On March 29, 2013, students in grades K-3 voted for the Chickadee Award. The Chickadee Award is a state award for best picture book, and only students are allowed to vote.
The FES winner of the Chickadee Award was…
Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India by Gerald McDermott
The state winner of the Chickadee Award was Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw and Eugene Yelchin
Students in grades 4 and 5 voted for the Maine Student Book Award. The 2012/2013 MSBA list was comprised of 40 books, and students had to read at least three books to be eligible to vote.
The FES winner of the Maine Student Book Award was…
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman
The state winner of the 2013 Maine Student Book Award was…
Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness by Donn Fendler, Lynn Plourde and Ben Bishop