Georgia Children's Book Award2021

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

Other Names: Georgia Book Award
59 Works 31,944 Books 1,783 Reviews 4.3
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:
Years:
All, 2024 (40), 2023 (22), 2022 (40), 2021 (59), 2020 (23), 2019 (43), 2018 (47), 2017 (43), 2016 (40), 2015 (47), 2014 (45), 2013 (45), 2012 (39), 2011 (46), 2010 (41), 2009 (39), 2008 (42), 2007 (40), 2006 (39), 2005 (40), 2004 (2), 2003 (2), 2002 (2), 2001 (2), 2000 (2), 1999 (2), 1998 (2), 1997 (2), 1996 (2), 1995 (2), 1994 (2), 1993 (2), 1992 (2), 1991 (2), 1990 (2), 1989 (2), 1988 (2), 1987 (2), 1986 (2), 1985 (2), 1984 (2), 1983 (2), 1982 (2), 1981 (2), 1980 (2), 1979 (2), 1978 (2), 1977 (2), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1)

Winner 2

WorkCategoryYear
They Called Us Enemy by George TakeiGrades 6-82021
Hair Love by Matthew A. CherryPicturebook2021

Finalist 59

WorkCategoryYear
Saving Winslow by Sharon CreechGrades 4-52021
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamilloGrades 4-52021
Song for a Whale by Lynne KellyGrades 4-52021
The Unteachables by Gordon KormanGrades 4-52021
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla MagoonGrades 4-52021
Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunnGrades 4-52021
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. RaufGrades 4-52021
Lemons by Melissa SavageGrades 4-52021
Solving for M by Jennifer SwenderGrades 4-52021
Some Places More Than Others by Renée WatsonGrades 4-52021
They Called Us Enemy by George TakeiGrades 6-82021
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo CartayaGrades 6-82021
Blended by Sharon M. DraperGrades 6-82021
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan GemeinhartGrades 6-82021
All the Impossible Things by Lindsay LackeyGrades 6-82021
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole PanteleakosGrades 6-82021
Nikki on the Line by Barbara Carroll RobertsGrades 6-82021
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg SloanGrades 6-82021
The Bridge Home by Padma VenkatramanGrades 6-82021
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. WilliamsGrades 6-82021
Hair Love by Matthew A. CherryPicturebook2021
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick BarnesPicturebook2021
What If... by Samantha BergerPicturebook2021
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-RansomePicturebook2021
Love by Matt de la PeñaPicturebook2021
Her Right Foot by Dave EggersPicturebook2021
The Scarecrow: A Fall Book for Kids by Beth FerryPicturebook2021
When's My Birthday? by Julie FoglianoPicturebook2021
Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie GraeginPicturebook2021
Alfie: (The Turtle That Disappeared) by Thyra HederPicturebook2021
How Do You Dance? by Thyra HederPicturebook2021
We don't eat our classmates by Ryan T. HigginsPicturebook2021
The Cave Paperback – 3 May 2018 by Rob HodgsonPicturebook2021
Sleep Well, Siba and Saba by Nansubuga Nagadya IsdahlPicturebook2021
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness by KerascoëtPicturebook2021
Drawn Together by Minh LêPicturebook2021
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica LovePicturebook2021
My Heart by Corinna LuykenPicturebook2021
Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling LyonsPicturebook2021
The Little Red Fort by Brenda MaierPicturebook2021
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy MeddourPicturebook2021
Small World by Ishta MercurioPicturebook2021
Over and Under the Pond by Kate MessnerPicturebook2021
Dreamers by Yuyi MoralesPicturebook2021
Bear Came Along by Richard T. MorrisPicturebook2021
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj MuhammadPicturebook2021
When a Wolf Is Hungry by Christine Naumann-VilleminPicturebook2021
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'oPicturebook2021
A Different Pond by Bao PhiPicturebook2021
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel QuinteroPicturebook2021
XO, OX: A Love Story by Adam RexPicturebook2021
Another by Christian RobinsonPicturebook2021
Bear and Wolf by Daniel SalmieriPicturebook2021
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne SladePicturebook2021
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil WallacePicturebook2021
Don't Forget Dexter! (Dexter T. Rexter) by Lindsay WardPicturebook2021
Because by Mo WillemsPicturebook2021
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette WinterPicturebook2021
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline WoodsonPicturebook2021

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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