And the winner is ...

Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide and illustrated by Lane Smith was selected by New Hampshire children, from preschoolers to third graders, as the winner of the 2010 Ladybug Picture Book Award.
There were 18,193 votes cast by children across the state this year at over 100 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 2010:

• Princess Hyacinth (2941 votes)
• The Circus Ship (2820 votes)
• The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School (2689 votes)
• Bad Boys Get Henpecked (2248 votes)
• Creaky Old House (2251 votes)
• Otis (1959 votes)
• Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! (1583 votes)
• Birds (744 votes)
• Under the Snow (649 votes)
• All the World (309 votes)