The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale is a great book. Taking place in Dickensian London, it tells the story of Skilly the cat and his adventures as a mouser at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese inn. It's fun for kids and it is a finalist for this award, I'm certain, because it thoroughly enjoyable for adults as well -- particularly for those who are fans of Dickens as he makes appearances in this novel.
We have a few signed copies in stock!
Carmen was honored two years ago in the picture book category for her New York Times bestseller, 14 Cows for America.
A list of the finalists in the YA and childrens categories appear below:
BOOK OF THE YEAR – YOUNG ADULT
• Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, by Joe Schreiber
• Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys
• Legend, by Marie Lu
• A Monster Calls: Inspired by an Idea From Siobhan Dowd, by Patrick Ness, Jim Kay (Illus.)
• Shine, by Lauren Myracle
• Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant (Eds.)
E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD – MIDDLE READER
• The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy, Ian Schoenherr (Illus.)
• Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz (Candlewick Press)
• The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, Barry Moser (Illus.)
• The Flint Heart, by Katherine Paterson and John Paterson, John Rocco (Illus.)
• Liesl & Po, by Lauren Oliver, Kei Acedera (Illus.)
• Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.)
E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD – PICTURE BOOK
• I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen
• King Hugo’s Huge Ego, by Chris Van Dusen
• Press Here, by Hervé Tullet
• Stars, by Mary Lyn Ray, Marla Frazee (Illus.)
• Over and Under the Snow, by Kate Messner, Christopher Silas Neal (Illus.)
• Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.)
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