creativity, based on the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author’s childhood, finds a young boy heroically working to save his grandma from a giant octopus, while fold-out pages reveal the boy’s account of the story to his family.
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