1972–1973 Mark Twain Awards

The Mark Twain Readers Award is given annually to a book for children in grades four through six.

Winner

 * Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien

Nominations

 * The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander
 * Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt
 * Feldman Fieldmouse by Nathaniel Benchley
 * Joseph, The Dreamer by Clyde Robert Bulla
 * A Room Made of Windows by Eleanor Cameron
 * The Spider, The Cave and the Pottery Bowl by Eleanor Clymer
 * Jingo Django by Sid Fleischman
 * All Upon a Stone by Jean Craighead George
 * The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
 * The Trees Stand Shining by Hettie Jones
 * The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
 * Kate by Jean Little
 * Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
 * The Vicksburg Veteran by F. N. Monjo
 * Deep Trouble by Walt Morey
 * The Almost Year by Florence Randall
 * The Bear's House by Marilyn Sachs
 * The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder
 * By the Highway Home by Mary Stolz
 * Chipmunks on the Doorstep by Edwin Tunis