[WLA-All] Buckaroo Book Awards

[Lyle King]

The Buckaroo Book Award Committee met via conference call this weekend and would like announce the award winner and the list of books for 2008-2009.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to promote the program, collect votes and submit them to the committee!!

2007-2008 Buckaroo Book Award Votes 
Winner - 1484: Bruel, Nick -- Bad Kitty 
2nd place - 704: Hatkoff, Isabella; Hatkoff, Craig; Kahumbu, Paula -- Owen & Mzee : The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship 
3rd place - 538: Crummel, Susan Stevens -- Ten-Gallon Bart 

332: Asher, Sandy -- Too Many Frogs! 
478: Auch, Mary Jane -- Chickerella
126: Bryan, Sean -- A Girl and Her Gator 
396: Drachman, Eric -- Ellison the Elephant 
232: Edwards, Wallace -- Monkey Business 
280: Fleming, Candace -- Sunny Boy! : The Life and Times of a Tortoise 
246: Hennessy, B. G. -- The Boy Who Cried Wolf 
265: Isaacs, Anne -- Pancakes for Supper! 
165: Landry, Leo -- Fat Bat and Swoop 
355: Reynolds, Aaron -- Chicks and Salsa 
383: Van Allsburg, Chris -- Probuditi! 
259: Willems, Mo -- Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct 


Total Votes: 6240
Total Ballots Received: 50

List of nominations for 2008-2009
*Max's Words/ by Kate Banks / 2006 
*Move Over Rover/ by Karen Beaumont / Harcourt /2006
*When Dinosaurs Came With Everything / by Elise Broach/ 2007
*Dogku/ by Andrew Clements/ Simon and Schuster,/2007
*Traction Man is Here/ by Mini Grey / 2005
*Bad Dog, Marley/ by John Grogan / 2007
*Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World / by Craig Hatkoff / 2007
*The End/ by David LaRochelle/ Scholastic/ 2007
*Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine/ Scholastic 2007
*Don't Touch My Hat  by James Rumford / Alfred Knopf / 2007
*Mind your Manners / B.B. Wolf / by Judy Sierra / 2007
*Maybelle in the Soup/ by Katie Speck / 2007
*The Gingerbread Cowboy/ by Janet Squires / 2006 /Harper Collins
*Castaway Cats/ by Lisa Wheeler/ Richard Jackson Book / 2005
*Puff the Magic Dragon/ by Peter Yarrow / 2007