Ladybug Picture Book Award Nominees 2010

The Ladybug Picture Book Award, a project of the Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library, is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. This year's committee (children's librarians from around New Hampshire) has selected the 10 nominees for 2010. During Children's Book Week in November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade will vote to select the award winner.

The nominees for 2010 are:

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon

Bad Boys Get Henpecked by Margie Palatini

Birds by Kevin Henkes

The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen

Creaky Old House: A topsy-turvy tale of a real fixer-upper by Linda Ashman

The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School by Laurie Halse Anderson

Otis by Loren Long

Princess Hyacinth (the surprising story of a girl who floated) by Florence Parry Heide

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! by Maureen Wright

Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart & Constance R. Bergum

Check them out and let us know your favorite!