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NOMINATE A BOOK FOR
THE BUCKEYE CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD:

Ohio children in grades K-8 may nominate from their school, public library or from home. They may nominate as often as they like and are not limited to nominating titles in their own grade level.
Nominate your favorite book between March 1, 2003 and February 1, 2004.
Visit the Buckeye Book Awards Web Site

2003 Medal Winner:

	K-2	David goes to School by David Shannon (Blue Sky Press,1999)
	3-5	Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman: The fifth epic novel by Dav Pilkey (Blue Sky Press, 2001)
	6-8	Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul: 101 Stories of changes, choices, and growing up for kids compiled by Jack Canfield... {et al.} (Health Communications, 2000)

2001 Medal Winner:

	K-2	Bark, George by Jules Feiffer (Harper Collins, 1999)
	3-5	The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic, 1997)
	6-8	Holes by Louis Sachar (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1999)

1999 Medal Winner:

	K-2	Verdi by Janel Cannon (Harcourt, Brace, 1997)
	3-5	Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar (Morrow, 1995)
	6-8	Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (Harper Collins, 1997)

1997 Medal Winner:

	K-2	Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey (Harcourt, Brace, 1993)
	3-5	The Haunted Mask II by R.L. Stine (Scholastic, 1995)
	6-8	The Giver by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)

1995 Medal Winner:

	K-2	The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka, (Viking, 1992)
	3-5	Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Dell, 1991)
	6-8	Say Cheese and Die by R. L. Stine (Scholastic, 1992)

1993 Medal Winner:

	K-2	The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle (Philomel, 1990)
	3-5	Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz, (Harper Collins, 1991)
	6-8	Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Little, Brown, 1990)

1991 Medal Winner:

	K-2	The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin, 1985)
	3-5	There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar (Knopf, 1987)
	6-8	Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury Press, 1987)

1989 Medal Winner:

	K-2	If You Give A Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Harper & Row, 1985)
	3-5	More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz (Harper & Row, 1984)
	6-8	Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements (Viking, 1985)

1987 Medal Winner:

	K-2	In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz (Harper & Row, 1984)
	3-5	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz (Lippincott, 1981)
	6-8	Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson (Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd, 1982)

1985 Medal Winner:

	K-2	The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight by Stan and Jan Berenstain (Random, 1983)
	3-5	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (Morrow, 1981)
	6-8	by Shel Silverstein (Harper & Row, 1981)

1984 Medal Winner:

	K-2	E.T. Extra Terrestrial Storybook by William Kotzwinkle (Putnam, 1982)
	4-8	Nothing's Fair in the Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements (Viking, 1981)

1983 Medal Winner:

	K-2	Grandpa's Ghost Stories by James Flora (Atheneum, 1978)
	4-8	Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Bradbury Press, 1981

1982 Medal Winner:

	K-2	The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Berenstain (Random, 1978)
	4-8	Superfudge by Judy Blume (Dutton, 1980)


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