This month we challenge our patrons and staff to read award winners or nominees. Try out one of these great titles or check out our Award Winners book lists at the bottom of our Book Lists for Kids page.
Picture Books
by Jordan Scott
When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.
(Schneider Family Book Award - 2021)
by Julie Leung
An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi.
(Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - 2021)
by Eliza Wheeler
During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tar-paper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.
(Georgia Children's Books Awards Finalist - 2022)
Early Readers
by David LaRochelle
What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's reactions to the narrator and to the wacky cast of characters who upend Max's-- and readers' --expectations as the three stories build to an immensely satisfying conclusion.
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Award - 2021)
by David Adler
Mo Jackson loves football. But nobody will throw him the ball! How can he help his team win?
(Theodor Seuss Geisel Award - 2016)
by Laurel Snyder
Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.
(American Library Association Notable Children's Book - 2018)
If you need help selecting a book for any of our Reading Challenges, you can Contact a Librarian or visit the Ask Us desk of any Forsyth County Public Library branch.
Stephani Lindsey
Youth Specialist
Sharon Forks Library
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