Honorable Mention Winners for 2006
A Walk in Casey’s Shoes
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 8th Grade Students
Midtown Community School
Bayonne, NJ
Project Coordinator: Gail Harrington
Principal: Christina Mercun
ABC Animals Around the World
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by 4th Grade Students
Eagle Crest Charter Academy
Holland, MI
Project Coordinator: Tracy Conley
Principal: Daniel Harris
Animals, Animals – What Can You Do?
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by Students in 1st and 2nd Grade
Beulah Park School
Zion, IL
Project Coordinator: Katrina Linet Wiltse
Principal: R. Lynn Butera
Can You Find Our Landmarks
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by 2nd Grade Students
Fleetwood Elementary School
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Project Coordinator: Debi Franke and Lenore Levy
Principal: Linda Dickerson
Clichés Be Gone
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by Students in Grades 1-8
Na’au
Honolulu, HI
Project Coordinator: Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Principal: Melvin E. Spencer III
Eww,
Cool! Bug Acrostics
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by Students in Grades 2-7
Na’au
Honolulu, HI
Project Coordinator: Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Principal: Melvin E. Spencer III
Fat Joe
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
Marvin Elementary School
Norwalk, CT
Project Coordinator: Sharlia Gilman and Priscilla Falcone
Principal: Myrna Tortorello
I See Geometry
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by 6th and 7th Grade Students
Parkway Heights Middle School
South San Francisco, CA
Project Coordinator: Lizette M. Guardado
Principal: Lynette Hovland
If I Were A Shoe…
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 4th Grade Students
Central Elementary
Bixby, OK
Project Coordinator: Robin Cescon and Vicki Heister
Principal: Linda Foutch
Imagination Alliteration
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
Clallam Bay School
Clallam Bay, WA
Project Coordinator: Lori Vidrine-Hanson
Principal: Kandy Ritter
Lost! The Legend of an Alaskan Fur Trader
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
Rock Christian Academy
Killingworth, CT
Project Coordinator: Arlene Morrison
Principal: Dale Young
My Teacher Drives Me Nuts / My Students Drive Me Crazy
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 4th Grade Students
Mill Creek Elementary School
Warrington, PA
Project Coordinator: Barbara Smith
Principal: Leonard Schwartz
Now I’m Officially Ten!
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
The Montessori School
Wilton, CT
Project Coordinator: Ramani DeAlwis
Principal: Mary T. Zeman
Oh Perro! The Curious Chihuahua
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 4th and 5th Grade Students
Rock Christian Academy
Killingworth, CT
Project Coordinator: Arlene Morrison
Principal: Dale Young
Ralph Goes for Gold
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
Marvin Elementary School
Norwalk, CT
Project Coordinator: Sharlia Gilman and Priscilla Falcone
Principal: Myrna Tortorello
Rashanda, the Bald Lion from Uganda
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 1st Grade Students
Brentwood Elementary
Raleigh, NC
Project Coordinator: Gladys Leonor Madauss
Principal: Mryna Pagan
Scaredy Cats Guide to Monsters A-Z
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
South Mebane Elementary
Mebane, NC
Project Coordinator: Jamie Day
Principal: Rebecca Royal
Tails of a Dog Named Moe
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 8th Grade Students
Geneva Middle School
Geneva, IL
Project Coordinator: Vicky Tusken
Principal: Larry Bidlack
The Abraham Lincoln of Tomorrow
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by Kindergarten Students
Olga Brener Elementary School
Shawano, WI
Project Coordinator: Ann Thornock
Principal: Gary W. Cumberland
The Happy Doodler
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by 5th Grade Students
Happy Hollow School
Wayland, MA 01778
Project Coordinator: Barbara H. Parker and Karen Kiefer
Principal: Brad Crozier
True Colors
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 4th Grade Students
Gorrie Elementary
Tampa, FL
Project Coordinator: Karen Barmore, Julie Lohan, Beth Lamb,
Beverly Kermonde
Principal: Susan Foster
We’re Poets!
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by 1st Grade Students
Parkway Manor
Allentown, PA
Project Coordinator: Kathleen Monahan
Principal: Scott A. Bartman
What if Elephants Were Allergic to Peanuts?
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 1st and 2nd Grade Students
Longfellow Elementary School
West Allis, WI
Project Coordinator: Margaret Weber
Principal: Michaela Neitzel
Whoosh! Went the Wind…
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 2nd Grade Students
Benchley-Weinberger Elementary School
San Deigo, CA
Project Coordinator: Debra Bardin
Principal: Marian K. Jacobs
Wild Animals
Fiction
Written and illustrated by 8th Grade Students
Motley Staples Middle School
Motley, MN
Project Coordinator: Sandra Opheim and Jill Schneider
Principal: Jim Hofer
Will You Be My Mommy?
Non-Fiction
Written and illustrated by 3rd and 5th Grade Students
Marvin Elementary School
Norwalk, CT
Project Coordinator: Sharlia Gilman and Priscilla Falcone
Principal: Myrna Tortorello