South Carolina Book Award Nominees 2006-2007
Lexiles by David Bell - - - Social Studies Academic Standards Alignment by James Bryan
ê Abe Lincoln: the Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters 480L (K-3.2, 1-4.3)
ê Alice the Fairy by David Shannon AD510L AD 510L
ê Babu’s Song by Stephanie Suve-Bodeen AD600L 600L
ê Baghead by Jarrett Krosoczka 420L
ê Bertie was a Watchdog by Rick Walkton AD 80L
ê Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book by Alexander Stadler AD 540L
ê Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming 460L (7-5.5)
ê Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
ê A Christmas Like Helen’s by Natalie Knswy-Warnock
ê Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg 560L
ê Don’t Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland NP
ê Duck for President by Dooreen Cronin 680L
ê A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
ê Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by Karen English 640L
ê Hummingbird Nest: a Journal of Poems by Kristine O’Connell George NP
ê If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky NP
ê Jackalope by Janet Stevens 360L (2-1.4)
ê Karate Hour by Carol Nevius NP
ê Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems 120L
ê Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland 680L
ê Saturdays and Tea Cakes by Lester Laminack 840L
ê Squeal and Squawk: Barnyard Talk by Susan Pearson
ê What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile? By Judy Sierra 940L
ê Whose Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman
ê Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm (K-4.1)
ê American Moments: Scenes from American History by Robert Burleigh (All elementary grades)
ê Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan 830L
ê Buttermilk Hill by Ruth White 790L
ê Circle Unbroken: the Story of a Basket and Its People by Margot Theis Raven 1050L (2-2.7)
ê Ghost of Cutler Creek by Cynthia C. DeFelice 790L
ê Great Sockathon by M.C. Delanye
ê Heartbeat by Sharon Creech NP
ê Honeysuckle House by Andrea Cheng (5-3.4)
ê Ida B.:…and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, & (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan 970L
ê Knockin’ on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates by Lynn Barasch 880L (3-5.6)
ê Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss 770L (5-4.5)
ê Niagra Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler 610L
ê Operation Clean Sweep by Darleen Bailey Beard (5-3.5)
ê Promise to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson 1030L (5-5.3)
ê Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry by Brian P. Cleary
ê Report Card by Andrew Clements 700L
ê Seaward Born by Lea Wait 730L (3-4.3, 4-2.6)
ê Up the Learning Tree by Marcia K. Vaughan 660L (4-6.1, 4-6.2)
ê World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney 670L
ê Young Man & the Sea by W.R. Philbrick 800L
ê Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko 600L
ê The Ballad of Sir Dinadan by Gerald Morris 800L
ê Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan 830L
ê Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett 770L
ê City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 680L
ê Close to Shore: the Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo 1200L
ê Double Dutch by Sharon Draper 760L
ê The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell 830L
ê Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins 630L
ê The Last Treasure by Janet S. Anderson 660L
ê Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee 800L
ê Mutiny’s Daughter by Ann Rinaldi
ê North by Donna Jo Napoli 600L
ê Race for the Sky: the Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore by Dan Gutman 880L (5-3.2, USCH-7.1)
ê Shadows on the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
ê So B. It by Sarah Weeks 860L
ê Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge: A Ghost Story by Kathryn Reiss 800L
ê Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce 790L
ê Worlds Afire: the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944 by Paul Janeczko
ê The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick 800L
ê After by Francine Prose 770L
ê The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper 700L
ê Can’t Get There From Here by Todd Strasser 620L
ê Contents Under Pressure by Lara M. Zeises 830L
ê Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
ê Devil On My Heels by Joyce McDonald (5-5.3)
ê Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates 810L
ê Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman 800L
ê Keesha’s House by Helen Frost NP
ê The Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger 730L
ê Leaving Protection by Will Hobbs 770L
ê A Mango-Shaped Space: A Novel by Wendy Mass 770L
ê Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn 550L
ê One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones 820L
ê Sarah’s Ground by Ann Rinaldi (4-6.6, 8-3.6)
ê Shadow of a Doubt by S.L. Rottman
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Teen Idol by Meg Cabot 860L
ê Tending to Grace by Kimberly Newton Fusco 760L
ê Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen 880L (7-7.4)
ê The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen 840L
· Books aligned to standards based on content not reading levels. Many picture books are good for upper grades as introductions, and many chapter books may be read to lower grades.