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SRC 2024: Read A Book By A PNW Author (Kids)

Challenge yourself this summer by reading a book by an author from the Pacific Northwest.

Tacoma Public Library

20 items

  • Finalist, 2022 Washington State Book Awards (Books for Young Readers). Contemporary fiction recommended for upper middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021. — JF ARLOW-J
  • Final book in the Amulet graphic novel series. Recommended for ages 8 and older.
    BookNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, [2024] — JG AMULE V9
  • Picture book.
    BookNew York : Roaring Book Press, 2023. — CJ SHUM-B
  • The Barking Ballad

    a Bark-along, Meow-along Book

    Paschkis, Julie, 1957-
    Finalist, 2022 Washington State Book Awards (Picture Books).
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021] — CJ PASCH-J
  • The Birders

    An Unexpected Encounter in the Northwest Woods

    Albanese, Rob,
    Finalist, 2023 Washington State Book Awards (Picture Books).
    BookSeattle, WA : Little Big Foot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books, [2022] — CJ ALBAN-R
  • Picture book.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — CJ LIU-D
  • Winner, 2023 Washington State Book Awards (Picture Books).
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022. — CJ PETER-E
  • Picture book.
    BookNew York : Nearl Porter Books, Holiday House, [2020] — CJ SCOTT-J
  • Winner, 2022 Washington State Book Awards (Books for Young Readers). Historical fiction set in Spokane; recommended for upper middle grade readers.
    BookMontclair, [California] : Levine Querido, 2021. — JF FRAZI-S
  • Picture book set in Coast Salish Traditional Territory, centering the cultures of Hul’q’umi’num’-speaking peoples.
    BookVictoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2023. — CJ FRITZ-A
  • Transitional chapter book recommended for beginning middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2021] — JF BUTLE-D
  • Historical fantasy recommended for upper middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2022] — JF SHAWL-N
  • Chapter book recommend for middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2020] — JF BAKER-K
  • Chapter book recommended for beginning middle grade readers.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — JF SELFO-S
  • Chapter book recommended for middle grade readers.
    BookBerkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2020] — JF EGAWA-K
  • Detective story recommended for middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — JF GUTER-B
  • Myth-inspired chapter book recommended for middle grade readers.
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2022] — JF ZHAO-X