1. Previews and Reviews 2008-2009 Picture Storybook Award Grades (K-4) Joel Taxel, Chair Georgia Children’s Literature book awards

2. Jo Beth James Media Specialist Royston Elementary Royston, GA Mia Buggs Youth Service Librarian Redan-Trotti Branch DeKalb County Library Redan, GA Roberta Gardner Early Learning Librarian The Galloway School Atlanta, Georgia Jean Hudson Media Specialist Whitesburg Elementary School Whitesburg, GA Lori Haakenson 1st grade teacher Dunleith Elementary School Marietta, GA 2008-2009 Georgia Children’s Picture Storybook Committee Members

3. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Mama Played Baseball David Adler

4. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts? Jane Kurtz

5. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Once I Ate Pie Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest

6. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Abe Lincoln the Boy Who Loved Books Kay Winters

7. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Too Many Frogs ! Sandy Asher

8. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa Veronica Chambers

9. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) I Lost My Tooth in Africa Penda Diakite

10. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Lilly’s Big Day Kevin Henkes

11. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Grandmama’s Pride Becky Birtha

12. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Library Lion Michelle Knudsen

13. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum Lisa Wheeler

14. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Star of the Week Barney Saltzberg

15. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Tooth Fairy’s First Night Ann Bowan

16. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Coming on Home Soon Jacqueline Woodson

17. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Sweet Tooth Margie Palatini

18. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) The Patchwork Path A Quilt Map to Freedom Bettye Stroud

19. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) My Mountain Song Shutta Crum

20. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Manana Iguana Ann Whitford Paul

21. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Not a Box Antoinette Portis

22. Picture Storybook Award Nominee grades (K-4) Jazzy Miz Mozetta Brenda Roberts

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24. All rights reserved Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Happy Kid by Gail Gauthier. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis. Copyright © 2004. Used with permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Viking Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Heat by Mike Lupica. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Too Many Frogs by Sandy Asher, illustrated by Keith Graves. Copyright © 2005. Used with permission of Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Larger-Than-Life Lara by Dandi Daley Mackall. Copyright © 2006. Used with permission of Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts? by Jane Kurtz, illustrated by Jane Manning. Copyright © 2005. Used with permission of Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Julie Maren. Copyright © 2005. Used with permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.