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 Washington Children's Picture Book Award Nominees 2010
 
A Visitor for Bear                                                            Becker, Bonny
Astronaut Handbook                                               McCarthy, Mehgan
Bats at the Library                                                                Lies, Brian
Bedtime at the Swamp                                                     Crow, Kristin
Bone Soup                                                                    Evans, Cambria
Critter Sitter                                                                Richards, Chuck
Dirty Joe, The Pirate: A true story                                      Harley, Bill
Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers For Dogs with People                                                                                         Stevens, Janet
Mrs. Muddle's Holidays                                                 Nielsen, Laura
Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw                                       Zemach, Kaethe
One is a Feast for Mouse                                                      Cox, Judy
Pencil, The                                                                      Ahlberg, Allan
Peter Spit A Seed at Sue                                    Koller, Jackie French
Pink Refrigerator, The                                                           Egan, Tim
Snoring Beauty                                                                   Hale, Bruce
Timothy and the Strong Pajamas                             Schwarz, Viviane
Too Many Toys                                                             Shannon, David
Two Bobbies: A true story of Hurricane Katrina                                                             Larson, Kirby & Nethery, Marcy
Wangari's Trees of Peace:  A True Story From Africa    
                                                                                       Jeanette Winter
Woolbur                                                                      Helakoski, Leslie

   
Sasquatch Reading Award Nominees 2010

Title

Author

The Return of the Killer Cat

Fine, Anne

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It

Frazier, Sundee

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little

Gifford, Peggy

Deep and Dark and Dangerous

Hahn, Mary Downing

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

Jonell, Lynne

Skulduggery Pleasant

Landy, Derek

Heat

Lupica, Mike

Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear

Mazer, Norma Fox

The Mutiny on the Bounty

O'Brien, Patrick

How to Steal a Dog

O'Connor, Barbara

Lawn Boy

Paulsen, Gary

Yellow Star

Roy, Jennifer


Young Readers Choice Nominees 2010

Junior:  Grades 4-6
Candy Shop War                                                               B. Mull
 Diary of a Wimpy Kid                                                      J. Kinney Elijah of Buxton                                                              C. P. Curtis
Igraine the Brave                                                          C. C. Funke
The Invention of Hugo Cabret                                        B. Selznick
Marley                                                                              J. Grogan
The Mysterious Benedict Society                              T. L. Stewart
No Talking                                                                    A. Clements       


Free Museum Opportunities

1.  Free First Saturdays:  11 am - 2 pm on November 7, December at Seattle Asian Art Museum.

2.  Free First Thursdays in downtown Seattle.  Museums and art galleries charge no entry fees.  The current exhibitions are:  1)  Michelangelo Public and Private (10/15/09 - 1/31/09) and 2)  Alexander Calder:  A Balancing Act (10/15/09-4/11/09).

3.  Family Day:  Sketch 'N' Sculpt from 10 am to 3 pm at SAM Downtown.  Celebrate the opening of two amazing shows:  Calder and Michelangelo.  Free with adult permission.

Visit seattleartmuseum.org for more details.
(Thanks to Demet Sakiraya for the above information!)

4.  Free First Thursdays at The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on the UW campus.  Open on First Thursdays until 8 pm.  https://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/index.php

(Thank you to Sudha Paranji for the Burke information.)



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