Kentucky Book Award

Winner's Circle

 

1983

 

JUMANJI

(Houghton Mifflin) by Chris Van Allsburg

1984

 

MOVE OVER TWERP

(Dial) by Martha Alexander

1985

 

ANGELINA BALLERINA

(Crown) by Katherine Holabird; Helen Craig, illustrator

1986

 

BADGER’S PARTING GIFTS

(Lothrop) by Susan Varley

1987

 

POLAR EXPRESS

(Houghton Mifflin) by Chris Van Allsburg

1988

K-3

HEY AL!

(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) by Arthur Yorinks; Richard Egielski, illustrator

 

4-8

WHO NEEDS A BRATTY BROTHER

(Lodestar) by Linda Gondosch; Helen Cogancherry, illustrator

1989

K-3

THE WOLF’S CHICKEN STEW

(Putnam) by Keiko Kasza

 

4-8

CLASS CLOWN

(Morrow) by Johanna Hurwitz

1990

K-3

THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE

(Little, Brown) illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott

 

4-8

THE STRANGER

(Houghton Mifflin) by Chris Van Allsburg

1991

K-3

CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM

(Simon & Schuster) by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault; Lois Ehlert, illustrator

 

4-8

THE BUTTERFLY JAR

(Bantam) by Jeff Moss; Chris Demarest, illustrator

1992

K-3

BASKET

(Orchard) by George Ella Lyon; Mary Szilagyi, illustrator

 

4-8

SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE

(Greenwillow) by Jack Prelutsky; James Stevenson, illustrator

1993

K-3

TUESDAY

(Clarion) by David Wiesner

 

4-8

BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY

(Dial) illustrated by Susan Jeffers

1994

K-3

PIGS APLENTY, PIGS GALORE!

(Puffin) by David McPhail

 

4-8

BOB AND JACK: A BOY AND HIS YAK

(Bantam) by Jeff Moss; Chris Demarest, illustrator

1995

K-3

THE COW WHO WOULDN’T COME DOWN

(Orchard) by Paul B. Johnson

 

4-8

THE HERO OF BREMEN

(Holiday House) retold by Margaret Hodges; Charles Mikolaycak, illustrator

1996

K-3

HARVEY POTTER’S BALLOON FARM

(Mulberry) by Jerdine Nolan; Mark Buehner, illustrator

 

4-8

THE CHRISTMAS OF THE REDDLE MOON

(Dial) by J. Patrick Lewis; Gary Kelley, illustrator

1997

K-3

OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA

(Putnam) by Peggy Rathmann

 

4-8

PIGGIE PIE!

(Clarion) by Margie Palatini; Howard Fine, illustrator

1998

K-3

LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE

(Greenwillow) by Kevin Henkes

 

4-8

MINTY: A STORY OF YOUNG HARRIET TUBMAN

(Dial) by Alan Schroeder; Jerry Pinkney, illustrator

1999

K-3

A PERFECT PORK STEW

(Orchard) by Paul B. Johnson

 

4-8

CHRISTOPHER CHANGES HIS NAME

(Firefly) by Itah Sadu; Roy Condy, illustrator

2000

K-3

HOOWAY FOR WODNEY WAT

(Houghton Mifflin) by Helen Lester; Lynn Munsinger, illustrator

.

4-8

SMOKY MOUNTAIN ROSE

(Dial) by Alan Schroeder; Brad Sneed, illustrator

2001

K-2

DON'T NEED FRIENDS

(Doubleday) by Carolyn Crimi; Lynn Munsinger, illustrator

 

3-5

THE BABE AND I

(Gulliver) by David A. Adler; Terry Widener, illustrator

  6-8 SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES (Hyperion) by Shelley Tankaka; Greg Ruhl, illustrator

 

9-12

SPEAK

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux) by Laurie Halse Anderson

2002

K-2

ONE LUCKY GIRL (Dorling Kindersley) by George Ella Lyon; Irene Trivas, illustrator

 

3-5

SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? (Philomel) by Judith St. George; David Small, illustrator

 

6-8

STUCK IN NEUTRAL (HarperCollins) by Terry Trueman

 

9-12

MONSTER (HarperCollins) by Walter Dean Myers
2003 K-2 HOODWINKED (Harcourt) by Arthur Howard
  3-5 ALBERT (Harcourt) by Donna Jo Napoli
  6-8 KNOCKED OUT BY NUNGA- NUNGAS: FURTHER, FURTHER CONFESSIONS OF GEORGIA NICOLSON (Harper Collins) by Louise Rennison
  9-12 THE BRIMSTONE JOURNALS (Candlewick) by Ron Koertge