Mitten Award

The Mitten Award is an annual award presented through the Michigan Library Association’s Children’s Services Division. The mission of the Mitten Award is “To recognize one children’s book published in the United States within the calendar year that has captured the attention of the children’s librarians throughout the State of Michigan for its ability to communicate through literature to an intended audience.”

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2005 No Award Given

 

2004 Mitten Award Winner

Ida B…and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan

Honor Books:

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick

 

2003 Mitten Award Winner

Old Cricket   Lisa Wheeler

Honor Books:

Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

G is for Goat by Patricia Polacco

 

2002 Mitten Award Winner

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park

Honor Books:

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan

2001 Mitten Award Winner

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Honor Books:

Grandma's Records by Eric Velasquez

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko

 

2000 Mitten Award Winner

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Honor Books:

Olivia by Ian Falconer

One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel

So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George

 

1999 Mitten Award Winner

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Honor Books:

Come On Rain by Karen Hesse

The Hatseller & the Monkeys by Baba Wague Diakite

Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley

 

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