Books in Blue Crab Book Award - Beginning Nonfiction
This is the Beginning Nonfiction category of the Blue Crab Young Reader Award (Maryland), which honors simple, engaging fact books for brand-new readers. Winners cover animals, nature, and science in accessible text (e.g., A Seed Grows, Ants Rule, How to Bird). Best for ages 4-7.
2025
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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How to Bird | Rasha Hamid | Winner | Log In To Like |
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I want to be a Scientist | Laura Driscoll | Honor | Log In To Like |
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What We Wear When We Take Care | Sarah Finan | Honor | Log In To Like |
2024
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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You Are a Raccoon! | Laurie Ann Thompson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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It Is Time: The Life of a Caterpillar | Lizzy Rockwell | Honor | Log In To Like |
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I Live in a Tree Trunk | Meg Fleming | Honor | Log In To Like |
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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A Seed Grows | Antoinette Portis | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Am I a Frog? | Lizzy Rockwell | Honor | Log In To Like |
2022
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Let’s Pop, Pop, Popcorn! | Cynthis Schumerth | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Ocean Animals: Crabs | Derek Zobel | Honor | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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My Stinky Summer by S. Bug | Paul Meisel | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals | Katy S. Duffield | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for our Planet | Nanette , Luu, Bao Heffernan | Honor | Log In To Like |
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A World Together | Sonia Manzano | Honor | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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What Is a Refugee? | Elise Gravel | Winner | Log In To Like |
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And the Bullfrogs Sing: A Life Cycle Begins | David L Harrison | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins | Michelle Meadows | Honor | Log In To Like |
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National Geographic Readers: Puffins | Maya Myers | Honor | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Mapping Sam | Joyce Hesselberth | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Frogs! | Kathryn Hoffman | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Terrific Tongues! | Maria Gianferrari | Honor | Log In To Like |
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What Do They Do with All That Poo? | Jane Kurtz | Honor | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Ants Rule: The Long and Short of It | Bob Barner | Winner | Log In To Like |
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What Will Grow? | Jennifer Ward | Honor | Log In To Like |
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If Picasso Painted a Snowman | Amy Newbold | Honor | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Plants Can't Sit Still | Rebecca Eileen Hirsch | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Can I Eat That? | Joshua David Stein | Honor | Log In To Like |
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I Am Not a Dinosaur! | William Lach | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Octopuses One to Ten | Ellen Jackson | Honor | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Water Is Water: A Book about the Water Cycle | Miranda Paul | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Bee Dance | Rick Chrustowski | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Woodpecker Wham! | April Pulley Sayre | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Spectacular Spots | Susan Stockdale | Honor | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Sea Otters | Margo Gates | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Jumbo Jets | Aaron Carr | Honor | Log In To Like |
2014
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Monkeys | Anne Schreiber | Honor | Log In To Like |
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What Is Part This, Part That? | Harriet Ziefert | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Eye of the Whale | Jennifer O'Connell | Honor | Log In To Like |
2013
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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How Long?: Wacky Ways to Compare Length | Jessica Gunderson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Welcome to the World, ZooBorns! | Andrew Bleiman | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Get Dressed! | Seymour Chwast | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Monkey Colors | Darrin Lunde | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do | Kathryn Heling | Honor | Log In To Like |
2012
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Capybara | Anita Ganeri | Winner | Log In To Like |
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About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children | Cathryn P. Sill | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature | Joyce Sidman | Honor | Log In To Like |
2011
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Just One Bite | Lola Schaefer | Winner | Log In To Like |
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National Geographic Readers: Safari | Gail Tuchman | Honor | Log In To Like |
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For the Love of Soccer! | Frank Morrison | Honor | Log In To Like |
2010
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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My People | Langston Hughes | Winner | Log In To Like |
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One Wolf Howls | Scotti Cohn | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Big and Small, Room for All | Jo Ellen Bogart | Honor | Log In To Like |
2009
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator | Sarah C. Campbell | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Uno: Blue-Ribbon Beagle | Stephanie Spinner | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees: School Poems | Lee Bennett Hopkins | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Farm Animals | Wade Cooper | Honor | Log In To Like |
2008
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee | Roberta Edwards | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Hello, Bumblebee Bat | Darrin Lunde | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Life Cycle of a Bean | Linda Tagliaferro | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Camiones de basura / Garbage Trucks (Bilingual edition) | Terri Degezelle | Honor | Log In To Like |
2007
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Emperor Penguins | Patricia Trattles | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Storms! | Leslie Dickstein | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Giant Pandas | Michelle Levine | Honor | Log In To Like |
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After the Dinosaurs: Mammoths and Fossil Mammals | Charlotte Lewis Brown | Honor | Log In To Like |
2006
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Chameleon, Chameleon | Joy Cowley | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Starfish | Lisa Fipps | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Aircraft Carriers | Matt Doeden | Honor | Log In To Like |
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A Chick Grows Up | Pam Zollman | Honor | Log In To Like |
2005
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Platypus! | Ginjer L. Clarke | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Moon | Grace Hansen | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Rain | Amanda Sun | Honor | Log In To Like |
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What is Gravity? | Lisa Trumbauer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Clouds | Marion Dane Bauer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Eat My Dust! Henry Ford’s First Race | Monica Kulling | Honor | Log In To Like |
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From Idea to Book | Pam Marshall | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Guess Who Swoops | Sharon Gordon | Honor | Log In To Like |
2004
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Hunting Sharks | Kristin Nelson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Jackie Robinson | Lola M. Schaefer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Cats on the Farm | Mari Schuh | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Amelia Earhart | Lola M. Schaefer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Leaf-Cutting Ants | Helen Frost | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Life Cycle of a Kangaroo | Lisa Trumbauer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Wind | Marion Dane Bauer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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African Elephant | Edana Eckart | Honor | Log In To Like |