The Flicker Tale Award is sponsored by the ND Library Association and administered by the SLAYS (School Libraries And Youth Services) division of that organization.

Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominees for 2011-2012

Picture Books

One by Kathryn Otoshi
My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams
Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden
Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer

Intermediate Books

The Dream Stealer by Sid Fleischman
The Pup Who Cried Wolf by Chris Kurtz
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Juvenile Books

Moonshadow: Rise of the Ninja by Simon Higgins
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Hide and Seek by Katy Grant
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander

Non-Fiction Books

Of Thee I Sing: a Letter to my Daughters by Barack Obama
Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe by Loree Griffin Burns
Space, Stars, and the Beginning of Time: What the Hubble Telescope Saw by Elaine Scott

The Flicker Tale Committee has chosen books for four categories. Readers will not be restricted to any category based on age or grade level. Rather, we hope the categories will encourage children to read books of their choice at a particular interest or ability level. We encourage all of the young people (and the not-so-young people) to read the books and vote in any category they choose. Librarians do not have to vote on every category. Just the books they read to the students or the books they know the students have read. Each participating school and library is responsible for following the procedures, tallying votes and submitting totals to the Flicker Tale Chair by the deadline.

Award Instructions
Ballots

Proper forms with the ballot totals must be completed and returned to the Children's Librarian at Morton Mandan Public Library by April 15, 2012.
(Please add your site's total votes and send one number for each title.)

Morton Mandan Public Library
609 West Main Street
Mandan ND 58554
E-Mail: laustin@cdln.info

Letters have been sent to authors of the nominated books inviting them to visit North Dakota schools and libraries. As they respond, the information will be sent to those participating.