Minnesota Book Awards1991

Given by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

Other Names: Minnesota Book Awards Finalist
47 Works / 48 Items 15,335 Books 362 Reviews 4.0
Current Minnesota residents, and Minnesota residents during the year are eligible for the Award. The primary selection criteria, in order, are: demonstrated excellence and innovation of artistic show more work in the book arts throughout a career, or combined careers in the case of a long-standing collaborative group, and significant artistic contributions to Minnesota’s book arts community.


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Stages:
All, Winner (395), Finalist (1,537)
Categories:
All, Anthologies (6), Anthology & Collection (4), Anthology & Collections (16), Anthology or Collection of Short Stories (3), Architecture (2), Art and Music (3), Autobiography & Biography (3), Autobiography & Memoir (18), Autobiography, Biography, Memoir (3), Autobiography, Memoir, & Creative Nonfiction (9), Biography (17), Biography and History (4), Biography and Memoir (4), Book Cover Design (2), Book Design & Execution (4), Children (10), Children's (9), Children's Fiction (3), Children's Literature (77), Children's Nonfiction (32), Children's Picture Books (8), Children's and Young Adult Nonfiction (7), Children’s Fiction and Poetry (4), Collected Works (17), Collections (3), Creative Nonfiction (7), Cuisine (4), Education, Teaching, Academic (2), Fantasy & Science Fiction (29), Fiction (31), Fiction - Novel or Collection of Short Stories by a Single Author (3), Fine Press (17), Fun & Humor (3), Gardening, Nature, Environmental (3), General Nonfiction (80), Genre (3), Genre Fiction (69), Genres (4), Help & Guidance (18), History (26), History & Biography (23), History, Politics, and Culture (3), Honor Award (1), Illustrated Book (21), Information (30), Interior Book Design (2), International Children's Book Award (1), Memoir (5), Memoir & Creative Nonfiction (67), Memoirs (4), Middle Grade Literature (32), Minnesota (47), Minnesota Community of the Book Special Award (3), Minnesota Nonfiction (30), Minnesota Places (3), Minnesota Subject (3), Multicultural (3), Mystery (8), Mystery & Detective (24), Nature (24), Nature & Minnesota (22), New Age, Metaphysics, and Spirituality (3), New Voice (3), Nonfiction (43), Novel (19), Novel & Short Story (89), Novels & Short Stories (6), Older Children (18), Older Children's Fiction (4), Older Children's Nonfiction (4), Personal Narrative (3), Personal Papers (3), Personal Voices (13), Photography (3), Picture Books (14), Picture Books - Author (6), Picture Books - Illustrator (6), Poetry (147), Popular Fiction (27), Readers' Choice Award (6), Science & Nature (3), Short Stories (15), Short Story (1), Young Adult (15), Young Adult Fiction (15), Young Adult Fiction and Poetry (4), Young Adult Literature (38), Young Adult Nonfiction (6), Young People's Fiction (3), Young People's Literature (32), Younger Children (43), Younger Children—Author (1), Younger Children—Illustrator (1), Youth Literature (4), No Category (22)
Years:
All, 2024 (30), 2023 (33), 2022 (33), 2021 (35), 2020 (35), 2019 (36), 2018 (36), 2017 (34), 2016 (30), 2015 (32), 2014 (32), 2013 (31), 2012 (33), 2011 (33), 2010 (33), 2009 (32), 2008 (33), 2007 (29), 2006 (56), 2005 (54), 2004 (52), 2003 (59), 2002 (34), 2001 (43), 2000 (38), 1999 (73), 1998 (72), 1997 (68), 1996 (69), 1995 (68), 1994 (71), 1993 (41), 1992 (53), 1991 (48), 1989 (32), 1988 (22)

Winner 12

WorkCategoryYear
Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays by Bill HolmBiography1991
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeFantasy & Science Fiction1991
The Stone Canoe and Other Stories by John L. PeytonFiction1991
How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation by Rosalie MaggioInformation1991
Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonaldInternational Children's Book Award1991
Freeze Frame by Marjorie DornerMystery1991
The Bear Guardian: Northwoods Tales and Meditations by Peter M. LeschakNature1991
The Passionate, Accurate Story: Making Your Heart's Truth into Literature by Carol BlyNonfiction1991
Woodsong by Gary PaulsenOlder Children1991
The Color of Mesabi Bones: Poems and Prose Poems by John CaddyPoetry1991
How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship by Barbara KnutsonYounger Children1991
Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonaldYounger Children1991

Finalist 47

WorkCategoryYear
Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays by Bill HolmBiography1991
Days of Rondo (Minnesota) by Evelyn FairbanksBiography1991
Road Song by Natalie KuszBiography1991
Grand Obsession: Madame Curie and Her World by Rosalynd PflaumBiography1991
Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick by Lawrence SutinBiography1991
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeFantasy & Science Fiction1991
Phoenix by Steven BrustFantasy & Science Fiction1991
Wolf And Iron by Gordon R. DicksonFantasy & Science Fiction1991
Hero by Joel RosenbergFantasy & Science Fiction1991
The Stone Canoe and Other Stories by John L. PeytonFiction1991
North of Hope by Jon HasslerFiction1991
Medicine River by Thomas KingFiction1991
The Samaritan Treasure by Marianne LubanFiction1991
Tokens of Grace: A Novel in Stories by Sheila O'ConnorFiction1991
How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation by Rosalie MaggioInformation1991
Minnesota Atlas: A Sportsmans Guide to Public Lands and Water Accesses by John HansenInformation1991
Teaching Kids to Love the Earth by Marina LacheckiInformation1991
Freeze Frame by Marjorie DornerMystery1991
Hallowed Murder by Ellen HartMystery1991
Amends for Murder by M. D. LakeMystery1991
The Fool's Run by John SandfordMystery1991
The Bear Guardian: Northwoods Tales and Meditations by Peter M. LeschakNature1991
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States by Janine M. BenyusNature1991
The Geese of Silver Lake by Craig BlacklockNature1991
Prairie Skies: The Minnesota Weather Book by Paul DouglasNature1991
A Northwoods Window (Naturalists Library Series) by Robert TreuerNature1991
The Passionate, Accurate Story: Making Your Heart's Truth into Literature by Carol BlyNonfiction1991
The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists by Philip FuriaNonfiction1991
Breaking Hard Ground: Stories of the Minnesota Farm Advocates by Dianna HunterNonfiction1991
Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair by Karal Ann MarlingNonfiction1991
The Anatomy of Judgment by Philip J. RegalNonfiction1991
Woodsong by Gary PaulsenOlder Children1991
A Dream of Queens and Castles by Marion Dane BauerOlder Children1991
When Morning Comes by Patricia CalvertOlder Children1991
The Music Box Christmas by Rosalie MaggioOlder Children1991
The Princess in the Pigpen by Jane Resh ThomasOlder Children1991
The Color of Mesabi Bones: Poems and Prose Poems by John CaddyPoetry1991
How to Be Lucky by Jill BreckenridgePoetry1991
Caravan by Ethna McKiernanPoetry1991
Iron Woman by Diane GlancyPoetry1991
Cherry Ferris Wheels by Patrick McKinnonPoetry1991
This Body She's Entered (MVP) by Mary Kay RummelPoetry1991
How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship by Barbara KnutsonYounger Children1991
Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonaldYounger Children1991
Arnie and the New Kid by Nancy CarlsonYounger Children1991
Dora's Book by Michelle EdwardsYounger Children1991
When Moose Was Young by Jim LatimerYounger Children1991

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