NIST comments:
Y7: "Sad but happy at the same time because of a dog."
Collection
Publication
Candlewick (2015), Edition: Reprint, 208 pages
Description
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
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Original publication date
2000-03
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2003)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2002)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2002)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2003)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2002)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2003)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2000)
Parents' Choice Book Award (Fiction — 2000)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2002)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2002)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2003)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2003)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2002-2003)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2003)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2001)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2003)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
Bluestem Award (3rd Place — 2014)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Winner — 2003)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Winner — Grades 3-5 — 2002)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2002, 2003, 2004)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2001)
Indies Choice Book Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 2001)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2002)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2003)
Blue Hen Book Award (Winner — Middle Readers — 2002)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Winner — 2002-2003)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2003)
Southern Book Prize (Winner — Children's — 2001)
Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award (Winner — 2001-2002)
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Honor — 2003)
Mitten Award (Winner — 2000)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — Children's — 2003)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Winner — 2003)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2003)
Charlotte Award (Winner — 2002)
Josette Frank Award (Winner — 2000)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2002)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2002)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2003)
Cocheco Readers' Award (Winner)
Keystone to Reading Book Award (Winner — 2003)
Maine Student Book Award (Winner — 2002)
South Carolina Book Awards (Winner — Children's Book Award — 2003)
Friends of American Writers Award (Juvenile Book — 2001)
Minnesota Book Awards (Finalist — Young Adult — 2001)
Great Reads from Great Places (Florida — 2007, 2002)
Notable Children's Book (2001)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2002)
Montana Battle of the Books (2024)
Language
Original language
English