2007
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Loose Tooth – Lola M. Schaefer – we do not
own
Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown – Paula
Danziger – ER DAN
The Last Holiday Concert – Andrew Clements
– JF CLE
Actual Size – Steve Jenkins – E JEN
2006
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T-Rex is Missing! – Tomie dePaola – we do
not own
Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House –
Cynthia Rylant – ER RYL
The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo – JF
DIC
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? –
Steve Jenkins – J 573.87 JEN
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2003
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Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown –
Paula Danziger – ER DAN
Biscuit Goes to School – Alyssa Capucilli – ER
CAP
Loser – Jerry Spinelli – JF SPI
Bury the Dead: Tombs, Corpses, Mummies,
Skeletons, and Rituals – Christopher Sloan – J
393.1 SLO
2004
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It’s Justin Time, Amber Brown – Paula Danziger – ER DAN
Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective –
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat – ER SHA
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the
Wicked Wedgie Woman – Dav Pilkey – JF
Tiny Goes to the Library – Carl Meister – E
MEI
Henry and Mudge and Annie’s Perfect Pet –
Cynthia Rylant – ER RYL
Judy Moody – Megan McDonald – we do not
own
So You Want to be President? – Judith St.
George – J 973.099 STG
2002
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One Saturday Afternoon – Barbara Baker – we
do not own
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Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan –
Cynthia Rylant – ER RYL
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Captain Underpants and the Attack of the
Talking Toilets – Dav Pilkey – JF PIL
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Behold…the Dragons! – Gail Gibbons – we
do not own
2005
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PIL
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins – Barbara Kerley – DINOSAUR J 567.9 KER
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Book Locations
If the book’s spine label begins with:
 “E”: Easy Picture Book section, 3rd
Floor
 “ER”: Easy Reader section, 3rd Floor
 “JF”: Juvenile Fiction section, 3rd Floor
 “J” preceding a Dewey Decimal classification: 2nd Floor (non-fiction)
 “DINOSAUR”: Dinosaur section, 3rd
Floor
 “SPORTS”: Sports section, 3rd Floor
The Garden State Book Award
Winners
2016 nominees are not yet announced
2015
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There’s a Fly Guy in my Soup! – Tedd Arnold – we do not own
The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate – JF APP
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel –
Jeff Kinney – JF KIN
Nic Bishop Snakes – Nic Bishop – we do
not own
2014
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Fly Guy v. the Flyswatter – Tedd Arnold –
ER ARN
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2010
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever – Jeff Kinney – JF KIN
13 Gifts – Wendy Mass – JF MAS
13 Planets – David A. Aguilar – J 523.2 AGU
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2013
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Buzz Boy and Fly Guy – Tedd Arnold – ER
ARN
Big Nate in a Class by Himself – Lincoln Peirce
– JF PEI
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth – Jeff
Kinney – JF KIN
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary – Jeff Kinney –
JF KIN
2012
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Too Many Cats – Lori Haskins Houran – we do
not own
I Spy Fly Guy! – Tedd Arnold – ER ARN
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – Jeff Kinney
– JF KIN
Winter’s Tail – Juliana Hatkoff – we do not
own
2011
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Kinney – JF KIN
Frogs – Nic Bishop – J 597.89 BIS
How to Drive your Sister Crazy – Diane Z.
Shore – we do not own
Hooray for Fly Guy! – Tedd Arnold – SPORTS
ER ARN
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Jeff
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Today I Will Fly! – Mo Willems – ER
WIL
There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed
Fly Guy – Tedd Arnold – ER ARN
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney – JF
KIN
Owen & Mzee: Best Friends – Isabella
Hatkoff – EB HAT
2009
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Super Fly Guy – Tedd Arnold – ER ARN
Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover –
Cynthia Rylant – we do not own
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous
Plight of the Purple Potty People – Dav
Pilkey – JF PIL
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair
Expedition – Joanna Cole – we do not
own
2008
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One Nosy Pup – Carol Wallace – we do
not own
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
– Cynthia Rylant – ER RYL
Lunch Money – Andrew Clements – JF
CLE
Runny Babbit: A Billy Book – Shel Silverstein – J 811.54 SIL