And the Winner is ...

Memoirs of a Goldfish written by Devin Scillian and illustrated by Tim Bowers was selected by New Hampshire children, from preschoolers to third graders, as the winner of the 2011 Ladybug Picture Book Award.


There were 19,8263 votes cast by children across the state this year at over 140 voting sites. A flyer of the voting totals, suitable for posting, is available on the Ladybug Picture Book Award webpage.

Here are the complete voting results for 2011:

Memoirs of a Goldfish (4892 votes)
Interrupting Chicken (4880 votes) The top 2 were super close!
One (2924 votes)
City Dog, Country Frog (2294 votes)
Ugly Pie (1246 votes)
In the Wild (1075 votes)
Hibernation Station (838 votes)
The Cow Loves Cookies (795 votes)
Rubia and the Three Osos (522 votes)
Guyku (360 votes)