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Early Literacy Resources for Families
Explore digital resources for kids: music, films and audio books!
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New Hampshire Book Awards:
The Great Stone Face Book Award 2021 Winner: Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
See the new 2021-2022 nominees below and reserve one now!
The Barren Grounds, by David A.Robertson
Before the Ever After. by Jacqueline Woodson
The Blackbird Girls, by Anne Blankman
The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell, by Jordan Sonnenblick
Brave Like That, by Lindsey Stoddard
Fighting Words, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Ground Zero, by Alan Gratz
Harvey Comes Home, by Colleen Nelson
The List of Things That Will Not Change, by Rebecca Stead
The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane, by Kate O’Shaughnessy
No Place for Monsters, by Kory Merritt
Pine Island Home, by Polly Horvath
Prairie Lotus, by Linda Sue Park
Raising Lumie, by Joan Bauer
The Silver Arrow, by Lev Grossman
Stepping Stones, by Lucy Knisley
The Truth According to Blue, by Eve Yohalem
Unplugged, by Gordon Korman
When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, by Ally Carter
Great Stone Face – The Great Stone Face Book Award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state.
See all 2021 nominees below and reserve one now!
Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children’s picture books
| I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James |
| Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry and Vashti Harrison |
| Hike by Pete Oswald |
| If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall |
| Lift by Minh Lê and Dan Santat |
| Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich |
| Outside In by Deborah Underwood and Cindy Derby |
| Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor |
| Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry and Juana Martinez-Neal |
| We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade |
Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner 2020
There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Cocheco – This award is given each year to an author whose book receives the most votes from third and fourth graders in Dover.
National Book Awards
Caldecott – Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Newberry – awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year.
IDEAS?
We’d love to hear from you for any ideas about books, events or programs.
Please feel free to contact Lauren at youthlibrariannhpl@gmail.com
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