Show Me Award

Show Me Award

This annual award honors one book selected by Missouri students in grades one through three.

For more information on the Show Me Award, please see the MASL Show Me Award page.

Show Me Award Nominees

  • Yetis are the Worst

    Alex Willan

    Gilbert the Goblin is convinced yetis are not nearly as mysterious as they seem, and sets off to find one to prove once and for all that Goblins are just as cool and mysterious as the elusive yeti.

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  • The Library Fish

    Alyssa Satin Capucilli

    When Mr. Hughes finds a fish all alone in the library and names her Library Fish, she knows she's found her true home.

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  • Rick the Rock of Room 214

    Jule Falatko

    Tired of sitting all day on the Nature Finds shelf in Room 214, a rock named Rick escapes the classroom for the great outdoors, only to discover that sometimes the greatest adventure in life is fri

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  • Pink is Not a Color

    Lindsay Ward

    Pink loves her rosy world, from her pink toy dinosaur to her pet flamingo, Phil.

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  • Marvelous Mabel

    Crystal Hubbard

    A picture book biography highlighting the early years of African American figure skater Mabel Fairbanks, who later became an Olympic coach and was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

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  • Little Red and the Big Bad Editor

    Rebecca Kraft Rector

    In this clever and playful fractured fairy tale picture book, the Big Bad Wolf is so distracted by Little Red's poorly written thank you note to her grandmother that he keeps missing the chance to

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  • Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates

    Cheryl B. Klein

    Henry is desperate for a little peace and quiet from his extremely chatty roommate Marvin, and after Henry finally loses his cool, these hamsters must find ways to compromise and live together.

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  • Every Dog in the Neighborhood

    Phillip Christian Stead

    Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.

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  • Creepy Crayon!

    Aaron Reynolds

    When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated--at first.

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