E.B. White Read-Aloud Book Awards

March 01, 2012

Recognizing books that lend themselves to being read aloud by a family or a group, the E.B. White Read-Aloud Book Awards are a part of the Indies Choice voting.

One book in each category will be declared the winner, with the exception of the Picture Book Hall of Fame, where booksellers will choose three inductees.

The following middle reader books are contending for this year's award: 

• The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.) (Putnam Juvenile)
• Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz (Candlewick Press) 
• The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, Barry Moser (Illus.) (Peachtree) 
• The Flint Heart, by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson, John Rocco (Illus.) (Candlewick Press) 
• Liesl & Po, by Lauren Oliver, Kei Acedera (Illus.) (HarperCollins) 
• Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (Balzer + Bray) 

The following picture books are contending for this year's award: 

• I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press) 
• King Hugo's Huge Ego, by Chris Van Dusen (Candlewick Press) 
• Press Here, by Hervé Tullet (Chronicle Books) 
• Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray, Marla Frazee (Illus.) (Beach Lane Books) 
• Over and Under the Snow, by Kate Messner, Christopher Silas Neal (Illus.) (Chronicle Books) 
• Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.) (Chronicle Books) 

The following picture books are contending for the Picture Book Hall of Fame: 

• Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban, Lillian Hoban (Illus.) (HarperCollins) 
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See, by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle (Henry Holt & Co.) 
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.) (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) 
• Curious George, by H.A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 
• Goodnight Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam Juvenile/Puffin) 
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow) 
• The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper (Grosset & Dunlap / Philomel) 
• Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney (Viking Juvenile/Puffin) 
• The Napping House, by Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illus.) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 
• Strega Nona, by Tomie dePaola (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/Aladdin) 
• Stellaluna, by Janelle Cannon, (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illus.) (Viking Juvenile/Puffin)  

Find out more about the award at the American Booksellers Association then cast your vote here.