2009-2010 Maryland Black-eyed Susan Book Award Nominees
Titles followed by an asterisk are available at Montgomery County Public Library branches.
Lakewood will have all titles in the fall.

Picture Books

Bateman, Teresa – Fiona's luck
Berne, Jennifer – Manfish : a Story of Jacques Cousteau*
Cyrus, Kurt – Tadpole Rex*
Ernst, Lisa Campbell – The Gingerbread Girl*
Fletcher, Susan – Dadblamed Union Army Cow*
Hopkinson, Deborah – Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek : a tall, thin tale*
Keller, Laurie – Do Unto Otters : a Book About Manners*
LaRochelle, David – The End*
Mitchell, Susan K. – The Rainforest Grew All Around
Smith, Lane – Madam President*
Stevens, Janet – Help me, Mr. Mutt! : expert answers for dogs with people problems*
Thoms, Susan Collins – Cesar Takes a Break
Watt, Melanie – Chester*
Weatherford, Carole Boston – I, Matthew Henson : Polar Explorer*
Willis, Jeanne – Daft Bat

Grades 4-6 Nominees

Frazier, Sundee T. – Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It*
Frost, Helen – Diamond Willow*
Funke, Cornelia – Igraine the brave*
Haig, Matt – Samuel Blink and the forbidden forest
Korman, Gordon – Swindle*
Law, Ingrid – Savvy*
Ryan, Pam Munoz – Paint the Wind*
Thomson, Sarah – Dragon’s Egg
Urban, Linda – A Crooked Kind of Perfect*
Woodruff, Elvira - Fearless*

Grades 6-9 Nominees

Bingham, Kelly – Shark Girl
Burg, Shana – A Thousand Never Evers
Carey, Janet Lee – Dragon’s Go Home
Korman, Gordon – Schooled
Landy, Derek – Skulduggery Pleasant (also known as Scepter of the Ancients)
Wolf, Joan – Someone Named Eva

Last updated June 2009
Maintained by Bonnie Novick, Media Specialist