Kids & Teens - Vote for Your Favorite Books!

Children's Book Week is May 2-8 and celebrates books for young people of all ages. While the Children's Book Week website has all kinds of good stuff on it, like a bookmark by Jeff Kinney (!), my favorite part is voting for the best books. The Children's Choice Book Awards honor books for Kindergarten - High School. If you haven't read some of these yet, you can pick up copies of all of the nominees from the various branches of the Denver Public Library. If your branch doesn't have one you want to read, just place a hold. You can vote and view all of the nominees here and I will list them all below. I know what I would vote for - how about you?

Author of the Year

Cassandra Clare for Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, Book 1)

Suzanne Collins for Mockingjay (the final book of The Hunger Games)

Jeff Kinney for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth

Stephenie Meyer for The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Rick Riordan for The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, Book 1)

Illustrator of the Year

Robin Preiss Glasser for Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique

Loren Long for Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters

Nancy Tillman for Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You

David Wiesner for Art & Max

Mo Willems for Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion

Book of the Year: K - 2nd grade

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills

Little Pink Pup by Johanna Kerby

Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord, illustrated by Derek Anderson

Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott

Book of the Year: 3rd - 4th grade

Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray: The Uproar at the Front Door by Nick Bruel

Babymouse Burns Rubber by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Finally by Wendy Mass

Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods & Heroes by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda

Book of the Year: 5th - 6th grade

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce

Zebrafish by Peter H. Reynolds and FableVision

The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

It's a Book by Lane Smith

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Book of the Year: Teens

Burned (House of Night, Book 7) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, Book 5) by Richelle Mead

Fang (A Maximum Ride Novel) by James Patterson