2013 Gelett Burgess Award Winning Books

The Gelett Burgess Children's Book Awards advisory council looks for books that entertain and teach with an energetic and creative approach. The books the Center selects must stimulate the child's imagination, as well as inspire them creatively. Advisory council members want to know a book will make an impact in a child's life by helping them grow: socially, emotionally, ethically, intellectually, and physically.

Book of the Year

Book of the Year
Animal Dreams
 Honor
How Roland Rolls
Honor
A Night Time Story		 Honor
Island of Invisible Being
Honor
The Insomniacs		  

Read more about the Book of the Year Award winners here


 

Lifestyle

Mind, Body and Spirit
Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma

 

Character and Life Lessons
Bully Bean
Cookbooks and Food
CHOPCHOP: The Kids' Guide to Cooking Real Food with Your Family		 Family
I Love You Daddy, I Love You More
Growing Up
Big
Emotions and Feelings
Don't Call Me A Tattletale
Social Skills
Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker
 Life Skills
Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu


Motivation and Inspiration
Percy Learns to Fly
Motivation and Inspiration
Life Is Beautiful
Illness, Bereavement, Disability

Cloud City

 Illness, Bereavement, Disability

What Do You Use to Help Your Body?

Arts and Letters

Picture Storybooks
(Preschool)
A Moment In Time

 Picture Storybooks
(Ages 4-8)
Magic Words From the Ancient Oral Tradition of the Inuit
Picture Storybooks
(Fiction)
Tess and the Dog Star
 Picture Storybooks
(Nonfiction)
Buffalo Bird Girl
Picture Storybooks
(Story)
Aesop's Fables		 Picture Storybooks
(Illustrations)
The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair
Picture Storybooks
(All Ages)
The Gift
Bedtime Stories
Albert and the Amazing Pillow Monsters
Juvenile Fiction
Faerieground: Wish
 Fables, Folklore & Fairytales
Chinese Fables: The Dragon Slayer and other Timeless Tales of Wisdom
Heroes
(Exploration, Adventures, Myth)
The Super Duper Princess Heroes		 The Arts
(Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts)
Super Simple Sumi-e
Artist Biography
My Hands Sing the Blues
 Fantasy
The Fabulous Adventures of
Olly Oogleberry

Society and Culture

Helping Others & Philanthropy
Just Because
 Helping Others & Philanthropy
Good People Everywhere
Multi-Cultural
Quinn's Search for the Samurai		 Multi-Cultural
I came From the Water
Multi-Generational
If I Had As Many Grandchildren as You
Multi-Generational
The Diamond Willow Walking Stick
Sports and Hobbies
Goodnight Baseball		 Religion
A Piece of Silver: A Story of Christ

Education

Animals and Wildlife
Giant Squid
 Pets and Farm Animals
Happy As A Fox
Nature (Preschool)
The Rainforest Party
 Nature (4-8)
Noisy Bug Sing-Along
Nature (All Ages)
A Warm Winter Tail
Biography
Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World
Earth Science
Randy the Raindrop
Astronomy & Outer Space
Endeavour's Long Journey
Historical Tales
Three Years and Eight Months
 Environment
Angelee Saves the Sea
Gardening/Outdoors
What's In the Garden
 Juvenile Reference
Quotable: 20 Years of Black and White
   
  View Last Year's Winners (2012)