More than 150 children and grown-ups voted for their favorite picture book published this year when they visited the downtown library this weekend. There was a five-way tie for first place!
Please click on the titles below if you would like to read more about the books or place a hold:
A Butterfly Is Patient, by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long
Bone Dog, by Eric Rohmann
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems, by Kristine George, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson
Wonderstruck, by Brian Selznick
The real Caldecott Award will be given by the American Library Association (ALA) to only one illustrator on January 23, 2012. Which book would you like to see win?



