The Bluestem Award 2012

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Illinois' Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award

Not quite ready for Monarch List and Rebecca Caudill titles!

The Bluestem Award is designed for students in grades 3-5; named in honor of Big Bluestem which is the state prairie grass. The titles includes classics and current titles, as well as books that have appeared on Monarch and Rebecca Caudill lists.

2013 Nominees

First Place

Adventures in cartooning
by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost.

Second Place

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar

Third Place

World According to Humphrey
by Betty Birney