The
Buckaroo Book Award provides the opportunity for Wyoming children in
grades kindergarten through third to select favorite books they have
read or listened to and to honor the authors of these books. Purpose:
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2025-2026 Awards
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Nomination form (due March 1, 2026)
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Winners & Nominees (2020-2026)2025-2026 Nominees The Last Zookeeper by Aaron Becker Roar- Choo by Charlotte Cheng Flamingos Are Pretty Funky by Abi Cushman The Wrong Book by Drew Daywalt The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston Luigi the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen The Yellow Bus by Loren Long Almost Underwear by Jonathon Roth Cranky by Phuc Tran Enough Is...by Jessica Whipple 2024-2025 Winner: Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb Second Place: Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion by Stephen W. Martin Third Place: Lucky Duck by Greg Pizzoli Nominees Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
Nominees The Bug Girl: A True Story by Sophia Spencer Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall No Nibbling! by Beth Ferry Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes & Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs by Melissa Stewart Powwow Day by Traci Sorell What is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack Witch Hazel by Molly Idle 2022-2023
Nominees Dear Librarian by Lydia Sigwarth Dragonboy by Fabio Napoleoni Encounter by Brittany Luby Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex A Little Bit Brave by Nicola Kinnear The Sequoia Lives On by Joanna Cooke Sorry (Really Sorry) by Joanna Cotler 2021-2022
Nominees Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña A Drop of the Sea by Ingrid Chabbert Giraffe Problems by Jory John Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor Let 'er Buck by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson My Rainy Day Rocket Shipby Markette Sheppard The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright 2020-2021
Nominees After the Fall by Dan Santat The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens The Happy Book and Other Feelings by Andy Rash Little Red Riding Sheep by Linda Ravin Lodding Rowdy Randy by Casey Rislov The Three Vikings by Adam Auerbach 2019-2020
Nominees Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano I Am the Mountain Mouse by Gianna Marino Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon Life on Mars by Jon Agee Poor Little Guy by Elanna Allen The Secret Life of the Little Brown Bat by Laurence Pringle |
Co-ChairsEva Dahlgren Ginny Nading Award GuidelinesHow books are chosen for the listThe annually-nominated titles will be chosen by Wyoming students in grades K-3 based upon the following nomination guidelines:
VotingWyoming children from kindergarten through third grade are encouraged to read or listen to as many of the nominated books as possible and to vote for their favorite.
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Packets The committee will produce a camera-ready copy of the Buckaroo packet and mail it to all public and school libraries in Wyoming. The camera-ready copy should be sent in August. These packets will be sent in all mailings with the Indian Paintbrush packets and reminders. The packet should include:
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The first reading list was compiled from adult suggestions and included books regardless of award or copyright criteria. Thereafter nominations have been solicited by teachers and librarians directly from the students in Kindergarten through third grade.
The first winner of the Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award in the spring of 1998 was Stellaluna by Janell Cannon. Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg was the second place winner, and The Napping House by Audrey Wood was third.