Indian Paintbrush Book Award facts for kids
The Indian Paintbrush Book Award is an award given annually to books nominated and voted on by children in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in Wyoming. The award was first given in 1986. The award is sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council.
The criteria for the award are:
- The book may be fiction or nonfiction
- The book must have been published within the past two years and must still be in print
- Any student may nominate a book
- No book may be nominated two consecutive years
- No book by a winning author may appear on the following year's list.
Winners
| Winner | Author | |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Naya Nuki: The Girl Who Ran | Kenneth Thomasma |
| 1987 | Hot and Cold Summer | Johanna Hurwitz |
| 1988 | The Dollhouse Murders | Betty Ren Wright |
| 1989 | The Return of the Indian | Lynne Reid Banks |
| 1990 | There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Louis Sachar |
| 1991 | Matilda | Roald Dhal |
| 1992 | Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli |
| 1993 | Pathki Nana: Kootenai Girl Solves a Mystery | Kenneth Thomasma |
| 1994 | Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| 1995 | Rescue Josh McGuire | Ben Mikaelsen |
| 1996 | Moho Wat: A Sheepeater Boy Attempts a Rescue | Kenneth Thomasma |
| 1997 | Watchdog and Coyotes | Bill Wallace |
| 1998 | Crash | Jerry Spinelli |
| 1999 | Saving Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| 2000 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J.K. Rowling |
| 2001 | Holes | Louis Sachar |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J.K. Rowling |
| 2003 | Among the Hidden | Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J.K. Rowling |
| 2005 | The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo |
| 2006 | No Dogs Allowed! | Bill Wallace |
| 2007 | Dragon Rider | Cornelia Funke |
| 2008 | The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Kate DiCamillo |
| 2009 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney |
| 2010 | Deep and Dark and Dangerous | Mary Downing Hahn |
| 2011 | The Candy Shop War | Brandon Mull |
| 2012 | The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan |
| 2013 | Saving Zasha | Randi G. Barrow |
| 2014 | Wonder | R. J. Palacio |
| 2015 | The Iron Trial | Holly Black and Cassandra Clare |
| 2016 | A Night Divided | Jennifer A. Nielsen |
| 2017 | The Crossover | Kwame Alexander |
| 2018 | The War that Saved my Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley |
| 2019 | Hero | Jennifer Li Shotz |
| 2020 | The Trail | Meika Hashimoto |
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