KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AWARDS

2011K-2 MASTER LIST

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall Thin Tale

by Deborah Hopkinson; John Hendrix, ill.

When Abraham Lincoln was seven years

old, he lived in Knob Creek, Kentucky. While he was out playing, he fell in a creek and had to be rescued by his friend, Austin Gollaher.

Dinothesaurusby

Douglas Florian

A collage illustrated collection of poems about dinosaurs.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/imageviewer.asp?ean=9780811868655

Duck! Rabbit!by

Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld

Two unseen people argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a duck or a rabbit. What do you think?

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Lousy-Rotten-Stinkin-Grapes/Margie-Palatini/e/9780689802461/?itm=1&USRI=lousy+rotten+stinkin%27+grapes

Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapesby

Margi Palatini; Barry Moser, ill.

This is a retelling of the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they are probably sour and gives up.

Maggie’s Monkeysby

Linda Sanders-Wells; Abby Carter, ill.

When Maggie reports that pink monkeys have moved into the refrigerator, her mother and father play along and accommodate the invisible visitors, much to the frustration of Maggie’s older, reality-obsessed brother.

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11by

Brian Floca

This book was created to commemorate the 40th anniversay of the landing on the moon. Readers are given a front row seat with an up-close and personal look at the astronauts as well as the excitement of those who stayed on earth and watched the events on television.

Otisby

Loren Long

When a big new yellow tractor replaces Otis, the friendly little tractor, he is cast away behind the barn, but it is only Otis who can come to the rescue when trouble happens.

Panda Kindergartenby

Joanne Ryder; Dr. Katherine Feng, photos

Photographs allow us to follow a day in the life of sixteen giant panda cubs raised at a nature preserve in China. When the cubs are old enough to leave their mothers, they are put together where they learn many new things about their world.

Rhyming Dust Bunniesby

Jan Thomas

As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth dust bunny, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.

Ed Ned Ted Bob

Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride

byAndrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

Tells the story of one of the most unique and courageous women in American history, Sojourner Truth. She worked relentlessly to end slavery and to ensure freedom for all.

2011 KBA K-2 Master List Snapshots