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Gallery Nominated Books

House of Grass and Sky

The House of Grass and Sky

By Mary Lyn Ray, Illustrated by E. B. Goodale

Every house has a story. This house—an old one hunkered in the deep grass below a wide country sky—is a waiting house. Once it was full of laughter and song. The sounds of life rang within its walls. Now it stands quiet and still.

Nominated

2023-2024 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Candlewick

Copyright April 13, 2021

ISBN# 978-1536200973 (HB)

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Story of a Story

The Story of a Story

By Deborah Hopkinson, Illustrated by Hadley Hooper

This is a story of a child writing a story that encourages persistence and celebrates the strength of every child’s unique voice and the story they have to tell.

Nominated

2023-2024 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Neal Porter Books

Copyright November 9, 2021

ISBN# 978-0823444915 (HB)

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Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero

Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero

By Megan Hoyt, Illustrated by Iacopo Bruno

Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders declared that Jewish people should be arrested.

To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino’s greatest achievement was something he never told a soul—that he secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death, using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle.

Nominated

2022-2023 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 4.2

Published by Quill Tree Books

Copyright February 23, 2021

ISBN# 978-0062908117 (HB)

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Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf

Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf

By Sam Wedelich, Illustrated by Sam Wedelich

Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything, not even a wolf. No matter how big or bad he is. In fact, she’s never even seen a wolf. So when a real wolf shows up and ruffles her feathers, what’s a fretful fowl to do: Join the frenzied flock and fly the coop? Or find out if this newcomer is as bad as his reputation?

Nominated

2022-2023 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 2.1

Published by Scholastic Press

Copyright March 2, 2021

ISBN# 978-1338359008 (HB)

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Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

By Laura Renauld, Illustrated by Brigette Barrager

Fred Rogers was a quiet boy with big feelings. Sometimes, he felt scared or lonely; at other times, he was playful and joyous. But when Fred’s feelings felt too big, his Grandfather McFeely knew exactly what to say to make him feel better: I like you just the way you are.

The story of Mister Rogers: a quiet, compassionate hero whose essential message—that it is okay to have and to express feelings—still resonates today.

Nominated

2022-2023 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 4.1

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Copyright January 14, 2020

ISBN# 978-1534441224 (HB)

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Jabari Tries

Jabari Tries

By Gaia Cornwall, Illustrated by Gaia Cornwall

Jabari is inventing a machine that will fly all the way across the yard! But making it go from CRASH to WHOOSH will take grit, patience, and maybe even a little help from his sister. A tale that shows that through perseverance and flexibility, an inventive thought can become a brilliant reality.

Nominated

2022-2023 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 2.3

Published by Candlewick

Copyright September 8, 2020

ISBN# 978-1536207163 (HB)

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My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World

My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World

By Malcolm Mitchell, Illustrated by Michael Roberston

Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he’s supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favorite book to share with the class tomorrow.

What’s a kid to do? How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him?

Nominated

2022-2023 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 4.1

Published by Orchard Books

Copyright December 29, 2020

ISBN# 978-1338225327 (PB)

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Sincerely, Emerson: A Girl, Her Letter, and the Helpers All Around Us

Sincerely, Emerson: A Girl, Her Letter, and the Helpers All Around Us

By Emerson Weber, Illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett

One tiny act of kindness can have a huge impact. Sincerely, Emerson follows eleven-year-old Emerson Weber as she writes a letter of thanks to her postal carrier, Doug, and creates a nationwide outpouring of love.

This is a story of gratitude, hope, and recognition: for all the essential helpers we see everyday, and all those who go unseen

Nominated

2022-2023 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 2.9

Published by HarperCollins

Copyright December 8, 2020

ISBN# 978-0063066960 (HB)

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