Georgia Children's Book AwardFinalistPicturebook2021

Given by Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia

Other Names: Georgia Book Award
39 Works 18,662 Books 1,241 Reviews 4.4
The Georgia Children's Book Award was established in 1968 by Sheldon Root, a Professor in the Department of Language Education at the University of Georgia to foster a love of reading, and to show more introduce children to books of literary excellence. (from the GCBA website) show less
Stages:
All, Winner (102), Finalist (798), Recommended (7)
Categories:
All, Picturebook (39)
Years:
All, 2024 (20), 2022 (20), 2021 (39), 2020 (2), 2019 (20), 2018 (20), 2017 (21), 2016 (20), 2015 (19), 2014 (19), 2013 (19), 2012 (18), 2011 (19), 2010 (20), 2009 (20), 2008 (19), 2007 (20), 2006 (20), 2005 (19)

Finalist 39

WorkYear
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry2021
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes2021
What If... by Samantha Berger2021
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome2021
Love by Matt de la Peña2021
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers2021
The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry2021
When's My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano2021
Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin2021
Alfie by Thyra Heder2021
How Do You Dance? by Thyra Heder2021
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins2021
The Cave by Rob Hodgson2021
Sleep Well, Siba and Saba by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl2021
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoët2021
Drawn Together by Minh Lê2021
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love2021
My Heart by Corinna Luyken2021
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons2021
The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier2021
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour2021
Small World by Ishta Mercurio2021
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner2021
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales2021
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris2021
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad2021
When a Wolf Is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin2021
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o2021
A Different Pond by Bao Phi2021
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero2021
XO, OX: A Love Story by Adam Rex2021
Another by Christian Robinson2021
Bear and Wolf by Daniel Salmieri2021
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade2021
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace2021
Don't Forget Dexter! (Dexter T. Rexter) by Lindsay Ward2021
Because by Mo Willems2021
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter2021
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson2021

Descriptions

The Georgia Children's Book Award was established in 1968 by Sheldon Root, a Professor in the Department of Language Education at the University of Georgia to foster a love of reading, and to introduce children to books of literary excellence. (from the GCBA website) (English, Member-written)
Annual awards given in two categories: picturebooks and middle grade books. The selection process involves teachers, school library media specialists, public librarians, and youth from across the state of Georgia in the USA. The award is connected to Georgia Conference on Children's Literature. (English, Member-written)

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