The Nominees for the 2014 Beehive Awards

I declare this month Beehive Nominee month around here.

So naturally, we're going to kick things off with the list.

You can find more information about the Beehive Awards on the Children's Literature Association of Utah website.

And the nominees are:

In Young Adult Fiction  (* indicates books for mature readers)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (which I have already reviewed here)
*Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
*The Fault in our Stars by John Green
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Legend by Marie Lu
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
*Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
*The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe by Shelley Coriell
Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury

Children's Fiction

The Brixen Witch by Stacy DeKeyser
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
The Humming Room by Ellen Potter
Icefall by Matthew J Kirby
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (my review)
Malcolm at Midnight by W. H. Beck
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (my review)
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George (my review)
Wonder by R J Palacio
Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Informational

America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell (my review)
Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman
Bomb: The Race to Build-- and Steal-- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (my review)
Harry Houdini: The Legend of the World's Greatest Escape Artist
Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never Ending Search for a Cure
It's a Dog's Life: How Man's Best Friend Sees, Hears, and Smells the World
Just a Second
North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration


Picture Books

Bink and Gollie: Two for One
Boy + Bot (my review)
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (my review)
How to Babysit a Grandpa
It's a Tiger
Mitchell's License
My Garden
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Plant a Kiss
Princess and the Pig
Stars
Z is for Moose

Poetry

Book Speak: Poems about Books
Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs
Out of this World: Poems and Facts about Space
Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking
The President's Stuck in the Bathtub
Shiver Me Timbers
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
Twosomes

Check back all month long for reviews of these nominees!