2009 Nominations: Easy Readers/Short Chapter Books

A Birthday for Bear
by Bonny Becker
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | sweetonbooks


Alice’s Shooting Star
by Tim Kennemore
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Kyle Dutkiewicz
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | SarahN


Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest (Annie and Snowball Ready-to-Read)
by Cynthia Rylant
Aladdin
Nominated by: Jenisa
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Are You Ready to Play Outside? (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
by Mo Willems
Hyperion
Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | SarahN | sweetonbooks


Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit)
by Lucy Nolan
Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books
Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Bait for Lunch
by K. A. Okagaki
4RV Publishing
Nominated by: Glenda Crips
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Chasing George Washington (Kennedy Center Presents: Capital Kids)
by The Kennedy Center
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Della
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Cork and Fuzz: Finders Keepers
by Dori Chaconas
Viking
Nominated by: Stacy DeKeyser
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | SarahN


Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House
by Erica Silverman
Harcourt
Nominated by: Sarah Neal
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | sweetonbooks


Dinosaur Hunt (Max Spaniel)
by David Catrow
Orchard Books
Nominated by: Becky
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | maryanns | SarahN | sweetonbooks


Elephants Cannot Dance! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
by Mo Willems
Hyperion
Nominated by: Jill Tullo
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | SarahN | sweetonbooks


Fancy Nancy: The Dazzling Book Report (I Can Read Book 1)
by Jane O’connor
HarperCollins
Nominated by: Sarah Weiss
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | sweetonbooks


Flamingos (All Aboard Science Reader)
by Jean M. Malone
Grosset & Dunlap
Nominated by: Susan Rizzone
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | sweetonbooks


Good Dog, Aggie
by Lori Ries
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: EM
Reviewed by: AmandaBlau | JeanLittleLib


Goodbye to Goldie (Katie Woo)
by Fran Manushkin
Capstone Press
Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Gruffen (The Dragons Of Wayward Crescent)
by Chris D’lacey
Orchard Books
Nominated by: Vikki VanSickle
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Hand-Off #4 (Backyard Sports)
by Michael Teitelbaum
Grosset & Dunlap
Nominated by: Doret
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Harley Quinn’s Shocking Surprise (DC Super Heroes)
by Blake A. Hoena
Stone Arch Books
Nominated by: Allan Morey
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Houndsley and Catina Plink and Plunk
by James Howe
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Julie Larios
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | sweetonbooks


How Oliver Olson Changed the World
by Claudia Mills
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | SarahN | Sharon H


Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels
by Jamie Michalak
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Boni Ashburn
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
by Melissa Thomson
Puffin
Nominated by: LaTonya M. Baldwin
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | sweetonbooks


Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes
by Kate DiCamillo
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Alyson
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | sweetonbooks


Mozart in the Future
by Tânia Maria Rodrigues-Peters
Rodrigues-Peters
Nominated by: Tânia Maria Rodrigues-Peters
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans
by Cynthia Rylant
Harcourt
Nominated by: Tara Lazar
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Nana Cracks the Case!
by Kathleen Lane
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Franki Sibberson
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


No Room at the Inn: The Nativity Story (All Aboard Reading)
by Jean M. Malone
Grosset & Dunlap
Nominated by: DJ Ward
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Penny and Rio: The Locked Doghouse Mystery
by Jennifer Swanson
Mirror Publishing
Nominated by: Donna McDine
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Peter Peter Picks a Pumpkin House
by Christine Graham
Henry Holt
Nominated by: Jean Reagan
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Roscoe Riley Rules #7: Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin
by Katherine Applegate
HarperCollins
Nominated by: Terry Doherty
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | Sharon H | sweetonbooks


Shampoodle (Step into Reading)
by Joan Holub
Random House Children’s Books
Nominated by: Barbara Eppenger
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | sweetonbooks


Snow Wonder (Step into Reading)
by Charles Ghigna
Random House Children’s Books
Nominated by: Charles Ghigna
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


The Amazing Trail of Seymour Snail
by Lynn E. Hazen
Henry Holt
Nominated by: Jim Averbeck
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub


The Last Castaways
by Harry Horse
Peachtree
Nominated by: Monica Carnesi
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


The Magical Ms. Plum
by Bonny Becker
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Grier Jewell
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | SarahN


The Painting That Wasn’t There (Field Trip Mysteries)
by Steve Brezenoff
Stone Arch Books
Nominated by: Beth Brezenoff
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


The Puzzle King
by Nina C Thompson
Eloquent Books
Nominated by: Nina Cordelia Craft
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib


Watch Me Throw the Ball! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
by Mo Willems
Hyperion
Nominated by: Melissa
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib | ReadingTub | SarahN | sweetonbooks


Zac Power #1: Poison Island
by H.I. Larry
Feiwel & Friends
Nominated by: Mary Ann Scheuer
Reviewed by: JeanLittleLib