The Nebraska Golden Sower Awards
2022-2023 winners announced; 2023-2024 nominees posted!
Launch the media gallery 1 player"On top of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, stands a 19,000 pound, bronze statue known as the Sower. He stands barefoot and without hat, sowing seeds in the most primitive manner. He is symbolic of the state of Nebraska as a major agricultural state. He is not merely sowing seeds of grain, but something much greater. He is the symbol of sowing the seeds of agriculture, life, hope and prosperity.
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The Sower, sculpted by Lee Lawrie, was chosen as the symbol of the Nebraska children's choice literary award for similar reasons. The award's sponsors, the Nebraska Library Association, hope the program will sow seeds which: • stimulate children's thinking |
Whether readers are seeking information or reading for pleasure, quality literature presented through the Nebraska Golden Sower Award program will enrich the lives of Nebraska's children and sow seeds of the future. You are invited to learn more about the history of the Golden Sower Award program.
Nebraska's young readers are encouraged to visit their local public library or school library media center to find out how they can participate and vote in the Nebraska Golden Sower Award program."
(Source: the Nebraska Golden Sower Award Website)
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The WPS Libraries will house multiple copies of all of the Nebraska Golden Sower nominees and winners each year.
Make sure to check them out and cast your vote each spring!
2023-2024 Golden Sower Nominees
2022-2023 Golden Sower Nominees
2023 Picture Book Winner
The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder
Picture Book Honors
This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis & Charles Santoso
On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex
2023 Chapter Book Winner
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds
Chapter Book Honors
Stella by McCall Hoyle
Twins by Varian Johnston & Shannon Wright
2023 Novel Winner
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
GS Novel Honors
Unplugged by Gordon Korman
Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty
2021-2022 Golden Sower Nominees
2022 Picture Book Winner
If I Built a School by Chris Van Dusen
Picture Book Honors
Dandy by Ame Dyckman (illus. by Charles Santoso)
Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich
2022 Chapter Book Winner
Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
Chapter Book Honors
When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed (illus. by Victoria Jamieson & Iman Geddy)
Spark by Sarah Beth Durst
2022 Novel Winner
Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry
GS Novel Honors
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
2020-2021 Golden Sower Nominees
2021 Picture Book Winner
Crash, Splash, or Moo! by Bob Shea
Picture Book Honors
This Is a Taco! by Andrew Cangelose (illus. by Josh Shipley)
We Don't Eat Our Cassmates by Ryan T. Higgins
2021 Chapter Book Winner
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming (illus. by Eric Rohmann)
Chapter Book Honors
Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead (illus. by Nicholas Gannon)
Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
2021 Novel Winner
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
GS Novel Honors
Time Bomb by Joelle Charbonneau
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
2019-2020 Golden Sower Nominees
2020 Picture Book Winner
Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick & David Serlin (illus. by Brian Selznick)
Picture Book Honors
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt (illus. by Adam Rex)
Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings
2020 Chapter Book Winner
The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris (illus. by Lissy Marlin & Kyle Hilton)
Chapter Book Honors
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
The Doughnut Fix by Jessie Janowitz
2020 Novel Winner
Restart by Gordon Korman
GS Novel Honors
Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
Refugee by Alan Gratz
2018-2019 Golden Sower Nominees
2019 Picture Book Winner
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp
Picture Book Honors
I Am Not a Chair! by Ross Burach
Anything but Ordinary Addie; The True Story of Adelaide Hermann, Queen of Magic by Mara Rockliff (illus. by Iacopo Bruno)
2019 Chapter Book Winner
Maxi's Secrets (or, What You Can Learn from a Dog) by Lynn Plourde
Chapter Book Honors
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
2019 Novel Winner
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
GS Novel Honors
Projekt 1065: a Novel of World War II by Alan Gratz
The Girl I Used To Be by April Henry
2017-2018 Golden Sower Nominees
2018 Picture Book Winner
We Forgot Brock! by Carter Goodrich
Picture Book Honors
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman (illus. by Zachariah O'Hora)
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
2018 Chapter Book Winner
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
Chapter Book Honors
Baker's Magic by Diane Zahler
The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
2018 Novel Winner
House Arrest by K.A. Holt
GS Novel Honors
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Code of Honor by Alan Gratz
2016-2017 Golden Sower Nominees
2017 Picture Book Winner
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio (illus. by Christian Robinson)
Picture Book Honors
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall by Katherine Applegate (illus. by G. Brian Karas)
Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz (illus. by Dan Santat)
2017 Chapter Book Winner
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Chapter Book Honors
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Loot by Jude Watson
2017 Novel Winner
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
GS Novel Honors
Famous Last Words by Katie Alender
Torn Away by Jennifer Brown
2015-2016 Golden Sower Nominees
2016 Primary Winner
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt (illus. by Oliver Jeffers)
Primary Honors
That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems
My Crocodile Does Not Bite by Joe Kulka
2016 Intermediate Winner
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Intermediate Honors
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I by Alison Hart (illus. by Michael G. Montgomery
2016 Young Adult Winner
Stung by Bethany Wiggins
Young Adult Honors
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
2014-2015 Golden Sower Nominees
2015 Primary Winner
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds (illus. by Peter Brown)
Primary Honors
Crafty Chloe by Kelly DePucchio (illus. by Heather Ross)
Randy Riley's Really Big Hit by Chris Van Dusen
2015 Intermediate Winner
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Intermediate Honors
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli
2015 Young Adult Winner
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Young Adult Honors
Variant by Robison Wells
Cinder by Marissa Meyer