Shooting Off (on) the Canon

I’m no bookstore employee, so my interest in the Indies Choice Book Awards, voted on exclusively by booksellers, is one of curiosity more than anything else.  These awards, for example, determine the E.B. White Readaloud Award winners as well as which book will be included in the Picture Book Hall of Fame (nominees are all available to view here).  Now when I first saw that the nominees were up and running for 2017 I zipped on over to the site to see who was up for contention.  Let’s see . ....