Picture Book
Winner: Crash, Splash, or Moo! by Bob Shea
Honor: This Is a Taco! by Andrew Cangelose, illus. by Josh Shipley
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
Chapter Book
Winner: Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming, illus. by Eric Rohmann
Honor: Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead, illus. by Nicholas Gannon
Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
Golden Sower Novel
Winner: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Honor: Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
Thank you to all of the 59,662 students who read the Golden Sower Award nominees this year and voted for their favorite book. We would also like to express our thanks to all of the teachers, media specialists and librarians who promoted the books in their schools and libraries. You help make the program a success!
Kathy Schultz
Chair, Golden Sower Award Committee