Prairie Bud winners are determined by South Dakota PreK, kindergarten, and first grade students. Prairie Bloom winners are determined by South Dakota second and third grade students. Prairie Pasque winners are determined by South Dakota fourth and fifth grade students.
The Prairie Awards voting deadline was extended a month this year by the SDLA committee due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Librarians and teachers helped assist children in casting their votes and over 1500 votes were submitted during the month of April!
Winner: I Am a Cat by Galia Bernstein
Runner Up: Stay: A Girl, a Dog, a Bucket List by Kate Klise
3rd Place: I Want That Nut! by Madeline Valentine
Prairie Bloom
Winner: 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story by Tara Lazar
Runner Up: Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures by Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess & Deanna Nikaido
3rd Place: Barkus by Patricia Maclachlan
Prairie Pasque
Winner: Moto and Me: My Year as a Wildcat's Foster Mom by Suzi Eszterhas
Runner Up: Sandwiches!: More Than You've Ever Wanted To Know About Making and Eating America's Favorite Food by Alison Deering
3rd Place: Sidetracked by Diana Harmon Asher
Take a look at the SD State Library website for
- Books that are linked to South Dakota Titles To Go
- Nomination Guidelines and
- Resources for Librarians/Teachers
- Children's Book Award Winner's Bookshelf (with new labels for Prairie Winner Books!)