Golden Sower Winners

Bedhead

Palatini, Margie,


After many unsuccessful attempts to control his unruly hair one morning, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem--until he gets to school and finds that it is school picture day.
Date Published:2000

The box turtle

Roeder, Vanessa,


Booklist, December 01, 2019. Kirkus, December 01, 2019. Publisher's Weekly, October 14, 2019. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, February 2020. Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there.
Date Published:2020

Booklist, December 01, 2019. Kirkus, December 01, 2019. Publisher's Weekly, October 14, 2019. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, February 2020. Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there.

Date Published:2020

Chez Bob

Shea, Bob,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Bob the alligator is hungry, so he comes up with a brilliant idea for a restaurant. He opens Chez Bob, a birdseed restaurant on his nose so birds will land on him and he can eat them. His first customer says he will tell all his friends about Bob's restaurant, so Bob decides not to eat the bird. Soon, birds from all over arrive to eat at his restaurant and a small town sprouts up around Bob. When a storm arrives, the birds fly into Bob's mouth, and he realizes it is his chance to eat the birds. He thinks about how much he would miss his new friends if he ate them and decides to set them free.
Date Published:2021

Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Bob the alligator is hungry, so he comes up with a brilliant idea for a restaurant. He opens Chez Bob, a birdseed restaurant on his nose so birds will land on him and he can eat them. His first customer says he will tell all his friends about Bob's restaurant, so Bob decides not to eat the bird. Soon, birds from all over arrive to eat at his restaurant and a small town sprouts up around Bob. When a storm arrives, the birds fly into Bob's mouth, and he realizes it is his chance to eat the birds. He thinks about how much he would miss his new friends if he ate them and decides to set them free.

Date Published:2021

Crash, splash, or moo

Shea, Bob,


School Library Journal, September 2018. Publishers Weekly, July 2018. Booklist, August 2018. Kirkus Review, July 2018. Mr. McMonkey hosts a game in which the reader is invited to guess whether a stunt will result in a crash, a splash, or a moo.
Date Published:2018

Even monsters need haircuts

McElligott, Matthew,


Wilson's Children, September 2011. School Library Journal, September 2010. Pub Weekly, July 2010. Booklist, August 2010. Horn Book, May 2011. Kirkus Review, July 2010. Library Media Connection, January 2011. At night under a full moon, a child operates a barber shop with a monstrous clientele.
Date Published:2012

Gaston

DiPucchio, Kelly,


A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.
Date Published:2014

The grannyman

Schachner, Judith Byron,


Simon the cat is so old that most of his parts have stopped working, but just when he is ready to breathe his last breath, his family brings home a new kitten for him to raise.
Date Published:1999

The great fuzz frenzy

Stevens, Janet,


Includes fold-out pages. School Library Journal starred, September 2005. School Library Journal, September 2005. Publisher's Weekly, July 2005. Booklist, September 2005. Kirkus Review, August 2005. When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.
Date Published:2005

If I built a car

Van Dusen, Chris,


Publisher's Weekly, June 2005. Booklist, May 2005. Horn Book, October 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2005. Kirkus Review, May 2005. Jack describes the kind of car he would build--one with amazing accessories and with the capability of traveling on land, in the air, and on and under the sea.
Date Published:2007

If I built a school

Van Dusen, Chris,


Booklist, 9/1/2019. Kirkus Review, 8/1/2019. School Library Journal, 8/2019. With rhyming text and elaborate color illustrations, an imaginative boy named Jack describes the type of school he would build if given the chance--one with hover desks, pop-up textbooks, a robo-chef, and hologram guests.
Date Published:2019

John Henry

Lester, Julius, 1939-2018,


Wilson's Children, November 1996. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). Book Links (A.L.A.), January 1996. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Horn Book. Kirkus Review. Christian Library, January 1997. Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Date Published:1999

Madeline Finn and the library dog

Papp, Lisa,


School Library Journal, September 2016. Publisher's Weekly, September 2016. Booklist, September 2016. Kirkus Review, July 2016. Library Media Connection, November 2016. Reluctant reader Madeline really wants to earn a star at school, so when Mrs. Dimple, the librarian, suggests she read to a dog Madeline gives it a try.
Date Published:2016

My lucky day

Kasza, Keiko,


Wilson's Children, June 2004. Horn Book Starred, September 2003. Pub Weekly, October 2003. Booklist, October 2003. Horn Book, April 2004. Kirkus Review, August 2003. When a young pig knocks on a fox's door, the fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans.
Date Published:2005

Poopsie gets lost

Harrison, Hannah E.,


School Library Journal starred, May 2022. Booklist, March 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. "Pampered, nap-loving kitty Poopsie makes her way through a jungle after a pushy narrator pressures her toward adventure"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

The secret science project that almost ate the school

Sierra, Judy,


"A Paula Wiseman book." A boy sends off for "Professor Swami's Super Slime" to use as his science fair project and then has to cope with the funny disaster that follows.
Date Published:2006

Substitute teacher plans

Johnson, Doug, 1949-,


School Library Journal, August 2002. Publisher's Weekly, June 2002. Booklist, September 2002. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2002. Kirkus Review, June 2002. Miss Huff prepares an unusual list of activities for the substitute teacher who is covering her class when she takes a much needed day off.
Date Published:2002

Titanicat

Crisp, Marty,


School Library Journal, July 2008. Booklist, August 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Kirkus Review, May 2008. A boy who has signed on as cabin boy aboard the Titanic helps ready the ship for its maiden voyage, but when it is time to set sail and he cannot find the ship's cat on board, he leaves the vessel to search for her.
Date Published:2008

Togo

Blake, Robert J.,


Map on endpapers. Wilson's Children, June 2003. School Library Journal starred, September 2002. Booklist, September 2002. Horn Book, April 2003. Teacher Librarian, April 2003. Kirkus Review, August 2002. Library Media Connection, April 2003. Christian Library, August 2004. In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
Date Published:2002

Map on endpapers. Wilson's Children, June 2003. School Library Journal starred, September 2002. Booklist, September 2002. Horn Book, April 2003. Teacher Librarian, April 2003. Kirkus Review, August 2002. Library Media Connection, April 2003. Christian Library, August 2004. In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

Date Published:2002

We forgot Brock

Goodrich, Carter,


Phillip and Brock are best friends, although everyone else thinks Brock is imaginary, so when Phillip gets tired out at the Big Fair while Brock is still having fun, they are separated and it will take a very special twosome to bring them back together again.
Date Published:2015