Indian Paintbrush Book Award
The Indian Paintbrush Book Award is an award given annually to books nominated and voted on by children in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in Wyoming. The award was first given in 1986. The award is sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council.[1][2][3]
The criteria for the award are:
- The book may be fiction or nonfiction
- The book must have been published within the past two years and must still be in print
- Any student may nominate a book
- No book may be nominated two consecutive years
- No book by a winning author may appear on the following year's list[4]
Winners
The list of winners[5]
1980s
1990s
- 1990 There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, by Louis Sachar
- 1991 Matilda, by Roald Dahl
- 1992 Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
- 1993 Pathki Nana: Kootenai Girl Solves a Mystery, by Kenneth Thomasma
- 1994 Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- 1995 Rescue Josh McGuire, by Ben Mikaelsen
- 1996 Moho Wat: A Sheepeater Boy Attempts a Rescue, by Kenneth Thomasma
- 1997 Watchdog and Coyotes, by Bill Wallace
- 1998 Crash, by Jerry Spinelli
- 1999 Saving Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
2000s
- 2000 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
- 2001 Holes, by Louis Sachar
- 2002 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
- 2003 Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling
- 2005 The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
- 2006 No Dogs Allowed!, by Bill Wallace
- 2007 Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke
- 2008 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo
- 2009 Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney
2010s
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