2006 Charlie May Simon and Diamond Book Award Winners
The Arkansas Department of Education, the Arkansas State Library, and the Arkansas Reading Association are pleased to announce the results of the voting for the 2006 Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award and the 2006 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award. More than 55,000 ballots have been cast and the results have been tabulated. The choice of the voting students is as follows:
CHARLIE MAY SIMON CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD
TALE OF DESPEREAUX by Kate DiCamillo is the winner of the 2005-2006 Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award. It is published by Candlewick Press.
THE CITY OF EMBER by Jean DuPrau is the Honor Book for 2005-2006. It is published by Random House.
ARKANSAS DIAMOND PRIMARY BOOK AWARD
FALLING FOR RAPUNZEL by Leah Wilcox and illustrated by Lydia Monks is the winner of the 2005-2006 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award. It is published by Putnam Juvenile/Putnam.
FARMER McPEEPERS AND HIS MISSING MILK COWS by Katy Duffield and illustrated by Steve Gray is the Honor Book for 2005-2006. It is published by Rising Moon Books for Young Readers/Northland Publishers.
Both awards are under the sponsorship of the Arkansas Department of Education, the Arkansas State Library, and the Arkansas Reading Association, with support from other cooperating organizations.