Year Recipients
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2004
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird / Phillip
Hoose
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy / Gary
Schmidt
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2003
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The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig / Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Linda Wingerter
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A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee / Chris Van Dusen.
Swan Harbor / Laura Rankin.
Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England / Mary Morton Cowan.
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2002
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Becoming Joe DiMaggio / Maria Testa.
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The sea chest / Toni Bizzeo and Mary Grand
Pre
A young girl listens as her great-great-aunt, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, tells of her childhood living on a Maine island, and of the infant that washed ashore after a storm.
Just Ducky / Kathy Mallat
Bloody Jack / L.A. Meyer
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2001
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Following fake man / Barbara Ware Holmes.
During his summer in Maine, twelve-year-old Homer, together with his new friend Roger, is determined to find the truth about himself, his long-dead father, and a mysterious costumed man.
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Turtle splash! : countdown at the pond / Cathryn Falwell
As they are startled by the activities of other nearby creatures, the number of turtles on a log in a pond decreases from ten to one.
Racing the past / Sis Deans
After the death of his abusive father, eleven-year-old Ricky tries to help his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that running helps him deal with his own anger and the taunts of a bullying classmate.
The Lobster War / Ethan Howland
Someone has been cutting Dain's lobster traps and the person suspected is not the culprit. When Dain discovers the truth, he learns a life lesson in betrayal, love, and maturity.
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2000
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The truth about great white sharks / Mary M. Cerullo.
Are great whites dangerous predators or beautiful hunters? Where are you likely to see one? Why do victims of shark attacks often live to tell the tale? Can great whites jump? Are they really cold-blooded? Find out the latest information on this fascinating, misunderstood animal.
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The last book in the universe / Rodman Philbrick.
After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.
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1999
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Seal Island School / Susan Bartlett ; illustrated by Tricia Tusa
On Seal Island off the coast of Maine, a place aswarm with pets of all kinds, nine-year-old Pru plans to keep her teacher from leaving by finding her a dog.
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Wild child / Lynn Plourde ; illustrated by Greg Couch.
Mother Earth attempts to put her wild child, Autumn to bed.
The hermit thrush sings / Susan Butler.
After a natural disaster has all but destroyed the earth, the orphaned & "defective" Leora, while searching for her sister, defies the oppressive laws of the land and joins a band of rebels trying to
overthrow the government.
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1998
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Snowflake Bentley / Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrated by Mary Azarian.
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
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Painters of the caves / by Patricia Lauber.
Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times.
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1997
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Marven of the Great North Woods / by Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of the 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.
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Cocoa Ice / by Diana Appelbaum ; illustrated by Holly Meade.
A girl in Santo Domingo tells how cocoa is harvested during the late 1800s while at the same time her counter part in Maine tells about the harvesting of ice.
The Octopus : Phantom of the Sea / by Mary M. Cerullo ; photographs by Jeffrey L. Rotman.
Describes the physical characteristics, feeding and mating habits, and defense mechanisms of octopuses, and gives information about other cephalopods, including the squid, the cuttlefish, and the chambered nautilus.
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1996
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1996 Grandmother Bryant's Pocket / Jacqueline Briggs Martin.
Suffering from nightmares after her dog is killed in a fire, a young girl in the 18th century Maine goes to live with her grandparents.
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1995
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A year on Monhegan Island / Julia Dean.
In chronicling a year on Monhegan Island, this photo essay reveals the commitment and sacrifice necessary to protect the island and its way of life.
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Nights of the Pufflings / Bruce McMillan.
The annual tradition of Icelandic children rescuing thousands of stranded young puffins is documented in this unique photo essay.
To Hold This Ground : A Desperate Battle At Gettysburg / Susan Provost Beller.
A dramatic account of the battle for Little Round Top at Gettysburg in 1863 as well as a biography of Colonels Chamberlain of Maine and Oats of Alabama, whose troops fought this bloody battle. Illustrated with twenty black-and-white photographs and three maps.
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1994
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Prize in the Snow / Bill Easterling ; Mary Beth Owens.
A young boy sets out one winter day to become a great hunter but when he catches a helpless rabbit, his plans change.
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1993
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Wild Fox / Cherie Mason ; Jo Ellen MacAllister Stammen.
A journalist/wildlife advocate who lives on Maine's Deer Isle recounts her friendship with a three-legged fox.
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It's Our World Too : Stories of Young People Who Are Making A Difference / Philip Hoose.
Fourteen teens, who are taking a stand against racism, sexism, or crime, reaching out to help those in need, fighting to save the environment and to create a world of peace, are profiled.
A Short Walk Around the Phyramids and Through the World of Art / Philip Isaacson.
Introduces tangible and abstract components of art, and the many forms art can take including sculpture, pottery, painting, photographs and even furniture and cities.
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1992
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Sing to the Sun / Ashley Bryan.
A collection of poems and paintings celebrating the ups and downs of life.
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1991
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Rosebud and Red Flannel / Ethel Pochocki ; Mary Beth Owens.
A snobbish nightgown finds true love with a shy long johns after they are blown off their clothesline in a snowstorm.
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1990
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Hattie and the Wild Waves / Barbara Cooney.
A young girl from Brooklyn, New York enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.
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1989
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Brickyard Summer / Paul Janeczko.
In a series of poems, the speaker and his best friend meander through the summer after eighth grade, encountering for the first time in the local people of their economically depressed neighborhood enormous courage & vitality. |
