Prairie Bud & Prairie Pasque Awards 2014

 The votes are in!
2014 South Dakota Children's Book Award Winners

Press Here by Herve Tullet (for the Prairie Bud Award)

Harry Houdini:
The Legend of the World’s Greatest Escape Artist
by Janice Weaver

 (for the Prairie Pasque Award)

South Dakota Children's Book Awards encourage students in grades K-6 to read and vote for their favorite book of the year. The Prairie Bud Award is designed for students in grades K-3, while the Prairie Pasque Award is for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Children who read at least five titles from the list for their grade level qualify to vote. Each award is given to the book receiving the most votes from students throughout South Dakota.

10,582 students in grades K-3 voted for a book nominated for this year's Prairie Bud Award; 4572 fourth, fifth, and sixth graders took part in the Prairie Pasque Award voting.


In order of votes received, the top five Prairie Bud books for 2014 are:
1. Press Here by Herve Tullet 

2. Earth to Clunk by Pam Smallcomb

3. The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray

4. Harry and Hopper by Margaret Wild

5. Blackout by John Rocco


The top five Prairie Pasque books for 2014, in order of votes received, are:
1. Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World’s Greatest Escape Artist by Janice Weaver

2. Titanic Sinks! by Barry Denenberg

3. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

4. Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

5. Cal Ripken, Jr.’s All-Stars: Hothead by Cal Ripken

Vote for Teen Choice Awards!

Hey teens! 

April 1st is the deadline to cast your
Teen Choice Book Award vote!

To qualify to vote, you just have to:

1. Read books from the lists below.

2. Go to the YARP webpage on the SD State Library site to rate the book 1-4, 4 being best.

YARP voting begins during Teen Read Week  until April 1st.

2013-14 YARP Lists

Middle School List

• Curveball by Jordan Sonnenblick
• Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu
• Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes
• Varient by Robison Wells
• Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
• Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
• The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
• See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
• Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
• Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska's WWII Invasion by Samantha Seiple
• Dark of the Moon by Tracy Barrett
• Jerk Magnet by Melody Carlson
• One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Underdogs by Mike Lupica
• Legend by Marie Lu
• Vindico by Wesley K

High School List

• Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
• Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
• The Fault in our Stars by John Green
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
• Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
• My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend
• Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez
• Ripper by Stefan Petrucha
• Selection by Kiera Cass
• Shelter by Harlan Coben
• Trafficked by Kim Purcell
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
• Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Here are last year's favs!

High School:

Winner: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Runner Up: Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Mayberry

Middle School:

Winner: Girl, Stolen by April Henry

Runner Up: Matched by Ali Condie

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Prairie Bud & Prairie Pasque 2013-14

Prairie Bud & Prairie Pasque Awards

Meade School District's elementary students can help decide the winners of two South Dakota Children's Book Awards: The Prairie Bud and The Prairie Pasque

Purpose: To encourage children to become enthusiastic, discriminating readers.

Participating Organizations: South Dakota Library Association (SDLA); Public Library & Trustee Section of SDLA; School Library & Media Section of SDLA; South Dakota Reading Council; South Dakota State Library; South Dakota Elementary School Principals.

A panel of educators and librarians selected the 15 candidates for each award. Nominated books were chosen for their quality and potential popularity with children.

Who Can Vote: Any South Dakota student in grades K-2 for Prairie Bud and grades 3-5 for Prairie Pasque. To vote, a child must have read or heard at least 5 of the contest books. Each child may vote only once via his/her librarian.

Time Period: The voting deadline is March 31.

Winner: The book award winner will be announced in April during National Library Week.

More info: Contact the library staff at your elementary school.

2013 – 2014 Prairie Bud Master List (grades K-2)

Brown, Monica Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina
Esbaum, Jill Tom’s Tweet
Laminack, Lester Three Hens and a Peacock
Murray, Laura The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
Pattison, Darcy Prairie Storms
Rocco, John Blackout
Sayre, April Pulley Rah Rah Radishes
Schneider, Josh Tales for Very Picky Eaters
Sidman, Joyce Swirl by Swirl
Smallcomb, Pam Earth to Clunk
Stein, David Ezra Love, Mouserella
Sweet, Melissa Balloons Over Broadway
Tullet, Herve Press Here
Uhlberg, Myron A Storm Called Katrina
Wild, Margaret Harry and Hopper
Yankovic, Al When I Grow Up

2013 – 2014 Prairie Pasque Master List (grades 3-5)

Cartwright, Nancy & Jones, Joanna Henry's Adventure at the Franklin Hotel
Deedy, Carmen Agra The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
Denenberg, Barry Titanic Sinks!
Ellis, Deborah No Ordinary Day
Fleming, Candace Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
George, Jessica Day Tuesdays at the Castle
Hannigan, Katherine True (… Sort Of)
Hatke, Ben Zita the Spacegirl
Henkes, Kevin Junonia
Lewis, Gill Wild Wings
O’Connell, Caitlin Elephant Scientist
Ripken, Cal Cal Ripken, Jr.’s All-Stars: Hothead
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk The Christmas Coat
Thomas, Peggy For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
Wardlaw, Lee Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Weaver, Janice Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World’s Greatest Escape Artist