2010 Children's Choice Book Award Winners Announced

Posted on May 13, 2010

The Children's Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation), has announced the winners of the third annual Children's Choice Book Awards. James Patterson took home the author of the year award and Peter Brown won the award for illustrator. Brown's book The Curious Garden does have some amazing illustrations. Here is the complete list of this year's winners.

• Author of the Year: James Patterson for Max (A Maximum Ride Novel) (Little, Brown)
• Illustrator of the Year: Peter Brown for The Curious Garden (Little, Brown)
• Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year: Lulu the Big Little Chick written and illustrated by Paulette Bogan (Bloomsbury USA)
• Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year: Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitutewritten and illustrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf/Random House)
• Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year: Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-fabulous Life written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
• Teen Choice Book of the Year: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)