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2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Bookstore
Below you will find purchase links to the winners of the 2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, categories 1-27. To view categories 28-42 and ebooks, click here. Happy reading!
For dedication to children’s books and literacy and for inspired writing, illustrating and publishing. This year we chose books in five different areas. All recipients will receive gold medals.
Compassion
Pablo Pineda: “Being different is a value”
By Albert Bosch & María Sala; illustrations by Silvia Álvarez
(Cuento de Luz)
Peacemaking
By Michael Leannah; illustrations by Jennifer E. Morris
(Tilbury House Publishers)
Exploration
By Carol Bland Dolson; illustrations by Elaine Hearn Rabon
(Miglior Press/Jonquil Books)
Imagination
By Linda Ragsdale; illustrated by Anoosha Syed
(Flowerpot Press)
Preservation
Growing Up With the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri
By Dan & Connie Burkhardt; illustrated by Bryan Haynes
(The Katy Land Trust)
GOLD
By Kathryn Madeline Allen; photographs by Eric Futran
(Albert Whitman & Co)
SILVER
By Mark Powers; illustrated by Maria Montag
(blue manatee press)
BRONZE
By Niki Knaub; illustrated by Kelsi Jo Silva
(Good Luck Black Cat Books)
GOLD (tie)
By Toko Hosoya
(Flowerpot Press)
By Maggie Blossom; illustrated by Marco Furlotti
(Flowerpot Press)
SILVER
Goodnight, Little Orcas: A Counting Book
By Megan Calderon; illustrated by Rachael Balsaitis
(A&M Imagine Books)
BRONZE
By Jeanette Bahn; illustrated by Donna Farrell
(Read Your Story)
GOLD
By Janet Lawler; illustration by Lindsay Dale-Scott; paper engineering by Yoojin Kim
(Jumping Jack Press)
SILVER
By Kyle Griffith; illustrated by Jim Starr
(Miners Landing Press)
BRONZE
By Janet Lawler; illustrated by Irene Chan; paper engineering by Renee Jablow
(Jumping Jack Press)
GOLD
By QAGOMA Children’s Art Centre
(Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art)
SILVER
All About Thailand: Stories, Songs, Crafts, and Games for Kids
By Elaine Russell; illustrated by Patcharee Meesukhon & Vinit Yeesman
(Tuttle Publishing)
BRONZE
Viktor & Rolf Fashion Artists: A Drawing Book for Kids
By Kate Ryan; photography by Team Peter Stigter
(National Gallery of Victoria)
GOLD
The Historical Heroines Coloring Book: Pioneering Women in Science from the 18th and 19th Centuries
By Elizabeth Lorayne; illustrated by Kendra Shedenhelm
(White Wave Press)
SILVER
My First Book About Backyard Nature: Ecology for Kids!
By Donald M. Silver and Patricia J. Wynne
(Dover Publications Inc)
BRONZE
Getting Little Feet WET: Project WET’s Early Childhood Education Guide
By Project WET Foundation
(Project WET Foundation)
GOLD
By Hannah Beach
(Rubicon Publishing)
SILVER
Stori Stori: Caribbean Tales with a Little Jazz
By S. Ettosi Brooks; illustrated by Ngarlege Ngarndingabe, Tricia Ramsay, Ivan
(Education Resources Inc.)
BRONZE
Written & illustrated by Lisa Batch
(Mascot Books)
GOLD
By Ruth Austin, illustrated by Clare Owen
(Compendium)
SILVER
By Kathleen T. Pelley; illustrated by Ruth E. Harper
(CWLA Press)
BRONZE
Miss Bunny’s First Flight: The Adventures of Lovey
By Dixon Douglas; illustrated by Jordan Wray
(Warren Publishing)
GOLD
Wakem the Rooster: Up All Night
By David Fitzsimmons; illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
(Wild Iris Publishing)
By Laura Freudig; illustrated by Kevin M. Barry
(Islandport Press)
SILVER
By Susanna Isern; illustrated by Daniel Montero Galán
(Cuento de Luz)
BRONZE
By B.C.R. Fegan; illustrated by Lenny Wen
(TaleBlade Press)
GOLD
By T.H. Marshall; illustrated by Katarzyna Bukiert
(Flowerpot Press)
SILVER (tie)
By Billy Baldwin; illustrated by Liesl Bell
(Decozen Publishing)
The Memory Box: A Book About Grief
By Joanna Rowland; illustrated by Thea Baker
(Sparkhouse Family)
BRONZE
The Adventures of Gracie & MonkeyBear: Book 1: Summer
By C.S. O’Kelly; illustrated by Jordy Farrell
(Lore Mountain Productions)
GOLD
By Pat Hall; illustrated by Emmeline Hall Forrestal
(Crow’s Foot Books)
SILVER
By Michèle Dufresne; illustrated by Gabhor Utomo
(Pioneer Valley Books)
BRONZE (tie)
By Julie Stallings; illustrated by Travis Shanks
(Heart to Heart Publishing)
I Dreamed About a Hippopotamus in a Lipstick Factory
By Anne Braun; illustrated by Sandy Vazan
(FriesenPress)
GOLD
By Luanne Armstrong
(Ronsdale Press)
SILVER
Molly Bell and the Wishing Well
By Bridget Geraghty
(CreateSpace)
BRONZE
By Ann H. Gabhart
(Moreover Books)
GOLD
Atlantis Lost (Book Four of the Atlantis Saga)
By T. A. Barron
(Philomel Books)
SILVER
Bridge of the Gods (Book One of the Silver Mountain Series)
By Diane Rios
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE
The Chronicles of Kibblestan: Canines (Volume 2)
By Andrea Rand
(Colimar Press)
GOLD
By Judith Silverthorne
(Coteau Books)
SILVER
By Wolfgang Parker
(CreateSpace)
BRONZE
Jack Gregson & the Forgotten Portal
By Peter Wilson
(Crystal Publishing)
GOLD
The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball
By Dori Jones Yang
(SparkPress)
SILVER
By Claudia Whitsitt
(Twisted Vines Press)
BRONZE
By Karen Rautenberg
(Self-Published)
GOLD
By Laurisa White Reyes
(Skyrocket Press)
SILVER
By Bruce Olav Solheim; illustrated by Gabby Untermayerova
(CreateSpace)
BRONZE
By M.G. Higgins
(Saddleback Educational, Inc.)
GOLD
By Melanie Hooyenga
(Left-Handed Mitten Publications)
SILVER
By Dan Paxton Dunaway
(Ronsdale Press)
BRONZE
By Deanna Cabinian
(Timpi Publishing)
GOLD
By Tobie Easton
(Month9Books)
SILVER
The Rise of the Dawnstar: The Avalonia Chronicles
By Farah Oomerbhoy
(Wise Ink Creative Publishing)
BRONZE
By Audrey Grey
(Blaze Publishing)
GOLD
The Girl Who Saved Ghosts: Book 2 of the Unbelievables
By K.C. Tansley
(Beckett Publishing Group)
SILVER
Shepherd’s Watch: A Shepherd & Wolfe Mystery
By Counios & Gane
(Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
BRONZE
By Caytlyn Brooke
(H2O / Blue Harvest Creative)
GOLD
By Sabrina Fedel
(Harvard Square Editions)
SILVER
By Edward Stanton
(Open Books Press)
BRONZE (tie)
By Anne Loader McGee
(Vendera Publishing)
Esfir Is AliveBy Andrea Simon
(BInk)
GOLD
By Leslea Wahl
(eLectio Publishing)
SILVER
By Douglas P. Cornelius
(Xulon Press)
BRONZE
By Jennifer J. Chow
(CreateSpace)
GOLD
By Lynn Yvonne Moon
(KöehlerBooks)
SILVER
Spice Secret: A Cautionary Diary
By Billie Holladay Skelley, RN, MS
(GOLDminds)
BRONZE
By Heather Cumiskey
(She Writes Press)
GOLD
By Katherine Lawrence
(Coteau Books)
SILVER
By Ryan Karten; illustrated by Sabrina Symington
(Welcome Mat Books)
BRONZE
The Book of I Am…
By Karl Wayne Gruber and John Francis Carroll; illustrated by Morning Leaves
(Excite Kids Press)
GOLD
The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon
By Frances Poletti & Kristina Yee; illustrated by Susanna Chapman
(Compendium)
SILVER
Skyward Bound: Hot-Air Ballooning
Written and photographed by Alese & Morton Pechter
(Best Publishing Co.)
BRONZE
By Renée Wendinger; illustrated by Sharon Grey
(Legendary Publications)
GOLD
By Wendy L. Moss, PhD. & Denise M. Campbell, M.S.
(free spirit Publishing)
SILVER
Journey: The Amazing Story of OR-7, the Oregon Wolf that Made History
By Beckie Elgin
(Inkwater Press)
BRONZE
Ruth Law: The Queen of the Air
By Billie Holladay Skelley; illustrated by Rachel Bowman
(Goldminds Publishing)
GOLD
Baby on Board: How Animals Carry Their Young
By Marianne Berkes; illustrated by Cathy Morrison
(Dawn Publications)
SILVER
Written and illustrated by Jo Miles Schuman
(Maine Authors Publishing)
BRONZE
Written and illustrated by Terese Jungle
(t.jungle Design)
GOLD
When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar
By Bernice Johnson-Laxdal and Miriam Körner
(Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
SILVER
By David Bouchard; paintings by Dennis J. Weber
(Rubicon Publishing)
BRONZE
By Carol Trembath; illustrated by David W. Craig
(Lakeside Publishing)
GOLD
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
By Monique Gray Smith
(Orca Book Publishers)
SILVER
By Pegasus
(B. Jain Publishers)
BRONZE
By Kathy Gause
(Mrs. Nelson’s)