The nominee list for ALA Notable Books for 2010 came out today, and I’m delighted to share that my book BACK OF THE BUS, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, has made the nominee list. It stands in good company, as you’ll see from the full list of picture book nominees below. The American Library Association Notable Books Committee with make final selections later this month at the ALA Mid-Winter Conference. I’m delighted to be on a list with such incredible authors and illustrators.
Here’s the complete list of all the contenders. Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
| Picture Books |
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| April and Esme, Tooth Fairies | Graham, Bob | ||
| Art & Max | Wiesner, David | ||
| Back of the Bus | Reynolds, Aaron | ||
| Bag in the Wind | Kooser, Ted | ||
| Balancing Act | Walsh, Ellen Stoll | ||
| Beaver is Lost | Cooper, Elisha | ||
| Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation | Sherman, Pat | ||
| Big Red Lollipop | Khan, Rukhsana | ||
| The Boss Baby | Frazee, Marla | ||
| Brontorina | Howe, James | ||
| Bunny Days | Nyeu, Tao | ||
| Chalk | Thomson, Bill | ||
| City Dog, Country Frog | Willems, Mo | ||
| Clever Jack Takes the Cake | Fleming, Candace | ||
| Dogs | Gravett, Emily | ||
| Dust Devil | Isaacs, Anne | ||
| Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn’t Fit | Rayner, Catherine | ||
| Farm | Cooper, Elisha | ||
| Feeding the Sheep | Schubert, Leda | ||
| Floating on Mama’s Song/Flotando en la Cancion de mama | Lacamara, Laura | ||
| Flora’s Very Windy Day | Birdsall, Jeanne | ||
| Goal! | Javaherbin, Mina | ||
| In Front of My House | Dubuc, Marianne | ||
| It’s a Book | Smith, Lane | ||
| The Junkyard Wonders | Polacco, Patricia | ||
| Let’s Say Hi to Friends Who Fly! | Willems, Mo | ||
| LMNO Peas | Baker, Keith | ||
| Me and You | Browne, Anthony | ||
| Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don’t) | Bottner, Barbara | ||
| Moon Bear | Guiberson, Brenda Z. | ||
| Mr. Putney’s Quacking Dog | Agee, Jon | ||
| My Brother Charlie | Peete, Holly Robinson and Ryan Elizabeth Peete | ||
| My Garden | Henkes, Kevin | ||
| My Heart Is Like a Zoo | Hall, Michael | ||
| Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) | Barnett, Mac | ||
| One Too Many: A Seek and Find Counting Book | Marino, Gianna | ||
| Pecan Pie Baby | Woodson, Jacqueline | ||
| Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes | Litwin, Eric | ||
| A Pirate’s Guide to First Grade | Preller, James | ||
| The Quiet Book | Underwood, Deborah | ||
| The Rabbit Problem | Gravett, Emily | ||
| Rain School | Rumford, James | ||
| Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! | Gay, Marie-Louise | ||
| Rubia and the Three Osos | Elya, Susan Middleton | ||
| Ruth and the Green Book | Ramsey, Calvin Alexander | ||
| Seasons | Blexbolex | ||
| Shadow | Lee, Suzy | ||
| Shark vs. Train | Barton, Chris | ||
| A Sick Day for Amos McGee | Stead, Philip C. | ||
| Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | ||
| Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy | Fleming, Denise | ||
| Snook Alone | Nelson, Marilyn | ||
| There’s Going to Be a Baby | Burningham, John | ||
| Tuck Me In | Hacohen, Dean | ||
| The Village Garage | Karas, G. Brian | ||
| We Planted a Tree | Muldrow, Diane | ||
| What If? | Seeger, Laura Vaccaro | ||
| What the Ladybug Heard | Donaldson, Julia | ||
| Yasmin’s Hammer | Malaspina, Ann | ||
| Yucky Worms | French, Vivian |
Blog Monster 
January 10th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Hey Aaron!
This is great news! Well deserved, to be sure. We read this book when we were making some Lego® arrangements with the Fox Lake Public Library (Tiger Moth is on display there now!), and loved it! Congratulations to both you and Floyd…the style of the illustrations gives the book a wonderful “period” feel!
January 10th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Thanks Dave & Johnny! Yeah, this book has a different feel for me, a departure from my usual goofy funny stuff, so it’s delightful to see it getting some notice. And yes, Floyd Cooper’s illustrations are truly magnificent.