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As of November 20th we have 20 students who have made the judges list! Awesome job Blossoms Readers! Let’s get some more judges on the list!
Maud Hart Lovelace was a Minnesota author, born and raised in Mankato, at the turn of the twentieth century. She loved reading and started writing stories when she was young. Through her Betsy/Tacy series, Ms. Lovelace has left a lasting history of Minnesota and thus has been honored with this award. The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award is a Minnesota children’s choice book award. Its purpose is to encourage recreational reading among school age children. The nominated titles each year are fiction works. Students in grades 3-8 are encouraged to read at least three of the nominated works. Voting for their favorite book takes place in the spring by students who have read and passed a short quiz for three or more of these books. All libraries in Minnesota are encouraged to participate. Each year’s winner is announced close to Maud Hart Lovelace’s birthday in April!
Vote for your favorite Maud Hart Lovelace nominee spring 2022!
2021-2022 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominees
- The Doughnut Fix, by Jessie Janowitz
- From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
- Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell
- Max & the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
- The Rhino in Right Field by Stacy DeKeyser
- Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
- Blended by Sharon M. Draper
- Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
- Boy Bites Bug by Rebecca Petruck
- Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
- It Wasn’t Me by Dana Alison Levy
- The Line Tender by Kate Allen
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- A World Below by Wesley King
The books on the nominee list are selected by the Maud Hart Lovelace Selection Committee. Criteria for selection include:
- books must be available in paperback as of January 1st of the selection year
- author must live in North America
- original copyright must be within three years of the selection year
- must be work of fiction and not classified as a picture book
