|
book lists |
fun & games |
homework help | reading programs | special events |
storytimes |
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award |
The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award is an annual award given to the author of the book voted most outstanding by students in grades four through eight in participating Illinois schools. The award is named in honor of Rebecca Caudill who lived and wrote in Urbana, Illinois, for nearly 50 years. Click here for the current nominees.
Winners
| 1988 | Banks, Lynne Reid | The Indian in the Cupboard. |
| 1989 | Wright, Betty Ren | The Dollhouse Murders. |
| 1990 | Hahn, Mary Downing | Wait Till Helen Comes. |
| 1991 | Dahl, Roald | Matilda. |
| 1992 | Lowry, Lois | Number the Stars. |
| 1993 | Spinelli, Jerry | Maniac Magee. |
| 1994 | Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | Shiloh. |
| 1995 | Cooney, Caroline | Flight #116 is Down. |
| 1996 | Lowry, Lois | The Giver. |
| 1997 | Robinson, Barbara | The Best School Year Ever. |
| 1998 | Park, Barbara | Mick Harte was Here. |
| 1999 | Clements, Andrew | Frindle. |
| 2000 | Levine, Gail | Ella Enchanted. |
| 2001 | Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. |
| 2002 | Sachar, Louis | Holes. |
| 2003 | Anderson, Laurie Halse | Fever, 1793. |
| 2004 | Horowitz, Anthony | Stormbreaker. |
| 2005 | Hiaasen, Carl | Hoot. |
| 2006 | Paolini, Christopher | Eragon. |
| Balliett, Blue | Chasing Vermeer. |
| Barry, Dave | Peter and the Starcatchers. |
| Collins, Suzanne | Gregor the Overlander. |
| Creech, Sharon | Heartbeat. |
| Cummings, Priscilla | Red Kayak. |
| Farmer, Nancy | The Sea of Trolls |
| Feinstein, John | Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery. |
| Ferris, Jean | Once Upon a Marigold. |
| Hannigan, Katherine | Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World. |
| Ibbotson, Eva | The Star of Kazan. |
| Levine, Karen | Hana's Suitcase. |
| McKernan, Victoria | Shackleton's Stowaway. |
| Newman, Lesléa | Hachiko Waits. |
| Oppel, Kenneth | Airborn. |
| Patneaude, David | Thin Wood Walls. |
| Ryan, Pam Muñoz | Becoming Naomi León. |
| Walker, Sally M. | Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley. |
| Weeks, Sarah | So B. It: A Novel. |
| Wiles, Deborah | Each Little Bird That Sings. |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | Locomotion. |
Back to Special Books on Special Subjects
This page is maintained by the Youth Services staff of the Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park, IL 60035, (847) 432-0216, TTY (847) 432-7674. Please e-mail comments or corrections to hpply@nsls.info
Copyright 2001, (written, graphic and pictorial material)
Highland Park Public Library, Highland Park, Illinois.
Permission for reproduction of any material included on this website must be
obtained from the Library.