2013 K-2 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master Lists

2013 Master Lists

K-2

All the Water in the World/George Ella Lyon; Katherine Tillotson, ill.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011..
A poetic description of the water cycle with encouragement to keep it clean for everyone to use.
The Bear Who Shared/Catherine Rayner.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Norris the bear has been waiting patiently for the last ripe fruit to fall from the tree, and when it does he decides to share it with his two new friends.
Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet/Kelly DiPucchio; Bob Shea, ill.
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Gilbert has everything a goldfish could want except a pet of his own, but none of the animals who come near his fishbowl seem quite right until Fluffy, with his long tail and whiskers, appears.
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School/Laura Murray; Mike Lowery, ill.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011.
A gingerbread man searches all over the school for the group of children that made him and then left him behind.
Me-- Jane/Patrick McDonnell.
Little, Brown, 2011.
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information about the prominent zoologist.
Otis and the Tornado/Loren Long.
Philomel Books, 2011.
When a tornado threatens the farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including the unfriendly bull.
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes/Eric Litwin; James Dean, ill.
Harper, 2011.
Pete the Cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground and more while singing his special song.
Planting the Wild Garden/Kathryn Galbraith; Wendy Halperin, ill.
Peachtree Publishers, 2011.
An exploration of the different ways seeds are dispersed into the environment.
Three Hens and a Peacock/Lester Laminack; Henry Cole, ill.
Peachtree Publishers, 2011.
When life on the Tucker farm is disrupted by the arrival of a peacock, whose shrieking and strutting bring many welcome visitors, the hens complain that they are doing all of the work until the hound suggests a trade.
Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku/Lee Wardlaw; Eugene Yelchin, ill.
Henry Holt, 2011.
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name.

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