2007 South Dakota Children's Book Award Winners

Superdog: the Heart of a Hero, written by Caralyn Buehner and illustrated by Mark Buehner, is the winner of the 2007 Prairie Bud Award.

Abduction! by Peg Kehret is the winner of the 2007 Prairie Pasque Award.

Sponsored by the South Dakota Library Association, South Dakota Children's Book Awards encourage students in grades K-6 to read and vote for their favorite book of the year. The Prairie Bud Award is designed for students in grades K-3, while the Prairie Pasque Award is for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Both awards challenge students to read and vote for their favorite book from a list of fifteen nominated titles. Children who read at least five titles from the list for their grade level qualify to vote. Each award is given to the book receiving the most votes from students throughout South Dakota.

83 schools across the state participated in voting for the 2007 Prairie Bud and Prairie Pasque awards. 9,539 students in grades K-3 voted for a book nominated for this year's Prairie Bud Award; 3,056 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders took part in the Prairie Pasque Award voting.

In order of votes received, the top five Prairie Bud books for 2007 are:
  1. Superdog: The Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner
  2. Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey
  3. Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee
  4. I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff
  5. Actual Size by Steve Jenkins


The top five Prairie Pasque books for 2007, in order of votes received, are:
  1. Abduction! by Peg Kehret
  2. Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
  3. Get Rich Quick Club by Dan Gutman
  4. Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen
  5. Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements


Jim Oliver, Chair
SDLA Children's Book Awards Committee


  
     
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