Erin Ostrander, a King County Library System children’s librarian, Sasquatch Award Committee Member, and indie bookstore champion, has a great recommendation for Saturday’s Independent Bookstore Day celebrants:
…teachers and librarians taking the challenge on Saturday could purchase the new nominees for two of our state children’s choice lists; both were just announced over the weekend.
OTTER Award Nominees (for grades 1-3):
- The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey
- Lola Levine Is Not Mean! by Monica Brown, illustrated by Angela Dominguez
- The Great Pet Escape (Pets on the Loose) by Victoria Jamieson*
- The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Matt Myers
- I am Jane Goodall by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- All Paws On Deck (Haggis and Tank Unleashed)by Jessica Young, illustrated by James Burks
Sasquatch Award Nominees (for grades 4-6):
- The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John
- The Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
- The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
- Stella By Starlight by Sharon Draper
- The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart*
- Took by Mary Hahn
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Masterminds by Gordon Korman
- Shadows of Sherwood by Kekla Magoon
- The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
- The Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Students in Washington vote to choose the winners.
* PNW author