2016+Nominees


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==Synopsis: Many creatures live at the old haunted house with their children, including one small witch, two little monsters, three kittens, four goblins, five werewolves and more. When the neighborhood children come trick-or-treating, they are invited inside for a fun party with all. ==

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 * [[image:Big Bad Bubble.jpg width="224" height="205" align="center"]] || == ==

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 * [[image:Boy & Jaguar.jpg width="256" height="215" align="center"]] || == ==

==Synopsis: Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion--their voice--but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals...Then he is fluent.==

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 * [[image:Cat Dog Grandma.jpg width="240" height="273" align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2014
==Synopsis: Cat tries to read the story of Little Red Riding Hood aloud, but Dog keeps interrupting with silly questions. == ||
 * [[image:Catch the Cookie.jpg align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2014
==Synopsis: Marshall refuses to believe that gingerbread men can run, even after a series of clues leads his class on a riddle-filled gingerbread cookie hunt.== ||
 * [[image:Creature Features.jpg]] || == ==

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014
==Synopsis: Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous—and very true—explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world. == ||
 * [[image:Gaston.jpg width="179" height="222" align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014
==Synopsis: A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park. == ||
 * [[image:Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair.jpg width="208" height="259" align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2013
==Synopsis: A little girl refuses to brush her hair, but when a team of mice takes up residence in her tangled locks, she faces a tough decision--to brush or not to brush. == ||
 * [[image:How Martha.jpg width="234" height="300" align="center"]] || == ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2013
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Martha HATES green beans. When some mean, green bandits stroll into town, anyone who ever said "Eat your green beans" is in big trouble. But when the beans kidnap Martha's parents, Martha is forced to take action. She can think of only one way to stop the villainous veggies from taking over her town, and it's not pretty...or tasty. == ||
 * [[image:If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur.jpg width="253" height="253" align="center"]] || ==If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: Tundra Books, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it ... why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur -- from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework. == ||
 * [[image:Ivan.jpg width="234" height="205" align="center"]] || == ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Captured as a baby, Ivan was brought to a Tacoma, Washington, mall to attract shoppers. Gradually, public pressure built until a better way of life for Ivan was found at Zoo Atlanta. From the Congo to America, and from a local business attraction to a national symbol of animal welfare, Ivan the Shopping Mall Gorilla traveled an astonishing distance in miles and in impact. This is his true story. ==

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 * [[image:Last Stop on Market Street.jpg width="208" height="255" align="center"]] || == ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things. == ||
 * [[image:Lifesize Ocean.jpg width="234" height="305" align="center"]] || == ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: Kingfisher, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lifesize Ocean //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> offers young readers a unique opportunity to see a variety of sea animals at their actual size. This enchanting, underwater adventure starts off with the smallest of sea creatures–tiny copepods, and ends with the largest – the blue whale. == ||
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publisher: Flashlight Press, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maddi's fridge is almost empty, while Sophia's fridge is full of food. How can Sophia help her friend Maddi without breaking her promise not to tell anyone? == ||
 * [[image:Mogie the Heart of the House.jpg align="center"]] || == ==

==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A rambunctious puppy finds a home at the Ronald McDonald House, a place that houses sick children and their families while they undergo treatment. == ||
 * [[image:My Teacher is a Monster.jpg width="217" height="280" align="center"]] || == ==

==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bobby thinks his teacher, Ms. Kirby, is horrible, but when he sees her outside of school and they spend a day in the park together, he discovers she might not be so bad after all. == ||
 * [[image:Secret Life of Squirrels.JPG width="260" height="264" align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mr. Peanuts, a rather unusual squirrel who enjoys playing the piano and reading, learns that everything is more fun with a friend. == ||
 * [[image:Sick Simon.jpg align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">By not covering his mouth or washing his hands, Simon spreads his cold to his teacher and classmates, much to the delight of three germs named Virus, Protozoa, and Bacteria. == ||
 * [[image:Ten Rules for Being a Superhero.jpg width="247" height="319" align="center"]] || == ==

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">An instruction manual for aspiring superheroes that follows the adventures of action-figure Captain Magma and his sidekick/owner Lava Boy as they outsmart a villainous dinosaur, evade a bee, and save a worm from certain destruction. == ||
 * [[image:This is a moose.jpg]] || ==This is a Moose==

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, 2014
==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Synopsis: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Director Billy Waddler is trying to film a documentary about moose, but the moose in question has no intention of spending his life in the woods and his animal friends, who have dreams of their own, help him prove his point. == ||