2006 Book Award Nominees


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Sasquatch Nominees
  • Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
  • Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
  • The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
  • The Mummy's Mother by Tony Johnston
  • The Capture: Book 1 of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky
  • The Puppeteer's Apprentice by D. Anne Love
  • Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
  • Colder than Ice by David Patneaude
  • The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma Schyffert
  • Tadpole by Ruth White
  • Minn and Jake by Janet Wong
  • When the Circus Came to Town by Lawrence Yep


Young Readers' Choice Nominees
  • The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
  • The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
  • East by Edith Pattou
  • Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  • Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
  • Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
  • Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
  • Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
  • The Mayor of Central Park by Avi
  • Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
  • The River Between Us by Richard Peck
  • Rodzina by Karen Cushman
  • Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell
  • Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge
  • The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Di Camillo


Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Nominees
  • Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
  • Agent A to Agent Z by Andy Rash
  • Alice the Fairy by David Shannon
  • Arrowhawk by Lola M. Schaefer
  • Baby Brains by Simon James
  • Beatrice Doesn't Want To by Laura Numeroff
  • Blizzard by Betty Ren Wright
  • Catalina Magdalena by Tedd Arnold
  • Crazy Hair Day by Barney Saltzberg
  • Elves and the Shoemaker by Jim LaMarche
  • Forest Explorer by Nic Bishop
  • Gator Gumbo by Candace Fleming
  • Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley
  • I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufmann Orloff
  • Karate Hour by Carol Nevius
  • King of Cats by Aaron Shepard
  • Manana Iguana by Ann Whitford
  • Mighty Jackie by Marissa Moss
  • Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee
  • Superdog by Caralyn Buehner