2014 Winners

Grand Prize Winner

• No Cell Phone Day by Delfeayo Marsalis

Activity Book

• 1st Place - June Bug's Backyard Adventure by Philip H. Scharper

Animals/Pets

• 1st Place - CougaMongaMingaMan: The Cat with the very Long Name...and the Very Long Tail by Nancy Scalabroni

• 2nd Place - Adopting Ginger by Linda Griffin

• 2nd Place - Super Jack by Julie Rausenberger

• Honorable Mention - Pigs & Strawberries: The Adventures of Laurence & Hamilton by Jenni Garrick

• Honorable Mention - Poppie the One-Eyed Pug and his New Friend by Sharron Hopcus

• Honorable Mention - Poppie the One-Eyed Pug by Sharron Hopcus

• Honorable Mention - Odie the Stray Kitten by Kristen Mott

Best Cover Design

• 1st Place (tie) - No Cell Phone Day by Delfeayo Marsalis

• 1st Place (tie) - The New Old Truck by Jennifer Somervell

Best Illustrations

• 1st Place - Ida May's Borrowed Trouble by Pat Hall (Illustrated by Emmeline Hall)

• 2nd Place - Guardian of Dreams: A Bedtime Story by Wendy Torrel (Illustrated by Kendall Klingbeil)

• Honorable Mention - A Different Little Doggy by Heather Whittaker (Illustrated by Scott Alberts)

• Honorable Mention - A Duck Named Goose by Amber Nieves (Illustrated by Danyol Murphy)

• Honorable Mention - What if There are Monsters in the Toy Box? by Greg Schulte

• Honorable Mention - The Day Dad Blew Up the Cowshed by Jennifer Somervell (Illustrated by Margery Fern)

• Honorable Mention - No Cell Phone Day by Delfeayo Marsalis (Illustrated by Reginald Butler)

• Honorable Mention - Ice Dream's Wish by Nasrin Mottahedeh (Illustrated by Mehri Dadgar)

• Honorable Mention - Morton Munson Built a Mansion (and other small stories) by Jeff Busch

• Honorable Mention - June Bug's Backyard Adventure by Philip H. Scharper (Illustrated by Tara J. Hannon)

Best Interior Design

• Honorable Mention - The New Old Truck by Jennifer Somervell

Board Books

• 1st Place (tie) - My First Book: Musical Instruments by Sophie Helenek

• 1st Place (tie) - Take a Peek With Peek-a-Bear by Jill Mangel Weisfeld

• 2nd Place - My First Book: Shapes by Sophie Helenek

• Honorable Mention - My First Book: Sky Wonders by Sophie Helenek

Chapter Books

• 1st Place - The Ghost of Stonebridge Lane by Roberta Hoffer

• 2nd Place - Finding Fuzzy: a You-Decide Tale of a Lost Friend by Cat Michaels

• Honorable Mention - Superhero Tracker Club: #1 Supermom by Finity Frost

Chapter Books — eBook

• 1st Place - Karmack by J.C. Whyte

• Honorable Mention - The Sword of Demelza by J.E. Rogers

Charity/Making a Difference

• 1st Place - Ice Dream's Wish by Nasrin Mottahedeh

• 2nd Place - Bucket Filling from A to Z: The Key to Being Happy by Carol McCloud & Caryn Butzke

• Honorable Mention - Ida May's Borrowed Trouble by Pat Hall

Cultural Diversity

• 2nd Place - Duck Dreams: City Boy to Farmer Boy by Elizabeth Segel

• Honorable Mention - No Cell Phone Day by Delfeayo Marsalis

• Honorable Mention - Bruce the Chartreuse Moose by R. Stephen Lemle

Educational/Instructional

• Honorable Mention - The Do's and Don'ts by Hayley Rose

Family Matters

1st Place (tie) - No Cell Phone Day by Delfeayo Marsalis

• 1st Place (tie) - A Family for Baby Bear by Kevin Fletcher-Velasco

• 2nd Place - Breaking the Paddle: Ending School Corporal Punishment by Nadine A. Block

• Honorable Mention - ABC, Adoption & Me by Gayle H. Swift & Casey A. Swift

• Honorable Mention - Nora's Pink Boots by Matthew Hoggins

• onorable Mention - Brick by Brick: Building Our Family's Mission by Paul LaBaere

Food-related

• 2nd Place - Marco the Little Chef: Makes Macaroni and Cheese by Joy Papini, PhD

General

• 2nd Place - Don't Be Scared Little Crocodile (No tengas Miedo Cocodrilito) by Maria Segura

• Honorable Mention - The Night After Christmas by Dow Edward Hendricks

• Honorable Mention - We Are From One Planet by Paulette Kouffman Sherman

• Honorable Mention - Santa Claus Was Once a Kid Too by Philip H. Scharper Jr. & Grace M. Scharper

Green/Environmental

• 1st Place - Bob Has a Blue Thumb by Ariel McAffrey, Ava McAffrey & Katie Prior

Historical Fiction

• 1st Place (tie) - The Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen

• 1st Place (tie) - Wilson & Bella's Big Apple Adventure! by Susan Castriota

• 2nd Place - The New Old Truck by Jennifer Somervell

History Non-Fiction

• 2nd Place - Breaking the Paddle: Ending School Corporal Punishment by Nadine A. Block

Middle Grade Fiction

• 1st Place - Duck Dreams: City Boy to Farmer Boy by Elizabeth Segel

• 2nd Place - Fiona Thorn and the Carapacem Spell by Jen Barton

• Honorable Mention - Supernatural Hero by Eran Gadot

Newbie Fiction

• Honorable Mention - Super Jack by Julie Rausenberger

Outdoor Recreation

• 1st Place - Seashells for Lilly by Easter Huggins Anderson

Picture Books 5 & Younger

• 1st Place (tie) - Hailey's Dream by Jennifer Kuhns

• 1st Place (tie) - Take a Peek With Peek-a-Bear by Jill Mangel Weisfeld

• 1st Place (tie) - If Chocolate Were Purple by Jen Barton

• 1st Place (tie) - Love from a Star by Katherine Cutchin Gazzetta

• 1st Place (tie) - Bucket Filling from A to Z: The Key to Being Happy by Carol McCloud & Caryn Butzke

• 1st Place (tie) - Later Gator, In a While Crocodile by Mike Fortunato

• 1st Place (tie) - The Swamp Where Gator Hides by Marianne Berkes

• 2nd Place - One More Candle by Merry Susiarjo

• Honorable Mention - Higgledy Piggledy: A Tale of Four Little Pigs by B. Seymour Rabinovitch with Rebecca S. Treger

• Honorable Mention - End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad by Eluka Moore, Larry Puzniak, & Marianne Welsh

• Honorable Mention - Bedtime Mischief by Julia Randall

• Honorable Mention - The New Old Truck by Jennifer Somervell

• Honorable Mention - Gert the See Turtle in: Counting by Maxine Moody Poston

• Honorable Mention - Iggy, the Farm Animals and the Thief! by M. Judith Da Rocha & Julia Da Rocha

• Honorable Mention - Count the Sheep to Sleep by Philippa Rae

• Honorable Mention - What if There are Monsters in the Toy Box? by Greg Schulte

• Honorable Mention - Super Jack by Julie Rausenberger

• Honorable Mention - Socks Don't Bounce by Denise Maggio

• Honorable Mention - Tillie & Clementine: Noises in the Night by Dan Killeen

Picture Books 6 & Older

• 1st Place (tie) - The New Old Truck by Jennifer Somervell

• 1st Place (tie) - Guardian of Dreams: A Bedtime Story by Wendy Torrel

• 1st Place (tie) - A Sandy Grave by Donna M. McDine

• 1st Place (tie) - Polly and her Pigtails by Debra Sue Latiolais

• 2nd Place - Brick by Brick: Building Our Family's Mission by Paul LaBaere

• Honorable Mention - Higgledy Piggledy: A Tale of Four Little Pigs by B. Seymour Rabinovitch with Rebecca S. Treger

• Honorable Mention - On Kiki's Reef by Carol Malnor

• Honorable Mention - The Mouse and the Meadow by Chad Wallace

• Honorable Mention - Pigs & Strawberries: The Adventures of Laurence & Hamilton by Jenni Garrick

• Honorable Mention - I Do Not Want This On My Plate by Jennifer Bisignano

• Honorable Mention - Socks Don't Bounce by Denise Maggio

• Honorable Mention - The Tremendous Pagoda Tree of Martha's Vineyard by Amy MacDougall

• Honorable Mention - A Different Little Doggy by Heather Whittaker

• Honorable Mention - CougaMongaMingaMan: The Cat with the Very Long Name...and the Very Long Tail by Nancy Scalabroni

• Honorable Mention - Dizzy the Stowaway Elf by Dorothea Jensen

• Honorable Mention - No Cell Phone Day by Delfeayo Marsalis

• Honorable Mention - Where is Chick-a-Bock 3? by Jennifer Cognetta Brisson

• Honorable Mention - A Duck Named Goose by Amber Nieves

• Honorable Mention - Dave's Dreadful Adventure in the Land of Fright by M. Diane Bairstow

• Honorable Mention - The Day Dad Blew Up the Cowshed by Jennifer Somervell

• Honorable Mention - Bubblegum Princess by Julie Gribble

• Honorable Mention - Queen Vernita Explores the Oceaneer's Coastline by Dawn Menge

• Honorable Mention - Fiona Von Finnigan: Fairy Tale Fixer by Lindsay Parker

Poetry

• 1st Place - There's a Button in My Belly by Toney Jackson

• 2nd Place - Guardian of Dreams: A Bedtime Story by Wendy Torrel

• Honorable Mention - A to Z Character Education for the Classroom by Sherry L. Hoffmann

School Issues

• 1st Place (tie) - You've Got Verve, Jamie Ireland! by Lisa Otter Rose ($100 winner)

• 1st Place (tie) - Bucket Filling from A to Z: The Key to Being Happy by Carol McCloud & Caryn Butzke

• 1st Place (tie) - Pink Fire Trucks by Gladys Elizabeth Barbieri

• 2nd Place - A to Z Character Education for the Classroom by Sherry L. Hoffman

• Honorable Mention - Polly and her Pigtails by Debra Sue Latiolais

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal

• 1st Place - North Mystic by M.J. Evans

• 2nd Place - Fiona Von Finnigan: Fairy Tale Fixer by Lindsay Parker

• Honorable Mention - Roan: The Tales of Conor Archer Volume 1 by E.R. Barr

• Honorable Mention - The Wings of Dragons: Book One of the Dragoon Saga by Josh VanBrakle

Spiritual/Religious

• 2nd Place - Si Mama, Si Papa by Nancy Scalabroni

• Honorable Mention - Nora's Pink Boots by Matthew Hoggins

Sports

• 2nd Place - Skating with the World by Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz

Young Adult Fiction

• 1st Place - Roan: The Tales of Conor Archer Volume 1 by E.R. Barr

• 2nd Place - Abby, by Lisa A. McCombs

• Honorable Mention - The Wings of Dragons: Book One of the Dragoon Saga by Josh VanBrakle

• Honorable Mention - Free Runner by Jennifer L. Hawes

• Honorable Mention - The Fairy Fly by Lori R. Lopez

• Honorable Mention - Light Riders and the Fleur-de-lis Murder by Ann I. Goldfarb

• Honorable Mention - Stockholm Estate: Secrets of the Wooden Castle by Matthew Mark Tougas

Young Adult Non-fiction

• 2nd Place -Skating with the World by Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz