South Carolina Picture Book Awards
2018-2019 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominees
A Bike Like Sergio’s by Maribeth Boelts
Bobbie the Wonder Dog: a true story by Tricia Brown
Chicken Lily by Lori Mortensen
Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty
From Wolf to Woof! The Story of Dogs by Hudson Talbott
Marta! Big and Small by Jen Arena
My Dog’s a Chicken by Susan McElroy Montanari
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Zietlow Miller
Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John
School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex
The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read by Curtis Manley & Kate Berube
Thunder Boy Jr by Sherman Alexie
Who Wants a Tortoise? by Dave Keane
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton
2017 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominees
Winner:
I Yam a Donkey! by Cece Bell
Nominees:
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box by David McPHail
Billy’s Booger: a memoir by William Joyce
First Grade Dropout by Audrey Vernick
Goodnight Already! by Jory John
Grandma in Blue with Red Hat by Scott Menchin
I Don’t Want to be a Frog by Dev Petty
I Am Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton
I Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson’s Blackboard by Jennifer K. Mann
The Little Shop of Monsters by R.L. Stine
Marilyn’s Monster by Michelle Knudsen
Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
Night Animals by Gianna Marino
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia by Miranda Paul
Simon’s New Bed by Christian Trimmer
We Forgot Brock! by Carter Goodrich
When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie the Pooh by Sally M. Walker
2016-17 South Carolina Picture Book Awards
Winner:
Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story by Margot Theis Raven
Nominees:
Breaking News: Bear Alert by David Biedrzycki
E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm (with a Little Help from a Hen) by Judy Sierra
Going Places by Paul A. Reynolds and Peter H. Reynolds
Here Comes the Easter Cat by Deborah Underwood
I’m My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein
It’s an Orange Aardvark by Michael Hall
Ivan: the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate
Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea
Mister Bud Wears the Cone by Carter Goodrich
The Monkey Goes Bananas by C.P. Bloom
My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.) by Peter Brown
One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl
Peanut Butter & Cupcake by Terry Border