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Children's Choice Book Awards

kid's booksThe announcement of the winners of the ninth annual Children’s Choice Book Awards was given during Children’s Book Week on May 6. Kids and teen readers vote from across the country and determine the winners.

The 2016 Children’s Choice Book Awards winners are:

KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Little Shop of Monsters by R.L. Stine, illustrated by Marc Brown (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Hachette Book Group)

THIRD GRADE TO FOURTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton (Viking Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group)

FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick (Random House Books for Young Readers)

TEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)

CHILDREN’S CHOICE DEBUT AUTHOR
Alex Gino for George (Scholastic Press)

TEEN CHOICE DEBUT AUTHOR
Kelly Loy Gilbert for Conviction (Disney-Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group)

CHILDREN’S CHOICE ILLUSTRATOR
Kate Beaton for The Princess and the Pony (Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic)

Follow these links for more information on Children’s Choice Book Awards, Children’s Book Week, Every Child a Reader, and the Children’s Book Council.

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