The

Mark Twain Readers Award The Mark Twain Readers Award, or simply Mark Twain Award, is a children's book award which annually recognizes one book selected by vote of Missouri schoolchildren from a list prepared by librarians and volunteer readers. It is now one of four Mi ...

is given annually to a book for children in grades four through six.

Winner

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh ''Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH'' is a 1971 children's science fiction/fantasy book by Robert C. O'Brien, with illustrations by Zena Bernstein. The novel was published by the New York City publishing house Atheneum Books. This book was the ...

Robert C. O'Brien Robert Charles O'Brien Jr. (born June 18, 1966) is an American attorney who served as the 27th United States national security advisor from 2019 to 2021. He was the fourth and final person to hold the position during the presidency of Donald Tru ...

Nominations

*'' The King's Fountain'' by

Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been tran ...

*''Goody Hall'' by

Natalie Babbitt Natalie Zane Babbitt (née Moore; July 28, 1932 – October 31, 2016) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel '' Tuck Everlasting'' was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received th ...

*''Feldman Fieldmouse'' by

Nathaniel Benchley Nathaniel Goddard Benchley (November 13, 1915 – December 14, 1981) was an American writer from Massachusetts. Early life Born in Newton, Massachusetts to a literary family, he was the son of Robert Benchley (1889–1945), a noted American wri ...

*''Joseph, The Dreamer'' by

Clyde Robert Bulla Clyde Robert Bulla (born January 9, 1914, near King City, Missouri, United States, d. May 23, 2007, Warrensburg, Missouri) was an American writer who wrote over fifty books for children. He received his early education in a one-room schoolhouse wh ...

*''A Room Made of Windows'' by

Eleanor Cameron Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron (March 23, 1912 – October 11, 1996) was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including ''The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet'' (1954) and its sequels, a collection of c ...

*''The Spider, The Cave and the Pottery Bowl'' by

Eleanor Clymer Eleanor Clymer (née Lowenton; January 7, 1906 – March 31, 2001), was an American children's author, best known for ''The Trolley Car Family'' (1947). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1928 with a degree in Englis ...

*''Jingo Django'' by

Sid Fleischman Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for t ...

*''All Upon a Stone'' by

Jean Craighead George Jean Carolyn Craighead George (July 2, 1919 – May 15, 2012) was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning '' Julie of the Wolves'' and Newbery runner-up ''My Side ...

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The Planet of Junior Brown ''The Planet of Junior Brown'', retitled ''Junior's Groove'' in some releases, is a 1997 Canadian drama film. Directed by Clement Virgo, the film was written by Virgo and Cameron Bailey as an adaptation of Virginia Hamilton's 1971 novel '' The Pla ...

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Virginia Hamilton Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including '' M. C. Higgins, the Great'' (1974), for which she won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Bo ...

*''The Trees Stand Shining'' by

Hettie Jones Hettie Jones (née Cohen; born in 1934) is an American poet. She has written twenty-three books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including ''The Trees Stand ...

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The Tombs of Atuan ''The Tombs of Atuan'' is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the Winter 1970 issue of ''Worlds of Fantasy'', and published as a book by Atheneum Books in 1971. It is the second book in the Earthsea ser ...

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Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...

*''Kate'' by

Jean Little Jean Little, CM (January 2, 1932 – April 6, 2020) was an award-winning Canadian writer of over 50 books. Her work mainly consisted of children's literature, but she also wrote two autobiographies: ''Little by Little'' and ''Stars Come Out Wit ...

*'' Annie and the Old One'' by Miska Miles *''The Vicksburg Veteran'' by F. N. Monjo *''Deep Trouble'' by

Walt Morey Walter Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was a writer of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book ''Gentle Ben'' was the basis fo ...

*''The Almost Year'' by Florence Randall *''The Bear's House'' by

Marilyn Sachs Marilyn Sachs (December 18, 1927 – December 28, 2016) was an American author of award-winning children's books. Early life and education Sachs was born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx. She earned a bachelor's degree from Hunter Colleg ...

*'' The Headless Cupid'' by Zilpha Snyder *''By the Highway Home'' by

Mary Stolz Mary Stolz (born Mary Slattery, March 24, 1920 – December 15, 2006) was an American writer of fiction for children and young adults. She received the 1953 Child Study Association of America's Children's Book Award for ''In a Mirror,'' Newbe ...

*''Chipmunks on the Doorstep'' by

Edwin Tunis Edwin Burdette Tunis (1897–1973) was an American painter, mural artist, book illustrator, radio announcer, actor, theater set designer and author."Tunis, Edwin, 1897-1973. NWDA (1897 - 1973) Biographical History", "Social Networks and Archival ...

References

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