Black-Eyed Susan Awards
Contributed by LaShawn Myles, Youth Services Librarian
The Black-Eyed Susan Award honors outstanding picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels. Each year 15 picture books, 10 chapter books, and 10 graphic novels are nominated for the award. Students in the state of Maryland vote for the winning book in each category.
How it Works
Students may cast one vote for the book they consider to be the most outstanding book in each of the categories. All votes from schools across the state of Maryland are submitted to the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award committee to be tallied in order to determine the winners. The winning authors and/or illustrators receive an award engraved with the book title, the year, and the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award logo. Authors, illustrators, and publishers recognize the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award as an honor bestowed by Maryland student readers.Voting Ends: April 25, 2020
Where to Vote
With your school’s librarian or you can submit your vote here:
Guidelines
- To participate, students must read, or have read to them, a minimum of 4 of the 15 picture books nominated. Based on the premise that picture books are for everybody, there are no grade level restrictions.
- To participate in Grades 4 through 6, students must read, or have read to them, a minimum of two of the nominated books.
- To participate in Grades 6 through 9, students must read, or have read to them, a minimum of two of the nominated books.
- To participate at the high school level, students must read a minimum of three of the nominated books.
Picture Book
- Ben-Barak, Idan – Do Not Lick This Book: *It’s Full of Germs
- de la Pena, Matt – Carmela Full of Wishes DB092621 BR022483
- Doerrfeld, Cori – The Rabbit Listened
- Fogliano, Julie – A House That Once Was
- Higgins, Ryan T – We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! DBC16370 BR022390
- Kerascoet – I Walk with Vanessa: a Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
- Le, Minh – Drawn Together
- Lilly, Elizabeth – Geraldine BR022615
- Messner, Kate – The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs
- Montgomery, Sy – Inky’s Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home
- Pimentel, Annette Bay – Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon
- Rex, Adam – Are You Scared, Darth Vader?
- Wade Stef – A Place for Pluto
- Wallace, Sandra Neil – Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery DB090207
- Woodson, Jacqueline – The Day You Begin BR022673
- Grades 4-6
- Auxier, Jonathan – Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster DB093737
- Bowling, Dusti – 24 Hours in Nowhere DB093527
- Connor, Leslie – The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle DB092524 BR022555
- Creech, Sharon – Saving Winslow DB094323
- Fleming, Candace – Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
- Magoon, Kekla – The Season of Styx Malone DB092720
- Mass, Wendy & Rebecca Stead – Bob DB090947
- Oppel, Kenneth – Inkling DB092960
- Swanson, Matthew & Robbi Behr – The Real McCoys
- Yang, Kelly – Front Desk DB091215
Grades 6-9
- Alexander, Kwame – Rebound DB092794
- Dee, Barbara – Halfway Normal DBC16283
- Greenwald, Tommy – Game Changer DB095657
- Hood, Susan – Lifeboat 12
- Key, Watt – Deep Water
- McAnulty, Stacy – The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl DB090950
- Rhodes, Jewell Parker – Ghost Boys DB090875 BR022276
- Saeed, Aisha – Amal Unbound DB091665
- Stone, Tamara Ireland – Click’d DB091551
- Swanson, James L. – Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin DB090082 BR022191
High School
- Benway, Robin – Far from the Tree DB089587
- Donne, Alexa – Brightly Burning DB091433
- Johnson, Maureen – Truly Devious DB090251
- Krosoczka, Jarrett – Hey, Kiddo
- Mathieu, Jennifer – Moxie DB090111
- McGhee, Alison – What I Leave Behind DB091162
- Ribay, Randy – After the Shot Drops DB091542 BR022401
- Slater, Dashka – The 57 Bus DB089757 BR022221
- Zappia, Francesca – Eliza and Her Monsters DB090014
- Zoboi, Ibi Aanu – Pride DB093056
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