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Congratulations to the
2006 Midwest Book Awards Winners

First, Merit and Honorable Mention winners in each category were announced at the 2006 Midwest Book Awards on May 9, 2007.

 

 

Art (arts, design, architecture, photography,
coffee table books)

FIRST PLACE

Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN -The Guthrie Theater: Images, History and Inside Stories  By Peg Guilfoyle    Designer Holly Welch

 
  MERIT AWARD Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI - Eros and Equus: A Passion for the Horse  Edited by Laura Chester Photographs by Donna Demari  
  HONORABLE MENTION Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI - Silver Screens: A Pictorial History of Milwaukee’s Movie Theaters  By Larry Widen and Judi Anderson  
Biography/Memoir FIRST PLACE

 

Chicago Review Press, Inc., Chicago, IL - A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever  By Josh Karp

 
  MERIT AWARD Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN - The Great Dan Patch and the Remarkable Mr. Savage By Tim Brady  
  HONORABLE MENTION Extraordinary Voices Press, LLC, Madelia, MN - Saving Millie: A Daughter’s Story of Surviving Her Mother’s Schizophrenia By Tina Kotulski
 
 

Business (commerce, finance, employment, career, technology)

FIRST PLACE

Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc. Edina, MN - Lessons from a Headhunter with a Heart: Spiritual and Practical Keys to Navigating (and Surviving!) Job Change By Patricia A. Comeford, J.D. with Gina Sauer, J.D.

 
  MERIT AWARD Leader Press, Minneapolis, MN - Fearless Leadership: Conquering Your Fears And the Lies That Drive Them By Bruce E. Roselle, PhD  
  HONORABLE MENTION Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI - How to Work Like a Cat: Walking With Confidence Through a Dog-Eat-Dog World  By Karen Wormald  

Children/Young Adult (aimed at the juvenile and teen markets)

FIRST PLACE

Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN - Germs Are Not for Sharing  By Elizabeth Verdick

 
MERIT AWARD Free Spirit Publishing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN - Get Organized Without Losing It  By Janet S. Fox  
HONORABLE MENTION Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI - A Recipe for Success: Lizzie Kander and Her Cookbook  By Bob Kann
 
 

Cookbooks

FIRST PLACE

Penfield Books, Iowa City, IA - Swedish Touches: Superbly Swedish Revised and Expanded Recipes and Traditions   Edited by David Wright and Martha Wiberg Thompson

 
  MERIT AWARD NONE
  HONORABLE MENTION NONE  
Crafts/Hobby/How To FIRST PLACE

Kirk House Publishers, Minneapolis, MN - Encyclopedia of Stamps and Stamp Collecting  Editors Rodney A. Juell & Steven J. Rod

 
  MERIT AWARD Landauer Books, Urbandale, IA - Applique’ The Basics and Beyond: The Complete Guide to Successful Machine and Hand Techniques with Dozens of Designs to Mix and Match  By Janet Pittman  
  HONORABLE MENTION Lake Claremont Press, Chicago, IL - A Cook’s Guide to Chicago: Where To Find Everything You Need and Lots of Things You Didn’t Know You Did  By Marilyn Pocius
 
 

Culture (diversity, gender issues, aging)

FIRST PLACE

World Wisdom, Inc., Bloomington, IN - Indian Spirit ~ Revised and Enlarged Michael Oren Fitzgerald & Judith Fitzgerald

 
  MERIT AWARD

 

ACTA Publications, Skokie, IL - A Recipe for Hope: Stories of Transformation by People Struggling with Homelessness  By Karen M. Skalitzky  
  HONORABLE MENTION Lake Claremont Press, Chicago, IL - A Field Guide to Gay & Lesbian Chicago   By Kathie Bergquist and Robert McDonald  

Health (fitness, diet, medicine)

FIRST PLACE Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc., Edina, MN - Your Body, Your Beauty, Your Safety By Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, MD, FACS  
  MERIT AWARD

American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL - A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health  Editor in Chief Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL - Sports Success Rx! Your Child’s Prescription for the Best Experience: How to Maximize Potential AND Minimize Pressure  By Paul R. Stricker, MD, FAAP

 
Humor FIRST PLACE

Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI - Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee’s Past  By John Gurda

 
  MERIT AWARD

Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI - Dump Him, Marry the Dog  By Vivian Heath

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI - Pug Mugs: Good Pugs Gone Bad  Editors at Willow Creek Press
 

 

Midwest Regional Interest

FIRST PLACE

Lake Claremont Press, Chicago, IL - The Politics of Space: A History of Zoning in Chicago  By Joseph P Schwieterman and Dana M Caspall

 
  MERIT AWARD

Lake Claremont Press, Chicago, IL - A Cook’s Guide to Chicago: Where To Find Everything You Need and Lots of Things You Didn’t Know You Did  By Marilyn Pocius

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Adventure Publications, Inc., Cambridge, MN - Minnesota Running Trails: Dirt, Gravel, Rocks & Roots  By Kate Havelin
 

 
Nature (plants, animals, gardening) FIRST PLACE

Forager’s Harvest, Ogema, WI - The Forager’s Harvest Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants  By Samuel Thayer

 
  MERIT AWARD

Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI - Call of the Loon  David C. Evers & Kate M. Taylor

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN - Kodiak Kings  By Jason Wood

 
 
Political Science (history, politics, current events) FIRST PLACE
 

Wisconsin Historical Society Press, Madison, WI - Fighting Son: A Biography of Philip F. La Follette  By Jonathan Kasparek

 
  MERIT AWARD

Chicago Review Press, Inc., Chicago, IL - A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever  Josh Karp

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Scarletta Press, Minneapolis, MN - Israeli and Palestinian Voices: a Dialogue with Both Sides  By Cathy Sultan
 

 
Recreation/Travel/Sports FIRST PLACE

 

Adventure Publications, Inc., Cambridge, MN - Minnesota Running Trails: Dirt, Gravel, Rocks & Roots  By Kate Havelin

 
  MERIT AWARD

River Junction Press, LLC, Omaha, NE - Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America  By Kira Gale 

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Aliform Publishing, Minneapolis, MNafloat again, adrift: three voyages on the waters of North America  By Andrew Keith
 

 
Reference FIRST PLACE NONE
  MERIT AWARD

Books 2 help You, LLC, Hartland, MI - After the Diagnosis: How to Look Out for Yourself or a Loved One   By Donna L. Pikula, D.D.S., M.S.
 

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Weir Box Publishing, Olathe, KS - Mediation Survivor’s Handbook  By Peg Nichols
 

 
Religion/Philosophy/
Inspiration
FIRST PLACE
 

World Wisdom, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana - Indian Spirit ~ Revised and Enlarged  Michael Oren Fitzgerald & Judith Fitzgerald

 
  MERIT AWARD

World Wisdom, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana - The Universal Spirit of Islam: from the Koran and Hadith  Edited by Judith Fitzgerald & Michael Oren Fitzgerald

 
  HONORABLE MENTION - TIE

World Wisdom, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana - Samdhong Rinpoche Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World: Tibetan Buddhism and Today’s World  Edited by Donovan Roebert
Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN  - Tending the Earth, Mending the Spirit: The Healing Gifts of Gardening   By Connie Goldman and Richard Mahle
 

 

Social Science (psychology, family, parenting, self-help)

FIRST PLACE

Extraordinary Voices Press, LLC, Madelia, MN - Saving Millie: A Daughter’s Story of Surviving Her Mother’s Schizophrenia  By Tina Kotulski

 
  MERIT AWARD - TIE

Books 2 help You, LLC, Hartland, MI - After the Diagnosis: How to Look Out for Yourself or a Loved One By Donna L. Pikula, D.D.S., M.S.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL - Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond   By Marilee Jones & Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, Ms Ed, FAAP with Martha M. Jablow
 

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL - A Parent’s Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Your Child Roots and Wings  By Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP with Martha M. Jablow
 

 

General Fiction (non-genre-specific): literary, story collections, mainstream

FIRST PLACE
 

iUniverse, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska - The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany By Paul Salsini

 
  MERIT AWARD

Loonfeather Press, Bemidji, MN - The Rhubarb King: Poems by Sharon Chmielarz   Sharon Chmielarz

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

St. Padriac Press, Cincinnati, OH - Blood on the Shamrock: A Novel of Ireland’s Civil War  by Cathal Liam
 

 

Commercial Fiction (genre-specific): mystery, thriller, suspense, sci-fi, romance

FIRST PLACE

iUniverse, Inc., Lincoln, NE - The Legarto Stone: A Novel  By Gordon N. McIntosh

 
  MERIT AWARD

North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., St. Cloud, MN - The St. Paul Conspiracy  By Roger Stelljes

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

iUniverse, Inc., Lincoln, NE - Places the Dead Call Home: A Novel  By Paul L. Hall
 

 

Children’s Picture Books: stories and picture books for young children

FIRST PLACE
 

Snaptail Press, Division of Images Unlimited Publishing, Maryville, MO - The Littlest Christmas Kitten  By Leona Novy Jackson Illustrated by Kelly Dupre

 
  MERIT AWARD

Kar-Ben Publishing, Inc., A Division of Lerner Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN - On Sukkot and Simchat Torah  By Cathy Goldberg Fishman Illustrations by Melanie Hall

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick, Milford, MI - Find My Friends  By Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
 

 

Children/Young Adult: aimed at juvenile and teen markets

FIRST PLACE
 

Raven Productions, Inc., Ely, MN - Kristin’s Wilderness: A Braided Trail  By Garrett Conover

 
  MERIT AWARD

Yaldah Publishing, St. Paul, MN - Like a Maccabee  By Barbara Bietz

  HONORABLE MENTION

Adams-Pomeroy Press, Albany, WI - Haunted Hill  By Andrew Oliver

 

Illustration

FIRST PLACE
 

Waldman House Press ~ Tristan Publishing, Inc., Minneapolis, MN - Peef and the Baby Sister  By Tom Hegg  Illustration by Warren Hanson

 
  MERIT AWARD

Limner Fine Publishing, Minneapolis, MN - Born by the River: People of the Mississippi River Towns  By Ron Merchant   Illustrator: Ron Merchant

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

St. Mary’s Press, Winona, MN - Breakthrough! The Bible for Young Catholics Brian Singer-Towns gen ed   Design/illustration: Pernsteiner Creative Group
 

 

Interior Layout

FIRST PLACE

World Wisdom, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana - The Foundations of Christian Art  By Titus Burckhardt   Designer: Susana Marin

 
  MERIT AWARD

Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN - The Guthrie Theater: Images, History and Inside Stories  By Peg Guilfoyle  Designer Holly Welch

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Limner Fine Publishing, Minneapolis, MN - Born by the River: People of the Mississippi River Towns  By Ron Merchant   Designer: Dean Olson 
 

 
Cover 1 or 2 color FIRST PLACE NONE
  MERIT AWARD NONE
  HONORABLE MENTION

Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN - From Here Across the Bridge  By Evelyn Klein Illustrations by Wolfgang Klein
 

 
Cover 3 or more color FIRST PLACE
 

Nodin Press, Minneapolis, MN - The Guthrie Theater: Images, History and Inside Stories  By Peg Guilfoyle Designer Holly Welch

 
  MERIT AWARD

Limner Fine Publishing, Minneapolis, MN - Born by the River: People of the Mississippi River Towns   By Ron Merchant  Illustrator: Ron Merchant

 
  HONORABLE MENTION

Beaver’s Pond Press, Inc., Edina, MN - The Power of Becoming: Achieving Personal Fulfillment  By Paul R. Mork Cover and Design by Pat St. Claire 
 

 
 

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