K: The Meanest Birthday Girl, by Josh Schneider
1st: The Greatest Dinosaur Ever, by Brenda Z. Guiberson; if time, When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, by Elise Broach
2nd: The Money We’ll Save, by Brock Cole
3rd: Boxes for Katje, by Candace Fleming
4th: The Quiltmaker’s Gift, by Jeff Brumbeau
5th: Ahrens and Warner, The Worst of Friends, by Suzanne St. Jermain; Curry, 14 Cows for America, by Carmen Agra Deedy with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah