And the winner is ...

Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox and illustrated by Lydia Monks was selected by New Hampshire children, from preschoolers to third graders, as the winner of the 2009 Ladybug Picture Book Award. There were 20,441 votes cast by children across the state this year at 149 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:

• Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox & Lydia Monks (3467 votes)


• Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri (3420 votes)


• Bedtime at the Swamp by Kristyn Crow & Macky Pamintuan (3003 votes)


• Too Many Toys by David Shannon (2929 votes)


• Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies (2043 votes)


• Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus (1534 votes)


• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton (1213 votes)


• Bear's Picture by Daniel Pinkwater & D. B. Johnson (1158 votes)


• Big Chickens Fly the Coop by Leslie Helakoski & Henry Cole (1029 votes)


• Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry (645 votes)