Mark Twain & Show-Me Book Titles

The final nominees for Missouri Association of School Librarian’s 2020-2021 Readers Awards are listed below.

Mark Twain (Grades 4-6)

Title Author Publisher
24 Hours in Nowhere Dusti Bowling Sterling
Amal Unbound Aisha Saeed Nancy Paulsen Books
Blended Sharon M Draper Atheneum
Captain Superlative! J.S. Puller Disney
Front Desk Kelly Yang Arthur A. Levine
Squint Chad Morris and Shelly Brown Shadow Mountain
The Ambrose Deception Emily Ecton, Disney
The Doughnut FIx Jessie Janowitz Sourcebooks
The Night Diary Veera Hiranandani Dial Books
The Science of Breakable Things Tae Keller Random House
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle Leslie Connor, Katherine Tegan Books
The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair Amy Makechnie Atheneum

Show Me (Grades 1-3)

Title Author Illustrator Publisher
A Place For Pluto Stef Wade Melanie Demmer Capstone
DOLL-E 1.0 Shanda McCloskey Shanda McCloskey Little, Brown & Co
Friends Stick Together Hannah E. Harrison Hannah E. Harrison Penguin RH
Giraffe Problems Jory John Lane Smith Random House Children’s
Love, Z Jessie Sima Jessie Sima Simon & Schuster
Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert Stacy McAnulty Deborah Hocking Penguin RH
Natsumi! Susan Lendroth Priscilla Burris Penguin RH
The Epic Adventures of Huggie & Stick Drew Daywalt David Spencer Penguin RH
The Remember Balloons Jessie Oliveros Dana Wulfekotte Simon & Schuster
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins Ryan T. Higgins Disney