Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Winners

The Comstock Read Aloud Book Award is an annual award for the best read aloud picture book for older children (ages 9-12). This award is named for the ...more

Winners

	Papa's Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 929 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 13,371 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister by Linda Ravin Lodding (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 178 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stand Straight, Ella Kate by Kate Klise 4.09 avg rating — 465 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy 4.32 avg rating — 3,452 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale by Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 633 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians by Carla Morris 4.14 avg rating — 2,436 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epossumondas Saves the Day by Coleen Salley 4.16 avg rating — 166 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg 4.26 avg rating — 471 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elena's Serenade by Campbell Geeslin 4.07 avg rating — 321 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Jasper's Story: Saving Moon Bears by Jill Robinson (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 110 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Babe Ruth by Matt Tavares (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 524 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suryia Swims!: The True Story of How an Orangutan Learned to Swim by Bhagavan Antle 3.99 avg rating — 96 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Harkness and the Panda by Alicia Potter 3.94 avg rating — 744 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson 3.76 avg rating — 442 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gunner, Football Hero by James E. Ransome 3.41 avg rating — 54 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete 4.32 avg rating — 1,103 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen 4.45 avg rating — 3,126 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 588 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste of Colored Water by Matt Faulkner (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 319 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Willow (Willow, #1) by Denise Brennan-Nelson 4.22 avg rating — 515 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine 4.50 avg rating — 15,953 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Marlowe's Mice by Frank Asch 3.94 avg rating — 108 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning to Fly by Sebastian Meschenmoser 4.16 avg rating — 108 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon 4.26 avg rating — 359 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeper of Soles by Teresa Bateman (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 137 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sixteen Years In Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 238 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud 4.28 avg rating — 426 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Precious and the Boo Hag (Anne Schwartz Books) by Patricia C. McKissack 4.13 avg rating — 285 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss 4.15 avg rating — 287 ratings Comstock Read Aloud Book Award Nominee (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars