WYOMING LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONThe
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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2023-2024 Awards | 2022-2023 Awards
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Winners & Nominees (1998-2023)Buckaroo books by author 2022-2023
Other 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
Other 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
Other 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
Other 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 2018-2019
Other Nominees Anything but Ordinary Addie by Mara Rockliff Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins The Blobfish Book by Jessica Olien The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken Monkey and Duck Quack Up by Jennifer Hamburg Pandora by Victoria Turnbull The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse by Mac Barnett
2017-2018
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio I Will Not Eat You by Adam Lehrhaupt The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig Let Me Finish! by Minh Lê Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke Trapped! by Robert Burleigh
2016-2017
Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson Elizabeth Started All the Trouble by Doreen Rappaport McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins Too Tall Houses by Gianna Marino A Tower of Giraffes by Anna Wright Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman
2015-2016
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach Blackout by John Rocco Breaking News by David Biedrzycki The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf and Grandma by Diane Fox Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio I Don’t Want to be a Frog by Dev Petty Ivan by Katherine Applegate Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan; Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter Mo’s Mustache by Ben Clanton This Orq by David Elliott Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea Winnie by Sally M. Walker
2014-2015
The Buffalo are Back by Jean Craighead George George Flies South by Simon James The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton Journey by Aaron Becker Monkey and Robot by Peter Catalanotto A Moose That Says Moooooooooo by Jennifer Hamburg The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires Neville by Norton Juster The Story of Fish and Snail by Deborah Freedman Tito Puente, Mambo King by Monica Brown Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park
The Camping Trip That Changed America by Barb Rosenstock Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Lacey Walker, Non-Stop Talker by Christianne Jones Mario Makes a Move by Jill McElmurry Me … Jane by Patrick McDonnell Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta Oh, No! by Candace Fleming One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas by Tony Wilson Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider The Zoo with the Empty Cage by Steven Brezenoff 2012-2013
11 Experiments That Failed by Jenny Offill Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy Robot Zot! by Jon Scieszka Stink by Megan McDonald Stuck by Oliver Jeffers Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits Trouble Gum by Matthew Cordell You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown You're Finally Here! by Mélanie Watt
2011-2012
Art & Max by David Wiesner A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse by Rebecca Janni Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I Don't) by Barbara Bottner Quackenstein Hatches a Family by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Smooch Your Pooch by Teddy Slater Sylvie by Jennifer Gordon Sattler Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk by Deborah Ruddell
2010-2011
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo by E. S. Redmond I Hate Reading by Arthur and Henry Bacon Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile Long Shot by Chris Paul Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins Otis by Loren Long Spot the Plot by J. Patrick Lewis Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus Yes Day! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 2009-2010
Bats in the Library by Brian Lies Birds by Kevin Henkes A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee Cowboy Camp by Tammi Sauer Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel Lightship by Brian Floca Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost Skunkdog by Emily Jenkins Snoring Beauty by Bruce Hale Uh-Oh, Cleo by Jessica Harper A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker |
MembersCo-Chair Eva Dahlgren (through 2023) Co-Chair Ginny Nading Carolin Hardesty Krisene Watson Rita Heath Award Guidelines7022How 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:
The deadline for 2023-2024 nominations is March 1, 2023. 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.
The deadline for 2022-2023 voting is March 15, 2023. | Committee Composition & ResponsibilitiesComposition
Chair Responsibilities
Committee Member Responsibilities
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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Buckaroo Book Award History
The Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award was initiated in 1997 through the Wyoming Reading Council (WRC) for Wyoming children in kindergarten through third grade. In 1999 the Wyoming Library Association (WLA) joined with the WRC to support this reading program for children.
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.