Indian Paintbrush Book Award
The Indian Paintbrush Book Award is an award given annually to books nominated and voted on by children in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in Wyoming.[1][2][3][4] The award was first given in 1986. The award is sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Reading Council.[1]
The criteria for the award are:[5]
- The book may be fiction or nonfiction
- The book must have been published within the past two years and must still be in print
- Any student may nominate a book
- No book may be nominated two consecutive years
- No book by a winning author may appear on the following year's list.
Winners
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "WY Library Association - Indian Paintbrush (Grades 4-6)".
- ↑ Louis Sachar won both the 1990 Indian paintbrush book award and the 1990 Young reader’s choice award. School Library Journal. 1990;36:34. Accessed April 16, 2026. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=brd&AN=502717137&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
- ↑ Matilda by Roald Dahl has been named the winner of the Indian paintbrush book award. School Library Journal. 1991;37:22. Accessed April 16, 2026. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=brd&AN=502750273&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
- ↑ Allsop, A. (2025, Feb 26). Five questions with 'the hope of elephants' and wyoming author amanda rawson hill. TCA Regional News Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/five-questions-with-hope-elephants-wyoming-author/docview/3172085948/se-2
- ↑ "WY Library Association - Indian Paintbrush guidelines".