Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Awards Program

Each year, Krieger Schechter Day School students participate in the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards Program, along with 70,000 other students in Maryland schools, to select winners in the Picture Book and Chapter Book categories.

MARYLAND BLACK-EYED SUSAN BOOK AWARD NOMINEES 2011 – 2012

PICTURE BOOK

Black, Michael Ian A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
Clayton, Sally Pomme Persephone
Fleming, Candace Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Graves, Keith
Chicken Big!
Henson, Heather That Book Woman 
Hill, Laban Carrick

Dave the Potter:  artist, poet, slave

MacLachlan, Patricia I Didn't Do It
McCarthy, Meghan Pop!:  the invention of bubble gum 
McElligott, Matthew The Lion's Share
Mora, Pat 
Gracias 
Pinkney, Andrea Davis Sit-in:  how four friends stood up by sitting down 
Raczka, Bob Guyku:  a year of haiku for boys
Scillian, Devin Memoirs of a Goldfish
Singer, Marilyn
Mirror Mirror:  a book of reversible verse
Thong, Rosalie Fly Free!

GROUP I

Barnett, Mac  The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
Forester, Victoria  The Girl Who Could Fly
Henson, Heather Dream of Night
Holm, Jennifer L. Turtle in Paradise
Mack, Winnie After All, You're Callie Boone
Martin, Ann M. Everything For a Dog
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Emily's Fortune
Park, Linda Sue A Long Walk to Water:  a novel based on a true story
Waldorf, Mary The Gold Rush Kid
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn 42 Miles
GROUP II
Cottrell Boyce, Frank Cosmic
Draper, Sharon M. Out of My Mind
Gosselink, John The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter:  a novel
Grabenstein, Chris The Smoky Corridor
Hahn, Mary Downing Closed for the Season:  a mystery story
Mone, Gregory Fish
Mulligan, Andy Trash
Oppel, Kenneth Half Brother
Preller, James Bystander
Williams-Garcia, Rita One Crazy Summer
GROUP III
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker
Brown, Jennifer Hate List
Flinn, Alix A Kiss in Time
Henry, April Girl, Stolen
Magoon, Kekla

The Rock and the River

Standiford, Natalie How to Say Goodbye in Robot
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World