As promised, here's the list of 2012-2013 Young Hoosier Book Award Picture Book Nominees. Links go to my reviews & I've provided links to GoodReads, also. Here's a printer friendly list: 2012-2013 YHBA Nominees (please note: the first version on the ILF website and the copies distributed at the ILF Conference were missing three titles from the Middle Grade Category. This is the complete list).
2012-2013 Young Hoosier Book Award Picture Book Nominees
Art and Max by David Wiesner (GoodReads)
Chalk by Bill Thompson (GoodReads)
Chicken Big by Keith Graves (GoodReads)
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems (GoodReads)
Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candice Fleming (GoodReads)
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott (GoodReads)
Flora's Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall (GoodReads)
Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka (GoodReads)
Here Comes the Garbage Barge by Jonah Winter (GoodReads)
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships by Steve Jenkins (GoodReads)
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (GoodReads)
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker (GoodReads)
Lots of Spots by Lois Ehlert (GoodReads)
My Garden by Kevin Henkes (GoodReads)
A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black (GoodReads)
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy (GoodReads)
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton (GoodReads)
Stanza by Jill Esbaum (GoodReads)
Thank You, Miss Doover by Robin Pulver (GoodReads)
Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World's Smartest Horse by Emily Arnold McCully (GoodReads)
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