2010 Medalists

1. Board Book / Cloth Book

Gold: Duck Goes Potty, by Michael Dahl; illustrated by Oriol Vidal (Capstone Publishers)

Silver: Good Night World, by Adam Gamble; illustrated by Cooper Kelly (Our World of Books)

Bronze: My Purple Toes, by Blair Hahn; illustrated by Tate Nation (My Purple Toes, LLC)

2. Alphabet / Counting Book

Gold: Apples, Apples, 1 2 3, See If You Can Count With Me, by Annette Payne; illustrated by Megan Payne (Me+Math=Magic)

Silver: We're All in the Same Boat, by Zachary Shapiro; illustrated by Jack E. Davis (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Bronze: Sea Turtles A-Z: Loggy, Greeny & Leather, by Mara Uman Hixon; illustrated by Mark T. Howard (Bluenote Publications)

3. Pop-Up / Cut-Out

Gold: Animal Babies, by Pascale Hédelin and Stéphanie Herrbach (Owlkids Books)

Silver: Mo Smells Christmas, by Margaret Hyde; illustrations inspired by Amanda Giacomini (Mo's Nose, LLC)

Bronze: ABC's Around the World, by Derek Deselms (Wheelbooks)

4. Activity Book 1 - Games, Arts & Crafts

Gold: My Beastly Book of Monsters, by Arnaud Boutin (Owlkids Books)

Silver: Art with Anything, by MaryAnn F. Kohl (Gryphon House Books)

Bronze: The Anti-Pirate Potato Cannon and 101 Other Things for Young Mariners to Build, Try & Do on the Water, by David Seidman & Jeff Hemmel (McGraw-Hill)

5. Activity Book 2 - Educational, Science, History

Gold: A Kid's Guide to Native American History, by Yvonne Wakim Dennis and Arlene Hirschfelder (Chicago Review Press)

Silver: Amazing Africa Projects You Can Build Yourself, by Carla Mooney; illustrated by Megan Stearns (Nomad Press)

Bronze: Language Smarts Level D, by Kathy Erickson and Stephanie Stevens (The Critical Thinking Co.)

6. Book with Music / Theatrical

Gold: Jazz Fly 2, The Jungle Pachanga, by Matthew Gollub; illustrated by Karen Hanke (Tortuga Press)

Silver: Who's That Man? by Marny Duncan-Cary; illustrated by Megan Mansbridge (Your Nickel's Worth Publishing)

Bronze: Fun With Composers "Just for Kids" Volume II, by Deborah Lyn Ziolkoski; illustrated by Eric Olson (Fun with Composers, Inc.)

7. Picture Book - Preschool 

Gold: Fur and Feathers, by Janet Halfmann; illustrated by Laurie Allen Klein (Sylvan Dell Publishing)

Silver: We Love the Company: A Story About Table Manners, by Angela Russ-Ayon; illustrated by Irina A. Mirskaya (Our Rainbow Press)

Bronze: Willie Whale: Where Are You?, by Annette Payne; illustrated by Megan Payne (Me+Math=Magic)

8. Picture Book - 4-8 Year Old

Gold: Grandma's Pear Tree, by Suzanne Santillan; illustrated by Atilio Pernisco (Raven Tree Press)

Silver (tie): Sneaky Sheep, by Chris Monroe (Carolrhoda)

My Grandpa's Coaching Third, by Janet Mary Sinke; illustrated by Craig Pennington (My Grandma and Me Publishers)

Bronze: More Bears! by Kenn Nesbitt; illustrated by Troy Cummings (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky)

9. Picture Book - All Ages

Gold: The Fish House Door, by Robert F. Baldwin; illustrated by Astrid Sheckels (Islandport Press)

Silver: The Scariest Dream Ever, by Maria T. DiVencenzo; illustrated by Alixandra Martin (Winterlake Press)

Bronze (tie): Zelda, Esmeralda, and the Big Blue Sea, by Susan Elizabeth Ross; illustrated by Bonnie Bews (Yellow Toadstool Press)

In the Indian Night Sky, by Reshma Sapre; illustrated by Jayme Robinson (Hathi Chiti Books for Kids)

10. Juvenile Fiction

Gold: Runt Farm: Under New Management, by Amanda Lorenzo; illustrated by Mark Evan Walker (BooktiMookti Press)

Silver (tie): Herman, by Tyler Roberson (Annotation Press)

Katie Woo: The Best Season Ever, by Fran Manushkin; illustrated by Tammie Lyon (Picture Window Books)

Bronze: Mitzvah the Mutt, by Sylvia Rouss; illustrated by Martha Rast (Yaldah Publishing)

11. Pre-Teen Fiction - General

Gold: I, Emma Freke, by Elizabeth Atkinson (Carolrhoda)

Silver (tie): Follow the Elephant, by Beryl Young (Ronsdale Press)

Searching for Hannerester, by Marion Page (Radiant Hen Publishing)

Bronze: The Model President, by Brian Tacang (HarperCollins)

12. Pre-Teen Fiction - Fantasy

Gold (tie): Wrush: The Secret Worlds of Tabetha Bright, by The Karakul (Emerald Book Co.)

Merlin's Dragon: Doomraga's Revenge, by T.A. Barron (Philomel/Penguin Group USA)

Silver: Year of the Golden Dragon, by B.L. Sauder (Coteau Books)

Bronze: Hunter Brown and the Consuming Fire, by the Miller Brothers (Warner Press)

13. Pre-Teen Fiction - Historical / Cultural

Gold: Boy of the Border, by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes (Sweet Earth Flying Press)

Silver: The Kulak's Daughter, by Gabriele Goldstone (Tire Swing Books)

Bronze: George Brunt: Young Pioneer of Eagle Rock, by Connie B. Otteson

13a. Pre-Teen Fiction - Mystery

Gold: Missing Grace: A Kit Mystery, by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (American Girl) 

Silver: The River Rats: Riddle Me a Mystery, by Hank Racer (High Pitched Hum Publishing)

Bronze: The Secret of the Sacred Scarab, by Fiona Ingram (iUniverse)

14. Young Adult Fiction - General

Gold: The Freak Observer, by Blythe Woolston (Carolrhoda Lab)

Silver: Runaway Storm, by D.E. Knobbe (Emerald Book Co.)

Bronze (tie): Desta and King Solomon's Coin of Magic and Fortune, by Getty Ambau (Falcon Press International)

Survivor's Leave, by Robert Sutherland (Ronsdale Press)

15. Young Adult Fiction - Fantasy / Sci-Fi

Gold: Dreamfire, by Nicole Luiken (Great Plains Teen Fiction)

Silver (tie): The Purloined Boy, by Mortimus Clay (Finster Press)

The Dragon of Two Hearts, by Donald Samson (Awsna Publications)

Bronze: Kestrel's Midnight Song, by J.R. Parker (Flaming Pen Press)

16. Young Adult Fiction - Horror / Mystery

Gold: Picture the Dead, by Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown (Sourcebooks Fire)

Silver: FreeK Camp, by Steve Burt (Burt Creations)

Bronze: The Ghosts of Lone Jack, by Lance Lee Noel (Spinning Moon Press)

17. Young Adult Fiction - Historical / Cultural

Gold: Hellie Jondoe, by Randall Platt (Texas Tech University Press)

Silver: Once There Was and Will Never Be Again, by Gloria Siers (Autumnberry Hill)

Bronze: There Are No Words, by Mary Calhoun Brown (Lucky Press)

18. Young Adult Fiction - Religion / Spirituality

Gold: Summer Sanctuary, by Laurie Gray (Luminis Books)

Silver: Golden's Rule, by C.E. Edmonson (Pleasant Word)

Bronze: Spring's Gift of Hope, by Monique Niemaszyk (By Way of the Family Press)

19. Young Adult Fiction - Mature Issues

Gold: Van Diemen at 17, by Jeania Kimbrough (Smoke Signal Press)

Silver: Face Off, by Maureen Ulrich (Coteau Books for Teens)

Bronze: Cutters Don't Cry, by Christine Dzidrums (Creative Media Publishing)

20. Children's Poetry

Gold: Poetry Speaks Who I Am, Edited by Elise Paschen (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky)

Silver: A Fork in the Road, by Mozz (Goofy Guru Publishing)

Bronze (tie): Tim and Sally's Year in Poems, by Grady Thrasher (Jonquil Books)

Ivy in Bloom: the Poetry of Spring, by Vanita Oelschlager (VanitaBooks)

21. Non-Fiction - Picture Book 

Gold (tie): A Child's Introduction to the World: Geography, Cultures and People, by Heather Alexander (Black Dog & Leventhal)

Going Home: The Mystery of Animal Migration, by Marianne Berkes; illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbio (Dawn Publications)

Silver: Ripley's Believe It or Not: Oceans, by Camilla de la Bedoyere (Ripley Publishing)

Bronze: The Boy Who Conquered Everest: The Jordan Romero Story, by Katherine Blanc with Jordan Romero (Balboa Press)

22. Non-Fiction - Young Adult 

Gold: Frank Lloyd Wright and his New American Architecture, by Bob Kahn (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)

Silver (tie): Ripley's Believe It or Not: Enter If You Dare, by Geoff Tibballs (Ripley Publishing)

Birmingham Sunday, by Larry Dane Brimner (Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press)

Bronze: Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed, by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda Books)

23. Multicultural - Picture Book

Gold: Benno and the Night of Broken Glass, by Meg Wiviott; illustrated by Josée Bisaillon (Kar-Ben Publishing)

Silver: For a Girl Becoming, by Joy Harjo; illustrated by Mercedes McDonald (University of Arizona Press)

Bronze: Mohala Mai ‛O Hau (How Hau Became Hau‛ula), by Robert Lono ‛Ikuwā; illustrated by Matthew Kāwika Ortiz (Kamehameha Publishing)

24. Multicultural Non-Fiction - Young Adult

Gold: Bonyo Bonyo: The True Story of a Brave Boy from Kenya, by Vanita Oelschlager; illustrated by Kristin Blackwood and Mike Blanc (VanitaBooks) 

Silver: The Story of the American Indian, written and illustrated by Sydney E. Fletcher (Axios for Young People)

Bronze: Native Musicians: In the Groove, by Vincent Schilling (7th Generation)

25. Comic / Graphic Novel

Gold: The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan, by Martin Powell; illustrated by Aaron Blecha (Stone Arch/Capstone)

Silver: Flabbergast: Science Friction, by Mark Mariano (My Pal Mark)

Bronze: Yellowstone's Hot Legends and Cool Myths, by Robert Rath (Farcountry Press) 

26. Religion / Spirituality

Gold: Today I Found God, by Greg Long; illustrated by Nathan Wondrak (Halo Publishing) 

Silver: St. Cecilia's Orchestra, by Michael O'Neill McGrath and Alan J. Hommerding (World Library Publications) 

Bronze: The Little Manger Mouse, by Phyllis Didleau; illustrated by Gretchen Gackstatter (Mother's House Publishing) 

27. Holiday

Gold: The Princess and the Kiss: The Three Gifts of Christmas, by Jennie Bishop; illustrated by Preston McDaniels (Warner Press)

Silver: Native American Night Before Christmas, adapted & written by Gary Robinson; illustrated by Jesse T. Hummingbird (Clear Light Publishers)

Bronze: Marsipity, by Barbie McConnell; illustrated by Rusty Gregory (Olive Leaf Press)

28. Book with Merchandise

Gold: A Light in the Night, by Sandy Harsanyi Murphy (CCA and B)

Silver: Life is a Bowl of Cherry Pits, by Tanya Sousa; illustrated by Katie Flindall (Radiant Hen Publishing)

Bronze: Sophie's Tales: Learning to Listen, by Melanie Paticoff (Sophie's Tales, LLC)

29. Spanish Language Book

Gold: Katie del Desierto Sonorense (Katie of the Sonoran Desert), by Kate Jackson; illustrated by Natalie Rowe (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press)

Silver: Teo va al Circo (Teo Goes to the Circus), by Adam Del Rio; illustrated by Noel Ill (Lectura Books)

Bronze: Cuando Tu Camión Escolar Se Va a México (When Your School Bus Goes to Mexico), by M.S. Holm; illustrated by Hermelinda Vargas (Sentry Books/Great West Publishing)

30. Environmental Issues 

Gold (tie): Not Your Typical Book About the Environment, by Elin Kelsey; illustrated by Clayton Hanmer (Owlkids Books)

Hannah and the Talking Tree, by Elke Weiss (Free Focus Publishing)

Silver: Bear-ly There, by Rebekah Raye (Tilbury House Publishers)

Bronze: You Can Be a Nature Detective, by Peggy Kochanoff (Mountain Press)

31. Health Issues

Gold: The Little King and his Marshmallow Kingdom, by Louis Rotella III; illustrated by Mark Chickinelli (Ata-Boy Productions)

Silver (tie): My Big Fat Secret, by Lynn R. Schecter; illustrated by Jason Chin (Magination Press)

The One and Only Sam, by Aileen Stalker; illustrated by Bob Spencer (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

Bronze: Your Treasure Hunt: Disabilities and Finding Your Gold, by Katherine Schneider, PhD (Beaver's Pond Press)

32. Mind-Body-Spirit / Self-Esteem

Gold: What Does It Mean To Be Present? by Rana DiOrio; illustrated by Eliza Wheeler (Little Pickle Press) 

Silver (tie): Beyoutiful! by Julie Marie Carrier (Positive Role Model Press)

Dolltopia, by Abby Denson (Green Candy Press) 

Bronze: The Little Hope Book, by Leah Alagna; illustrated by Josh Hunter (Ecliptic Visions)

33. Reading Skills / Literacy

Gold: Magic Letters: The Keys to the World of Words, by Julie Rebboah; illustrated by Loryn Brantz (Lightning Bug Learning Press)

Silver (tie): Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man, by Kumar Sathy; illustrated by Franfou Studio (Student Solutions)

The Do-It-Yourself Storytelling Flip-Over Picture Book, by Jehan Clements

Bronze: Happy Rhymes 2, by Jenny Dooley and Virginia Evans (Express Publishing)

34. Best First Book - Picture Book

Gold: Harvey the Child Mime, by Loryn Brantz (Hometown 520)

Silver: Moonlight Memoirs: Remembering that Family and Friends are Forever, by Maggie Mei Lewis; illustrated by Melody Lea Lamb (Good Times Press)

Bronze (tie): Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden, by Kathy M. Miller (Celtic Sunrise)

Little Chief and Mighty Gopher: The Pemmican Frenzy, by Victor Lethbridge; illustrated by Ben Crane (Tatanka Productions) 

35. Best First Book - Chapter Book

Gold: Runaway Storm, by D.E. Knobbe (Emerald Book Co.)

Silver: Travels with Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana, by Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet (Claimstake Publishing)

Bronze: The Big Red Bike, by E. J. Tims (Jettster Publishing)

36. Best Illustrator

Gold: Wendy Edelson, for Bartholomew's Gift, by Diane Dignan (Ferne Press)

Silver: Jenniffer Julich, for Hilda: A Very Loyal Goat, by Jennifer Liu Bryan (Next Chapter Press)

Bronze (tie): Aaron Kawai‛ae‛a, for Kohala Kuamo‛o: Nae‛ole's Race to Save a King, by Kakauleleanae‛ole Kawai‛ae‛a (Kamehameha Publishing)

Virginia McCoy, for The Rabbits' Race, by Deborah L. Delaronde (Theytus Books)