Students from grades K-5 recently voted for their favorite books during the 2011-2012 South Dakota Children’s Book Awards competition. Of the 32 books that were chosen by the committee, half represented the Prairie Bud Award, and the other half represented the Prairie Pasque Award.

Following are the results of the Prairie Bud/Prairie Pasque voting:

• Prairie Bud winner: Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
• Prairie Pasque winner: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson