Golden Sower Nominees

Nebraska's children's choice literary award program designed to develop an appreciation among Nebraska's youth for excellence in writing and beauty in illustrations.  Each year students throughout Nebraska nominate books for the following year.  The book list is then disseminated to schools and libraries and students are given the opportunity to vote for their favorite title.

Nominees       

K-3 Nominees

TITLE
AUTHOR
ILLUSTRATOR
And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel Janet Stevens
The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story Judy Sierra Reynold Ruffins
Jane VS. the Tooth Fairy Betsy Jay Lori Osiecki
Jin Woo Eve Bunting Chris Soentpiet
Nutik, the Wolf Pup Jean Craighead George Ted Rand
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan Kadir Nelson III
Some Things Are Scary Florence Parry Heide Jules Feiffer
The Tale of Tricky Fox Jim Aylesworth Barbara McClintock
The Web Files Margie Palatini Richard Egielski
Widget Lyn Rossiter McFarland Jim McFarland

4-6 Nominees

TITLE AUTHOR
Caleb's Story Patricia MacLachlan
Coyote Autumn Bill Wallace
My Brother Made Me Do It Peg Kehret
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, A Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 Jim Murphy
The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine Diane Stanley
The Power of UN Nancy Etchemendy
The School Story Andrew Clements
Skeleton Man Joseph Bruchac
The Year of Miss Agnes Kirkpatrick Hill
Zach's Lie Roland Smith

 

Young Adult Nominees

Breaking Through Francisco Jimenez
Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes
The Graduation of Jake Moon Barbara Park
Hole in the Sky Pete Hautman
Lord of the Deep Graham Salisbury
Ransom of Mercy Carter Caroline B. Cooney
Soldier Boys Dean Hughes
Soldier X Don Wulffson
Straw into Gold Gary D. Schmidt
Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen