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Saturday, November 11, 2006

WV Children's Book Award lists State's Favorite Children's Book

(This information courtesy of WVWriters Member, Phyllis Wilson Moore, via the WV Children's Book Award site.)

The votes for the winning book for the 2005-2006 school year are in! Children in participating schools throughout West Virginia chose their favorite book and author.

The Winner - The Haunting of Swain's Fancy by Brenda Seabrooke

The two honor books are:

Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau