2025 BRIDGE TO READING NOMINEES
STORYTIME PLANS
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Click here to see how you can check out a set of this year's nominees for free from the State Library of Iowa.
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Voting for the 2025 nominees will run from May 1 to July 1. Check back soon for the 2025 Online Voting Form!
LIST OF 2025 NOMINEES
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The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed & Hatem Aly
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Hen in the Bed by Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karsten
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Pigs Dig a Road by Carrie Finison & Brian Biggs
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Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb & Erin Kraan
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Go and Get with Rex by David LaRochelle & Mike Wohnoutka
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I Want 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty & Claire Keane
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Mister Kitty is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
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How to Count to One by Caspar Salmon & Matt Hunt
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Very Good Hats by Emma Straub & Blanca Gómez
BRIDGE TO READING PICTURE BOOK AWARD
The purpose of the Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award is:
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To encourage language development and pre-reading skills through reading aloud.
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To provide parents and caregivers with a selection of quality picture books to read aloud to young children.
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To introduce children to a variety of authors and illustrators of children’s books.
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To celebrate reading as a community.
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To offer children ample opportunities to listen and respond to quality literature.
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To promote awareness of the importance of reading aloud to children and the early literacy skills gained
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The Bridge to Reading Picture Book Award has been sponsored by the Youth Services Subdivision of the Iowa Library Association since 2020. Prior to that, the award was run and sponsored by the Carnegie-Stout Public Library.