Dogwood Readers AwardGrades 6-8

Given by Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL)

Other Names: Dogwood Nonfiction Reading List
40 Works 1,222 Books 63 Reviews 4.0
The Dogwood Committee is the newest of the MASL Readers Awards family and was created in 2020. The vision of the Dogwood Committee is to provide children of Missouri with a recommended reading show more list of nonfiction titles that will interest them and enrich their lives. As librarians, we also want to recognize and honor outstanding works in children’s nonfiction.

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Stages:
All, Nominee (100), No Stage (60)
Categories:
All, Grades 3-5 (40), Grades 6-8 (40), Grades 9-12 (40), Grades K-2 (40)
Years:
All, 2024 (20), 2023 (20)

Nominee 20

WorkYear
From Shore to Ocean Floor: The Human Journey to the Deep by Gill Arbuthnott2024
Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South by Jaha Nailah Avery2024
My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement by Willie Mae Brown2024
Lawless Ladies by Angela Buckingham2024
Total Garbage: A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World by Rebecca Donnelly2024
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival by Jeremy Dronfield2024
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger2024
Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark's Jews Escape the Nazis by Susan Hood2024
Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II (Scholastic Focus) by Deborah Hopkinson2024
Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation): The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan by Steven Johnson2024
Why? The Human Body by National Geographic Kids2024
This Is Not a Cookbook: A Chef's Creative Process from Imagination to Creation by Flynn Mcgarry2024
Who's Got Mail?: The History of Mail in America by Linda Barrett Osborne2024
The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle over Teaching Evolution by Anita Sanchez2024
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat2024
Bomb (Graphic Novel): The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin2024
Sports Illustrated Kids Big Book of Who: Baseball by The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids2024
The In-Between by Katie Van Heidrich2024
Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend by Noah Van Sciver2024
The Astronaut's Guide to Leaving the Planet: Everything You Need to Know, from Training to Re-Entry by Terry Virts2024

No Stage 20

WorkYear
The Race of the Century: The Battle to Break the Four-Minute Mile by Neal Bascomb2023
Unlawful Orders: A Portrait of Dr. James B. Williams, Tuskegee Airman, Surgeon, and Activist (Scholastic Focus) (The Scholastic Focus) by Barbara Binns2023
Buildings That Breathe: Greening the World's Cities by Nancy F. Castaldo2023
Fresh Air, Clean Water: Our Right to a Healthy Environment (Orca Think, 4) by Megan Clendenan2023
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis by Ann Eriksson2023
Rocks and Minerals (DK/Google E.guides) by John Farndon2023
Close-Up on War: The Story of Pioneering Photojournalist Catherine Leroy in Vietnam by Mary Cronk Farrell2023
Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Nature in Crisis by Rebecca E. Hirsch2023
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood2023
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South (Medical Fiascoes) by Gail Jarrow2023
Girls Who Green the World: Thirty-Four Rebel Women Out to Save Our Planet by Diana Kapp2023
I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor2023
Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First US Women's Olympic Basketball Team by Andrew Maraniss2023
Maybe An Artist: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Montague2023
The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner by Marissa Moss2023
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem2023
Peace Is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together by Tanya Lee Stone2023
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor2023
Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas2023
Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams2023

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