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KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AWARDS
2011K-2 MASTER LIST
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall Thin Tale
by Deborah Hopkinson; John Hendrix, ill.
When Abraham Lincoln was seven years
old, he lived in Knob Creek, Kentucky. While he was out playing, he fell in a creek and had to be rescued by his friend, Austin Gollaher.
Dinothesaurusby
Douglas Florian
A collage illustrated collection of poems about dinosaurs.
Duck! Rabbit!by
Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
Two unseen people argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a duck or a rabbit. What do you think?
Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapesby
Margi Palatini; Barry Moser, ill.
This is a retelling of the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they are probably sour and gives up.
Maggie’s Monkeysby
Linda Sanders-Wells; Abby Carter, ill.
When Maggie reports that pink monkeys have moved into the refrigerator, her mother and father play along and accommodate the invisible visitors, much to the frustration of Maggie’s older, reality-obsessed brother.
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11by
Brian Floca
This book was created to commemorate the 40th anniversay of the landing on the moon. Readers are given a front row seat with an up-close and personal look at the astronauts as well as the excitement of those who stayed on earth and watched the events on television.
Otisby
Loren Long
When a big new yellow tractor replaces Otis, the friendly little tractor, he is cast away behind the barn, but it is only Otis who can come to the rescue when trouble happens.
Panda Kindergartenby
Joanne Ryder; Dr. Katherine Feng, photos
Photographs allow us to follow a day in the life of sixteen giant panda cubs raised at a nature preserve in China. When the cubs are old enough to leave their mothers, they are put together where they learn many new things about their world.
Rhyming Dust Bunniesby
Jan Thomas
As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth dust bunny, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.
Ed Ned Ted Bob
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
byAndrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Tells the story of one of the most unique and courageous women in American history, Sojourner Truth. She worked relentlessly to end slavery and to ensure freedom for all.
2011 KBA K-2 Master List Snapshots