Lowe Author of the Year Award: Nominations

Nominated by Sereniti and Aaliyah (Peavler) and Oliver (Edlin)
1. He creates interesting art using collage.
2. He makes his characters fun.
3. He helps kids wonder about nature.

Nominated by Pranaya (DeLorenzo)
3 Reasons:
1. The author writes beautiful stories.
2. The author writes funny stories.
3. The author writes stories kids can understand.

Nominated by: Azrah (Ms. Dowdell)
3 Reasons:
1. His messy handwriting and drawings make the books interesting to read.
2. The characters and story is very funny.

Nominated by: Wesley (Ms Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. Teaches you to be you.
2. Teaches you to have feelings.
3. Teaches you what feelings are.

Nominated by Hadley (Peavler)
1. She writes books to make me laugh.
2. She makes the characters seem real.
3. The drawings in the book make her stories seem like they could happen in real life.

Nominated by: Sai (Ms O’Donnell), Drew and Gavin (Ms Kosek)
3 Reasons:
1. They are very humorous and funny.
2. Her books have a lot of cliffhangers.
3. She writes funny books.

Nominated by: Evelyn, Piper andGabe (Ms Kosek)
3 Reasons:
1. I love dogs and it is about a dog.
2. An understanding book about dogs and people.
3. All the books about the dog is interesting.

Nominated by: Sadie (Ms DeLorenzo)
3 Reasons:
1. Her books are funny and cool.
2. Junie B. Jones is a great character.
3. She writes about what funny things can happen to girls our age.

Nominated by: Grace (Peavler)
3 Reasons
1. He writes entertaining books. Thrilling adventures, epic action, and fierce warrior cats await!
2. He always adds lots of details so there is a lot of action in his stories. His uses nature in his stories.
3. He makes me feel like I am in the story with the characters.

Nominated by: Shanya (Peavler)
3 Reasons
1.Because his books are interesting. They are hilarious graphic novel series with CAT-ITUDE! PURR-fect for fans of Dog Man, Bad Guys.
2.I feel like I am in the book.
3.I chose this book because I like war books and this book is a war book.

Nominated by: Adith (Peavler)
3 Reasons:
1.I like the way Judy learns lots of lessons and then I learn too.
2. A lot of things the characters do in the story I also like to do.
3. Judy sometimes gets frustrated with her little brother Stink. I have a little sister and Judy teaches me how to control my madness.

Nominated by: Will (Kosek)
3 Reasons:
1. His books have cool pictures that make the book engaging.
2. The books are fun and satisfying to read.
3. I like how he makes flies and humans be friends.

Nominated by: Lotte (DeLorenzo)
3 Reasons:
1. I really like how she writes the stories so I can relate to them.
2. I like the illustrations.
3. I also like that Billie and her best friend Jack are around my age.

Nominated by: Sahaja (Peavler)
3 Reasons:
1. Her literature is very good.
2. Her books are easily understandable. The simple text and colorful art makes this early reader a perfect choice for me.
3. The explanation with pictures is good.

Nominated by: Gloria Hallahan (Ms Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. She is a very good writer and I love the books.
2. She writes about interesting topics a lot of girls love.
3. She has great ideas for her books. She is a great author and I would love if she was the author of the year.

Nominated by: Sai (Busam)
3 Reasons:
1. It has a bunch of different books. You can read all of them and there is a bunch.
2.Dragons are cool.
3. Describes things very well. She was a two-day champion in jeopardy.

Nominated by Decodah, Isaac, Casyn, Ttawa & Ashlynn (Busam), Martha, Aniketh, Nicolas, Archer & Layton (Dowdell), Lakshanaa & Leonardo (Cloren)
3 Reasons:
1. He gives a lot of details in his writing.
2. "He makes you not just read the words he makes you feel the words".
3.His creativity when making the books covers and when he is writing the books.

Nominated by: Nila and Safwan (Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. Great story with many details.
2. She writes stories with imagination.
3. We love the characters!

Nominated by: Jean and Miriam (Ms. Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. Her books are very interesting. You get pulled into the story and you'll never want to stop reading.
2. She creates characters and dialogue that seem real. Her books can be read by all ages.
3. She makes you feel like you're actually there with the characters in the story.
4. She wrote books that took place in World War ll and it helped me understand a little bit more about what it was like to be alive in that time.

Nominated by: Cru (Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. It has two stories going at the same time.
2. I love the pictures that help tell one of the stories.
3. I like the words in his books. He helps me to learn big words.

3 Reasons:
1. His books are humorous and silly so they are fun to read.
2. We be most students know and love his books.
3. All his books are interesting and adventurous.

Nominated by: Layla (Cloren)
3 Reasons:
1. It has good graphic pictures.
2. I like the way the pages are set up to make the sotry funny.
3. She tells good stories about siblings.

Nominated by: Emmalynn (Ms. Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. I think he writes good fantasy adventure children's books.
2.I love the characters in his books.
3.He has written several books in this series.

Nominated by Sahil (Ms. Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. His books are about the minecraft world.
2. The characters have really good details and embark on heart-pounding adventures.
3. Plus there are chapter book and graphic format.

Nominated by: Maysenti & Marshall (Ms. O'Donnell)
3 Reasons:
1. He sold more than 30 million books from this series.
2. The characters are funny.
3. His books are short and I like the way he writes his stories.

Nominated by: Cal (Busam), Aaryan (Cloren) & Beckett (Busam) and Shreyas (DeLorenzo)
3 Reasons:
1. The most terrifying events in history are brought to life in this series!
2. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kid characters and how they survived!
3. We like the facts in these stories.

Nominated by: Anshika, Lillian, Latisha, Gagan Alexis, & Ziya (Cloren), Sammie (Sams)
3 Reasons:
1. Her books inspire people to choose kindness.
2. Her books encourage self-discovery, understanding, empathy, and compassion for all people.
3. Her books touch on many emotions and perspectives of characters that are relatable by kids our age.

Nominated by: Lydia & Drew (Busam) and Stasi (Thieman)
3 Reasons:
1. Her words make us feel something and I relate to her because I have been bullied before.
2.Her writing style make the books easy to read.
3. Her drawings bring the stories to life.

Nominated by Sai (Cloren)
3 Reasons:
1. They are very humorous and funny.
2. Her books have a lot of cliffhangers.
3. Her books are very relatable and cheer me up.

Nominated by: Landon (Cloren)
3 Reasons:
1. The books are very adventurous
2. The books can inspire you to be more than you already are
3. The books books have very heroic characters so we can relate to them.

Nominated by: Audrey (Busam)
3 Reasons:
1. The books are full of action. All the fairies go on fun adventures.
2. The plot is interesting.
3. The author makes you feel like you know the fairies like you know a good friend.

Nominated by Ben (Herp)
3 Reasons
1. He writes laugh-out-loud mystery graphic novel series!
2. He uses graphics and text so we can get to know the characters. I like graphic novels.
3. I love the funny mysteries the author takes us on.

Nominated by: Joseph (Cloern)
3 Reasons:
1. He writes fast, funny, silly but relatable stories.
2. He puts the characters in very funny situations.
3. His books are fast to read.

Nominated by Zafreen (Cloren)
3 Reasons:
1. She writes poetry in her stories.
2.Has written a lot of books for children. She is a great storyteller.
3.Writes books kids can relate to - Talk about what is happening

Nominated by Hazel (Herp)
1 because the books are so interesting because it makes you keep reading.
2 I love the story line, its mainly about people but somehow she makes them good.
3 I love that every chapter has a picture of a food in the chapter and a really good definitions for it.

Nominated by: Ava Hall (Ms. Barrett)
3 Reasons
1. All his books are about things you can eat.
2. I like his stories. They are easy for me to read.
3. The characters are fun.

Nominated by: Rayan (Ms. Jackson)
1. Chip the dog is a hilarious pup who's got some "wisdom" to share.
2. She is a funny, silly and crazy author.
3. Her books make me laugh.

Nominated by: Hadley (Howard)
3 Reasons:
1. I like that the books say “No David.”
2. The books make me laugh.

Nominated by: Anna (Barrett)
3 Reasons
1. They made my favorite book because it is very funny.
2. I love the pictures because it it helps make the story even more very funny
3. I want him to make more books

Nominated by: Raghav (Herp)
3 Reasons:
1. He helped many kids to read.
2. He helped many kids understand more about the text.
3. He writes books in a way that helps kids understand the moral of the story.

Nominated by: Carter & Madison (Thieman), Norah, Mia & Lana (O'Donnell)
3 Reasons:
1. This is a great series to read with friends.
2. I love her books because she write about siblings and how they get along.
3. She is one of my favorite writers because her books seem real and are funny in parts.

Nominated by: Gabrielle (Thieman), Aadya (Osborne) and Teddy (DeLorenzo)
3 Reasons:
1. Her books are so exciting. They take me from my house to her world.
2. Her books help you learn in a fun way.
3. She writes books that make children interested.
4. The books she write fell like actually going on an adventure.

Nominated by: Calum (Ms Kosek) and Ben (Ms Geroski)
3 Reasons:
1. Because his books are funny. His books make me smile.
2. Big Nate plays sports like I do.
3. He draws comics and he has lots of books.

Nominated by: Lexi (Ms Dowdell) and Sahassra (Ms Dowdell)
3 Reasons:
1. Its relatable to kids our age.
2. Its exciting to get a glimpse of what middle school might be like.
3. I like diary of a wimpy kid and this is like a girl version.
4. I understand Rachel Renee Russell’s books because her words are very clear. She writes very interesting and unique books.

Nominated by: Gagan (Jackson)
3 Reasons:
1. The book inspires me to help others.
2. There is a lot of action.
3. She writes good books that teach us about other people.

Nominated by: Emmegrace (Ms. Thieman), Ishika (Galle)
3 Reasons:
1. She is a very good writer and I love the books.
2. She writes about interesting topics a lot of girls love.
3. She has great ideas for her books. She is a great author and I would love if she was the author of the year.

Nominated by: Aadhya (Ms. Jackson)
3 Reasons:
1. She has more of Ivy+ Bean books.
2. She writes about real kids.
3. She writes funny and odd/weird books.

Nominated by: Gregory (Ms. O'Donnell)
3 Reasons:
(1) His books are funny and kid friendly.
(2) He has many series.
(3) His books are great because his characters are scrappy, loveable heroes.

Nominated by: Drew & Arlo (O'Donell), Jace, Clayton & Graham (Thieman), Sau (Busam) & Henry (Cloren)
3 Reasons:
1. Because his books are funny. His books make me smile.
2. Big Nate plays sports like I do. We can relate to his character Nate.
3. He draws comics and he has lots of books. One of our favorite genres.

Nominated by:
Nominated by: Isaac (Dowdell)
3 Reasons:
1. Fun books to read if you like video games.
2. Intense because the video characters become part of boy's world.
3. Funny cool characters.

Nominated by Haprer (Dowdell)
3 Reasons:
1. Her books are really funny.
2 Giants Beware has great characters like Claudette and Gaston.
3 The old witch looks pretty realistic because of all the wrinkles and all the bumps on her face and that's what make her look realistic.

Nominated by: Skylar (Dowdell)
3 Reasons:
1. He writes easy-to-read text fast-paced adventures.
2. He writes great stories about dragons and I like dragons.
3. The pictures help me to understand the story.

Nominated by Piper (Jackson)
1. The author writes cute books about relatable topics.
2. She writes so I can connect to the characters.
3. Her books are funny and cute.

Nominated by Seyon (Thieman)
1. He writes funny, action-filled series perfect for adventure-loving fans of Indiana Jones and James Patterson's Treasure Hunters!
2. The characters go on adventures I would like to go on.

Nominated by Nathan (Thieman)
3 Reasons:
1.Her books gave me the habit of reading every day.
2. Her books are easy for me to read.
3. Her book makes feel like I am in the book with them.

Nominated by Olivia (Thieman)
3 Reasons:
1. His books have funny stories.
2. He writes about interesting topics.
3. His characters are cool.

Nominated by Carolina (Thieman)
3 Reasons:
1. He makes his characters come to life. He has a robot that learns how to be wild.
2. He writes about believable characters. The robot becomes a mom to a duck.
3. There are are 3 books. Each one takes you on great adventures.

Nominated by: Harshika (Ms Gerichs)
3 Reasons:
1. He deserves the award because his books are very interesting and always have some kind of adventure.
2. Because his books have words and pictures, and it helps me understand the story visually.
3. In the text, he uses different fonts and colors to describe special words.

Nominated by: Hadley (Ms. Gerichs)
3 Reasons:1. Beth McMullen should win author of the year because every second I read in her book I get excited and it is hard to put her books down.
2. She makes books for kids and grown ups
3. Also she makes sure that the readers are very engaged.

Nominated by: Jean (Sams)
3 Reasons:
1. Her books are interesting and full of suspense.
2. The characters she uses are relatable.
3. Her books teach lessons that are good for people to learn.

Nominated by Grayson (Gerichs)
1. Colorful photos, diagrams, and clear text will engage young readers.
2. She helps readers explore the life cycle, natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of fascinating animals
3. The diary format encourages children connect to the natural world.

Nominated by: Wesley & Matvei (Sams)
3 Reasons:
1.The books are very dramatic and it will teach you and you will learn about the world war.
2. The author uses first person point of view to draw readers into the stories.
3. She helps make history come to life.

Nominated by Raghav (Sams)
3 Reasons:
1. A humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic memoir about fitting in, facing bullies, and finding the right pair of glasses.
2. His books are very motivational and I can related to them.
3. He uses himself as the main character in his books.

Nominated by Finley (Sams)
Reason 1 is because he always has a sense of adventure in all of his books.
Reason 2 is because he includes all different types of people/ main characters/ villains that are different colors and races.
Reason 3 is because he bases most of the main characters off of his son who has ADHD and dyslexia so most of the main characters have ADHD and dyslexia.