Maud Hart Lovelace Award2000

Given by Minnesota Youth Reading Awards, Inc. (MYRA)

Other Names: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
17 Works / 23 Items 9,222 Books 209 Reviews ½ 3.7
About the Maud Hart Lovelace Award

The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award is a children's read and vote book award. Its purpose is to encourage recreational reading among school age children.

Nominated show more titles are works of fiction of recognized quality selected by independent regional reading groups.

Students in grades 3-5 who have read or listened to at least three titles from the Division I nominee list and students in grades 6-8 who have read or listened to at least three titles from the Division II nominee list are eligible to vote for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award.

Students vote for a favorite title and ballots may be submitted to the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards during the month of March.

The current year's winners and next year's nominees are announced by the MYRA executive board in April. The winning authors are then invited to attend an award presentations in the fall, location and date to be announced by the MYRA executive board.

The books on the nominee lists are selected by the Maud Hart Lovelace Selection Committee. Criteria for selection include:

books must be available in paperback as of January 1st of the selection year

author must live in North America

original copyright must be within three years of the selection year

must be work of fiction and not classified as a picture book

The nominee lists are not intended to be an automatic recommendation of the books. Since selection policies vary, please apply your specific selection criteria to each title and purchase those titles that best meet the needs of your library or school.
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All, Winner (71), Honor (16), 3rd Place (12), 2nd Place (12), Nominee (867)
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Years:
All, 2024 (20), 2023 (20), 2022 (20), 2021 (20), 2020 (21), 2019 (20), 2018 (19), 2017 (24), 2016 (24), 2015 (24), 2014 (24), 2013 (23), 2012 (24), 2011 (23), 2010 (24), 2009 (24), 2008 (24), 2007 (24), 2006 (24), 2005 (22), 2004 (22), 2003 (23), 2002 (24), 2001 (23), 2000 (23), 1999 (20), 1998 (15), 1997 (15), 1996 (15), 1995 (24), 1994 (11), 1993 (14), 1992 (15), 1991 (15), 1990 (15), 1989 (14), 1988 (15), 1987 (15), 1986 (15), 1985 (15), 1984 (15), 1983 (15), 1982 (15), 1981 (15), 1980 (15)

Winner 2

Nominee 23

WorkCategoryYear
Danger In The Desert by T.S. FieldsDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Deep Doo-Doo by Michael DelaneyDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame FarrellDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth HallDivision I - Grades 3-52000
The Original Freddie Ackerman by Hadley IrwinDivision I - Grades 3-52000
The Chicken Doesn't Skate by Gordon KormanDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Seven Spiders Spinning by Gregory MaguireDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Gooseberry Park by Cynthia RylantDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Thunder Cave by Roland SmithDivision I - Grades 3-52000
The Junkyard Dog by Erika TamarDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth WhiteDivision I - Grades 3-52000
Tangerine by Edward BloorDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Flight #116 Is Down! by Caroline B. CooneyDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Alien Game by Catherine DexterDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd by Mame FarrellDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth HallDivision II - Grades 6-82000
The Original Freddie Ackerman by Hadley IrwinDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Danger Zone by David KlassDivision II - Grades 6-82000
The Chicken Doesn't Skate by Gordon KormanDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Music from a Place Called Half Moon (Laurel-Leaf Books) by Jerrie OughtonDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Thunder Cave by Roland SmithDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Dangerous Skies by Suzanne Fisher StaplesDivision II - Grades 6-82000
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth WhiteDivision II - Grades 6-82000

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