2022-23
South Carolina
Picture Book Award Nominees
Book summaries and images courtesy of Novelist Plus database: www.scdiscus.org unless otherwise noted.
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2022-23
South Carolina
Picture Book Award Nominees
Students: To be eligible to vote for your favorite book, you must read at least five of the nominee titles. Voting takes place in February.
All media specialists should review all titles and add them to their collection only if the titles meet the criteria established by District Board Policy and Library Media Center Policy & Procedure guidelines.
The Bear in My Family
by Maya Tatsukawa
It's not easy living with a bear, but one little boy learns that sometimes, a bear in the family can end up to be the best thing in the world.
Bedtime Bonnet
By Nancy Amanda Redd
A celebration of family and nighttime Black hair traditions features a little girl whose multi-generational family members get ready for bed by putting on durags, wraps, caps and scarves while she searches everywhere for her missing braid bonnet.
Black is a Rainbow Color
By Angela Joy
“A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on"-- Provided by publisher. Includes historical and cultural notes, song list, and two poems.
The Camping Trip
By Jennifer K. Mann
Accompanying her aunt and cousin on an exciting weekend camping trip, Ernestine finds the activities of setting up a tent and fishing more challenging than anticipated and struggles to feel comfortable while sleeping under the stars.
The Chicken Who Couldn’t
By Jan Thomas
It has not been a good day for Chicken. He went to the fair with Farmer, but didn't win even one ribbon. And on the way home, the road is so bumpy that Farmer's truck knocks Chicken right out! He's been left behind! It's the end for Chicken. Surely, he can't walk all the way home. Or avoid the hungry fox along the way. Or maybe he can?
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
By Joanna Ho
A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers but by drawing from the strength of the powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots
By Michael Rex
A laugh-out-loud, timely conversation about the differences between facts and opinions explains how to tell them apart, the importance of listening and the role that seeking further information plays in establishing truth.
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
By Tony Hillery
Once there was a lot full of trash. Now there is a lush, green farm. This is the story of Harlem Grown, a garden in New York City.
Home for a While
By Lauren Kerstein
Calvin has lived in many houses that never felt like home, but Maggie, his new foster mother, helps him deal with his emotions when he misbehaves, and still offers hugs.
If You Come to Earth
By Sophie Blackall
In this picture book, a boy writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like.
Lift
By Minh Lee
Iris, who has always been the one to push the elevator button, is displeased when her little brother starts to do it before she gets chance, so she uses a discarded button to take her someplace else--anyplace else.
Memoirs of a Tortoise
By Devin Scillian
Oliver the tortoise looks back on his happy life as he wonders why his pet human, Ike, who he has had for eighty years, has stopped visiting the garden.
Milo Imagines the World
By Matt De La Pena
While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.
The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom
By Colleen A. F. Veneable
The band director knows everything about all the instruments, and he can't wait to help find the perfect one for you. But an irrepressible young girl keeps interrupting with enthusiastic BOOM BOOM BOOMS on her drum. At least until the band director introduces one instrument that's even louder.
Old Rock (is Not Boring)
By Deb Pilutti
Old Rock has been sitting in the same spot in the pine forest for as long as anyone can remember. Spotted Beetle, Tall Pine, and Hummingbird think just sitting there must be boring, but they are in for a wonderful surprise.
Ronan the Librarian
By Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie
A mighty barbarian transforms from a rough-and-tumble warrior to a book lover when he discovers his first story, rendering his fellow barbarians skeptical about his newfound passion for reading.
Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became King of the Drums
By Moira Rose Donahue
Black American jazz drummer William Henry "Chick" Webb led one of the big bands of the swing era, earning him the nickname the "King of the Savoy".
Swish!: the Slam-dunking, Alley-ooping, High-flying Harlem Globetrotters
By Suzanne Slade
Presents the history of the Harlem Globetrotters, from their inception as a Chicago basketball team and their development into the Globetrotters to their growth into an international phenomenon.
This Way, Charlie
By Caron Levis
Jack, a gruff goat who prefers to be left alone in his home on the Open Bud Ranch, overcomes a bumpy start to forge an unlikely bond with newcomer Charlie, a blind horse that Jack guides to a favorite sunlit field.
Unstoppable
By Adam Rex
“When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.