The Chickadee Award 2023-2024 Nominations

A Maine Children’s Choice Picture Book Project

The Chickadee Award began in 2005 and is named after Maine’s state bird. It is modeled after other successful state children’s choice picture book awards and is intended to complement the Maine Student Book Award program that involves children in grades four through eight. The goal is for children to develop an appreciation of outstanding writing and illustration in current children’s picture books through participation in the program with the hope they will become discriminating readers by voting for their favorite book.

This Project is funded by the Maine Association of School Libraries

For more information visit the Chickadee Award website.

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Big Truck Little Island By Chris Van Dusen, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Chris Van Dusen, Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781536203936
Availability: Recently On Our Shelves
Published: Candlewick - May 3rd, 2022

Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind  By Monica Silvie, Elina Ellis (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Monica Silvie, Elina Ellis (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781525303388
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Published: Kids Can Press - June 7th, 2022

Everything in Its Place: A Story of Books and Belonging By Pauline David-Sax, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593378823
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Published: Doubleday Books for Young Readers - July 19th, 2022

How to Party Like a Snail By Naseem Hrab, Kelly Collier (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Naseem Hrab, Kelly Collier (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781771474177
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Published: Owlkids - September 13th, 2022

Jack Knight's Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the US Air Mail Service By Jill Esbaum, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jill Esbaum, Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781684379811
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Published: Calkins Creek - March 29th, 2022

Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions By Richard Turere, Shelly Pollock, Sonia Maria Luce Possentini (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780884488859
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Published: Tilbury House Publishers - August 2nd, 2022

One Turtle's Last Straw: The Real-Life Rescue That Sparked a Sea Change By Elisa Boxer, Marta Álvarez Miguéns (Illustrator) Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593372463
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - May 10th, 2022

Tomatoes in My Lunchbox By Costantia Manoli, Magdalena Mora (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Costantia Manoli, Magdalena Mora (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250763129
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - June 21st, 2022

Walter Had a Best Friend By Deborah Underwood, Sergio Ruzzier (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Deborah Underwood, Sergio Ruzzier (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781534477001
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Published: Beach Lane Books - October 18th, 2022

Wombat Said Come In By Carmen Agra Deedy, Brian Lies (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Carmen Agra Deedy, Brian Lies (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781682633212
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Published: Margaret Quinlin Books - October 6th, 2022