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Early Readers and Picture for Little Peeps Book Awards

The LITTLE PEEPS Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Early Readers that invites children to read and explore. The Little Peeps Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs).

Chanticleer International Book Awards Reviews is looking for the best books featuring stories of all shapes and sizes written to an audience for Early Readers. Story books, Beginning Chapter Books, Picture Books, Activity Books & Educational Books we will put them to the test to discovery today’s best children’s books. (For Young Adult Fiction see our Dante Rossetti Awards, for Middle Grade Readers see our Gertrude Warner Awards.)

These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards LONG LIST to the SHORT LIST and have now progressed to the 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS.  

These titles are now Semi-Finalists for the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers

  • Ellie Smith – Tex the Explorer Journey Through the Alphabet
  • M. Lisa Rinaca – P Mind Your Q’s
  • M. Lisa Rinaca – The Missing Punctuation Box
  • Courtney Shannon Strand – Hollyhock Hill
  • Masoud Malekyari – Great As A Button
  • Susan Faw – Poppy Ogopogo
  • Carmela Dutra – Little Katie and the STEAM Team
  • D.K. Brantley – Every Mummy Has a Mommy              
  • Dr. Justine Green – Completely Me
  • Courtney Shannon Strand – Ella’s Umbrella
  • Lindy Ryan – Trick or Treat, Alistair Gray
  • Dawn Marie Thompson – Sedwick the Seagull              
  • Mercy Hansen Mize – Samson’s Tail
  • Alycyn Culbertson – Look What Happened While I Was Sleeping
  • Johnny Ray Moore – ANTHILL FOR SALE
  • Raven Howell – So You Want a Puppy?
  • Pj McIlvaine – Little Lena and The Big Table
  • Dianne Moritz – Hey Little Beachcomber
  • Savannah Hendricks – The Book Who Lost Its Title
  • Teal Blake – J is for Jackalope
  • Melodie Tegay – Hannah’s Two Homes: life in a “blended” family; a 5 year old’s perspective

These titles are in the running for the Finalists of the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers. 

Which of these works will move forward in the judging rounds for the 2020 Little Peeps Book Awards for Early Readers?

Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

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The Semi-Finalists’ works will compete for the First Place Winner positions, and then all will be recognized in the evenings at VCAC21 April 22-24th from 6-8 p.m. PST.

The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 23 CIBA divisions Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category Winners and Grand Prize Division Winners the CIBAs Ceremonies June 5th, 2021 virtually (Free) and LIVE at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash.

We are now accepting submissions into the 2021 Little Peep Awards Book Awards. The deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2021. The winners will be announced in April 2022.

Please click here for more information.

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As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at Info@ChantiReviews.com.