2021-22 Nominees

The nominees for the 2020-21 Morning Calm Medal are as follows:

Picture Books

King Leonard’s Teddy
by Phoebe Swan

Invent A Pet
by Vicky Fang

The Paper Kingdom
by Helena Ku Rhee

SumoKitty
by David Biedrzycki

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Elementary Chapter Books

A Galaxy of Sea Stars
by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo

Amari and the Night Brothers
by B. B. Alston

Skunk and Badger
by Amy Timberlake

The Lion of Mars
by Jennifer L. Holm

Kudo Kids: The Mystery of the Masked Medalist
by Maia and Alex Shibutani

Middle School Books

Bloom
by Kenneth Oppel

Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
by Jessica Kim

Nightbooks
by J.A. White

From the Desk of Zoe Washington
by Janae Marks

I’m OK
by Patti Kim

High School Books

The Silence of Bones
by June Hur

Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo

I Am Still Alive
by Kate Alice Marshall

Aurora Rising
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Giraffe Extinction: Using Science and Technology to Save the Gentle Giants
by Tanya Anderson

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