Tulip Grove Elementary School Library Media Center

The Maryland Black-Eyed-Susan award honors exemplary children's books.  Sponsored by the Maryland Association of School Librarians, Maryland students are able to vote for their favorite title.  The winners are announced in May.

To be eligible to vote, students must read eight or more picture books, and/or three or more novels.  Tulip Grove school library has at least one copy of each of the books; students may find copies at the public library or elsewhere as well.

Picture Books (2011-12)

Black, Michael Ian – A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea
Clayton, Sally Pomme – Persephone
Fleming, Candace – Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Graves, Keith – Chicken Big!
Henson, Heather – That Book Woman
Hill, Laban Carrick – Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
MacLachlan, Patricia – I Didn’t Do It
McCarthy, Meghan – Pop! : the Invention of Bubble Gum
McElligott, Matthew – The Lion’s Share
Mora, Pat – Gracias
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. – Sit-in : How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Raczka, Bob – Guyku : a Year of Haiku for Boys
Scillian, Devin – Memoirs of a Goldfish
Singer, Marilyn – Mirror, Mirror : a Book of Reversible Verse
Thong, Roseanne – Fly Free!

Grades 4-6 Nominees (2011-12)

Barnett, Mac – The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
Forester, Victoria – The Girl Who Could Fly
Henson, Heather – Dream of Night
Holm, Jennifer L. – Turtle in Paradise
Mack, Winnie – After All, You’re Callie Boone
Martin, Ann M. – Everything for a Dog
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – Emily’s Fortune
Park, Linda Sue – A Long Walk to Water
Waldorf, Mary – The Gold Rush Kid
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn – 42 Miles

A list of the nominees for Grades 6-9 and for High School students may be found at the MASL website.