2008-2009 Georgia Picture Storybook Nominees Print E-mail

The Georgia Picture Storybook Award nominees highlight the best current picture books for kindergarten through 3rd grade students.

  • Abe Lincoln: The boy who loved books

    Illustrations and brief text describe all the things that daddies do for their children, most importantly giving them lots of love.



  • Bubble gum, bubble gum

    After a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road, they must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear.



  • Celia Cruz, queen of salsa

    Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. to hear her voice or to see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy deep within you. relish the sizzling sights and sounds of her legacy in this glimpse into Celias c read more ...

  • Coming on home soon

    Ada Ruth's mama must go away to Chicago to work, leaving Ada Ruth and Grandma behind. During World War II, women are needed to fill the men's jobs. Every day Ada Ruth and Grandma wait, watching for the letter that says Mama will be coming home soon.



  • Do kangaroos wear seatbelts?

    On a visit to the zoo, a little boy imagines what it would be like to be various animals, such as a hippopotamus or a penguin, and listens as his mother explains how all parents keep their young ones safe.



  • Grandma's pride

    Set in the South of the 1960s, this picture book tells the story of young Sarah Marie, who visits her Grandmama every summer. One summer in particular, Sarah Marie faces a hard realization about the segregated South. By the next summer, things are different. Full color.



  • I lost my tooth in Africa

    While visiting her father's family in Mali, a young girl loses a tooth, places it under a calabash, and receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.



  • Jazzy Miz Mozetta

    Lively, colorful illustrations and a rhythmic text make for a jazzy dance party in this story about an elderly woman who recalls her days of dancing the jitterbug at the old Blue Pearl Ballroom and gets her chance to dance once more thanks to some neighborhood kids. Full color.



  • Library lion

    When a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There are no rules about lions in the library. When something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how.



  • Lilly's big day

    Mr. Slinger has big news. He's getting married. Married! Lilly has big plans. She's going to be the flower girl. (Lilly has always wanted to be a flower girl. Even more than a surgeon or a diva or a hairdresser.) But what's the biggest, the best, the most perfect thing of all? You're invited to the wedding -- so start reading!



  • Mama played baseball

    Young Amy helps her mother to get a job as a player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while Amy's father is serving in the Army during World War II.



  • Manana, iguana

    Iguana is planning a fiesta. Tortuga the tortoise, Conejo the hare, and Gulebra the snake all want to come, but they don't want to help. The lazy trio lose out in this clever update of the story of the Little Red Hen told with a Mexican twist. Includes a glossary of Spanish words. Full color.



  • My mountain song

    Brenda Gail is spending the summer with her great-grandparents in the mountains of Kentucky. Gran Pap tells her that "everybody born in the mountains got a song inside 'em," made of memories. That means Brenda Gail has one, too, "just waitin' to come out." Full color.



  • Not a box

    A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real-when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboard box, a child is tra read more ...

  • Once I ate a pie

    Gus herds his people like sheep. Abby loves borrowing slippers. And once, Mr. Beefy ate a pie. </center> It's a dog's life. Filled with squeaky toys, mischief, and plenty of naps. Every dog has a tail to wag and a tale to tell. Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest asked this collection of canines to speak up with their own words, barks, and yips.



  • Star of the week

    In this companion to "Crazy Hair Day," it's Stanley Birdbaum's turn to be the Star of the Week at school. But his time in the spotlight is less than stellar until a squiggly little line and a big burst of imagination let Stanley's true talents shine. Illustrations.



  • Sweet tooth

    Most kids have a sweet tooth, but most aren't as demanding as the one in Stewart's mouth. When it wants something sweet, it wants it "now." Stewart soon tires of his sweet tooth's obnoxious outbursts, and takes matters into his own hands. Full color.



  • The patchwork path: a quilt map to freedom

    While her father leads her toward Canada and away from the plantation where they have been slaves, a young girl thinks of the quilt her mother used to teach her a code that will help guide them to freedom.



  • Too many frogs

    Rabbit's comfortable nightly routine is disturbed by exuberant Froggie, who settles in for a snack and a story without being invited.



  • Tooth Fairy's first night

    Sally the Tooth Fairy's first day on the job is a challenge when a toothless little girl hides her tooth and makes Sally follow a series of clues to find it.



Check out the Georgia Children's Book Award Winners in the Library Catalog!

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