Established in 2008, the Awards were created to provide young readers with an opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being written for them and to help develop a reading list that will motivate children to read more and cultivate a love of reading.

For more information on the Children's Choice Book Awards and Children's Book Week, please visit http://www.bookweekonline.com.

2010 Winners

Author of the Year
James Patterson for MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel (Little, Brown)

Illustrator of the Year
Peter Brown for THE CURIOUS GARDEN (Little, Brown)

Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
LULU THE BIG LITTLE CHICK written and illustrated by Paulette Bogan (Bloomsbury USA)

Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
LUNCH LADY AND THE CYBORG SUBSTITUTE written and illustrated by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf/Random House)

Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
DORK DIARIES: Tales from a Not-so-fabulous Life written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)

Teen Choice Book of the Year
CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)

2010 Finalists

Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year
THE BIRTHDAY PET by Ellen Javernick, illustrated by Kevin O'Malley (Marshall Cavendish)
LULU AND THE BIG LITTLE CHICK by Paulette Bogan (Bloomsbury USA)
MOUSE WAS MAD by Linda Urban, illustrated by Henry Cole (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE ODD EGG by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster)
OPPOSNAKES by Salina Yoon (Little Simon / Simon & Schuster)

Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year
THE BOOK THAT EATS PEOPLE by John Perry, illustrated by Mark Fearing (Tricycle Press)
CORETTA SCOTT by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins)
GONZALO GRABS THE GOOD LIFE by Janice Levy, illustrated by Bill Slavin (Eerdmans)
LUNCH LADY AND THE CYBORG SUBSTITUTE by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Knopf/Random House)
OCEANOLOGY by Ferdinand Zoticus deLessups (Candlewick)

Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year
THE ADVENTURES OF BENNY by Steve Shreve (Marshall Cavendish)
DORK DIARIES: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)
MOONSHOT by Brian Floca (Atheneum/Richard Jackson/Simon & Schuster)
OUTLAW: The Legend of Robin Hood by Tony Lee, Sam Hart, and Artur Fujita (Candlewick)
ZOOBREAK by Gordon Korman (Scholastic Press)

Teen Choice Book of the Year
BLOOD PROMISE (Vampire Academy, Book 4) by Richelle Mead (Razorbill/Penguin)
BLUE MOON (The Immortals, Book 2) by Alyson Noel (St. Martin’s Griffin/Macmillan)
CATCHING FIRE (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)
CITY OF GLASS (The Mortal Instruments, Book 3) by Cassandra Clare (McElderry/Simon & Schuster)
SHIVER by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Press)

Author of the Year
Suzanne Collins for CATCHING FIRE (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) (Scholastic Press)
Carl Hiaasen for SCAT (Knopf/Random House)
Jeff Kinney for DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: The Last Straw and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (Amulet Books/Abrams)
James Patterson for MAX (A Maximum Ride Novel) (Little, Brown)
Rick Riordan for THE LAST OLYMPIAN (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5) (Disney Hyperion)

Illustrator of the Year
Peter Brown for THE CURIOUS GARDEN (Little, Brown)
Robin Preiss Glasser for FANCY NANCY: EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE (HarperCollins)
Victoria Kann for GOLDILICIOUS (HarperCollins)
Susan Roth for LISTEN TO THE WIND (Dial/Penguin)
David Soman for LADYBUG GIRL AND BUMBLEBEE BOY (Dial/Penguin)