SHOW ME READERS AWARD WINNERS

2011

Two Bobbies, a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival, by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery, illustrated by Jean Cassels

2010

Some Dog!, by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt

2009 

Hero Cat, by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen

2008

Magnus at the Fire, by Jennifer Armstrong, illustrated by Owen Smith

2007

Arrowhawk, by Lola Schaefer, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska

2006

Bad Boys, by Margie Palatini, illustrated by Henry Cole

2005

Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail, by Colleen Salley, illustrated by Janet Stevens

2004

The Frog Principal, Stephanie Calmenson, illustrated by Denise Brunkus

2003

Go Home!: The True Story of James the Cat, by Libby Phillips Meggs

2002

Hooway for Wodney Wat, by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

2001

Raising Dragons, by Jerdine Nolen, illustrated by Elise Primavera

2000

Verdi, by Janell Cannon

1999

Duke, the Dairy Delight Dog, by Lisa Campbell Ernst

1998

Heart of a Tiger, by Marsha Arnold, illustrated by Jamichael Henterly

1997

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, by Patricia Polacco

1996

Soap, Soap, Don’t Forget the Soap, by Tom Birdseye, illustrated by Andrew Glass

1995

Sukey and the Mermaid, by Robert San Souci, illustrated by Brian Pinkney