Poetry category considers verse written for toddlers through young adult audience. It can be illustrated, but may not, just as it can rhyme, or not. Poetry includes anthologies or collections written by multiple authors or a single author, as well as novels and nonfiction in verse.
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Finalist > Winner
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Bridget Wilson, Chair, What is Bridget Reading
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Gary Anderson, What's Not Wrong
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Linda Baie, Teacher Dance
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Nicole Hewitt, Feed Your Fiction Addiction
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Renée LaTulippe, Lyrical Language Lab
Nomination > Finalist
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Matt Esenwine, Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
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Sheri Howard, Goodreads
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Jone MacCulloch, Jone Rush MacCulloch
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Sarah Miller, Can We Read
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Sylvia Vardell, Poetry for Children
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Of note: Books that contain a single, illustrated poem or rhyming picture book
belong in the Fiction Picture Book category.