The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), the Arkansas State Library, and the Arkansas Reading Association are pleased to announce the results of the voting for the 2009 Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award and the 2009 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award. Almost 49,000 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
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo is the winner of the 2009 Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award. It was published by Candlewick Press.
ONE-HANDED CATCH by Mary Jane Auch is the Honor Book for 2009. It was published by Henry Holt & Company.
ARKANSAS DIAMOND PRIMARY BOOK AWARD
MOVE OVER, ROVER! by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by Jane Dyer is the winner of the 2009 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award. It was published by Houghton Mifflin.
LIBRARY LION by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes is the Honor Book for 2009. It was published by Candlewick Press.
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.