Prairie Pasque Nominees 2008-2009

Jean L. S. Patrick

Using historical facts and rollicking rhythm, author Jean L.S. Patrick reveals how and why George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were chosen.

Grade Level: 3-6
Publisher: Mount Rushmore History Association

Jack Prelutsky

Each entry is about a creature that is part animal and part inanimate object. For instance, the Alarmadillos have alarm clocks for bodies, and the Ballpoint Penguins can write with their beaks.

Grade Level: 4-6
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

Jennifer Roy

From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.

Grade Level: 6-up
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish, Inc.

Lane Smith

These lads were always getting into trouble for one reason or another. In other words, they took a few… liberties. And to be honest, they were not always appreciated. This is the story of five little lads before they became five really big Founding Fathers.

Grade Level: 3-5
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Tim Tingle

The river Bok Chitto divides the Choctaw nation from the plantations of Mississippi. If a slave escaped and made his way across Bok Chitto, the slave was free, the slave owner could not follow. That was the law. But Bok Chitto holds a secret: a rock pathway that lies just below the surface of the water. When a slave boy and his family are befriended by a Choctaw girl, the pathway becomes part of an ingenious plan that enables the slaves to cross the river to freedom-in plain view of a band of slave hunters during a full moon.

Grade Level: 4-6
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press