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WA State Towner Award 2016 Nominees (2014 Copyrights)

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tontatiuh
Mama Built a Nest by Jennifer Ward
My Country 'Tis of Thee by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle by Cheryl Bardoe
Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey by Loree Griffin Burns
Neighborhood Sharks by Katherine Roy
Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia Newman
Underworld: Exploring the Secret World Beneath Your Feet by Jane Price
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson
Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart

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WA State Towner Award 2015 Nominees - Text Sets in PDF

The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest, and Most Surprising Animals on Earth by Steve Jenkins
Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss and illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
Best Foot Forward, Exploring Feet, Flippers and Claws by Ingo Arndt
Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch and Illustrated by Oliver Dominguez
The Great American Dustbowl by Don Brown
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Meat Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders by Ellen Lawrence
Shimmer and Splash by Jim Arnosky
Volcano Rising by Elizabeth Rusch and Illustrated by Susan Swan
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kook Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Theodore Taylor III

WA State Towner Award 2014 Nominees - Text Sets in PDF

A Black Hole Is Not a Hole by Carolyn DeCristofano
A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston
Castle: How It works by David Macaulay and Sheila Keenan
Eight Days Gone by Linda McReynolds
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster by Mary Cerullo
Island: A Story of the Galápagos by Jason Chin
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
Snakes by Nic Bishop
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Markle
What We Wear by Maya Ajmera