Winners of the MSUM Read Aloud Awards
selected by over 21,000 regional children.
The children have spoken and
for the eleventh year have chosen the best books that were read out loud to them in
Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Read Aloud program.
The 2015 winner of the Wanda Gág ReadAloud Book Award for the preschool to eight-year-old category is Sam
& Dave Dig a Hole written by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon
Klassen and published by Candlewick Press. The Wanda Gág honor book for 2015 is
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell.
The 2015 winner of the Comstock ReadAloud Book Award for the 9 to 12-year-old category is What to Do When You’re
Sent to Your Room written by Ann Stott, illustrated by Stephen Gilpin and
published by Candlewick Press. The Comstock honor books for 2015 are The
Bambino and Me written by Zachary Hyman and illustrated by Zachary Pullen; Gifts from the Enemy written by
Trudy Ludwig and illustrated by Craig Orback; and Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A
True Story written by Margot Theis Raven and illustrated by Petra Brown.
The
winners and honor books are determined after the Read Aloud Committee examines
feedback from readers, which includes responses from children to each of the
books. Each book in the competition is read aloud to various groups of children
numerous times. The intent of the program
is to increase literacy and promote reading aloud to children and to recognize
outstanding authors and illustrators each year.
The awards program is
administered by the staff of the MSUM Livingston Lord Library’s Curriculum
Materials Center (CMC), which holds a large collection of children’s books and
resource materials for in-service teachers. The
book award project is partially funded by the Solomon G. Comstock Memorial Fund
of the Minneapolis Foundation and the Wanda Gág Book Award Fund of the MSUM
Alumni Foundation.
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