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Welcome to the 20th Year of the Beverly Cleary �Children’s Choice Award2022-2023

Sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) and Oregon Library Association (OLA)

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  • The Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (BCCCA), sponsored by OASL/OLA, is named in honor of Oregon-born children’s author Beverly Cleary. Children of all ages throughout the U.S. may vote each spring for their favorite title from the list of nominated books. Nominations include books targeted to the reading ability of 2nd and 3rd grades and a little higher.

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This Year’s Nominees:

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Here Comes LoloBy Niki Daly

Meet the curious, fun-loving, adventurous Lolo, a girl living in South Africa with her mother and grandmother,Gogo!

For Lolo, every day is a new adventure. Whether it’s earning gold stars at school or returning a lost ring, she’s ready for anything. Follow along with Lolo as she learns lessons about sharing, being brave, and being a good friend.

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Here Comes Lolo

Resources

  • Catalyst Press’ Book Club Guide Activities:

https://www.catalystpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Here-Comes-Lolo-actvity-guide.pdf

  • Catalyst Press’ video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdtQ0CwKj9E

  • Activity Sheet created by Catalyst Press

https://www.catalystpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Actvity-Sheet-for-LOLO1.pdf

  • For further enrichment, here is a list of YouTube videos showing South African school children from the Ndlovu (End-LOW-Voo) Youth Choir singing and dancing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqsFO4atwJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AGtd2-jv0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2nRF5wdPeY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7b8fYcYCk (Listen for the clicks in the language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDxbnP3PsM

 

 

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Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed BusinessBy Lyla Lee

Mindy has just moved from California to Florida for her Dad’s new job. She’s nervous about starting at a new school, especially when her classmates make fun of the Korean snacks in her lunch. Once she convinces them that dry seaweed is delicious, can Mindy handle the demand her snack trading has created?

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Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business

Resources

  • Lyla Lee’s Author Website: https://lylaleebooks.com/

  • Book Talk by Westerville Public Librarian Annamarie

  • Book Trailer by Fairfax Co. Library

  • Book Trailer by Book Tastings

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Our Friend Hedgehog: the Story of Us� By Lauren Castillo

Hedgehog lives on a teeny-tiny island with only her stuffed dog, Mutty, for company. When a great storm carries Mutty away, she embarks on an adventure to find her friend. Following the trail of clues Mutty left behind, brave Hedgehog meets a wiggly Mole, a wordy Owl, a curmudgeonly Beaver, a scatterbrained Hen and Chicks, and a girl who's new to the neighborhood, Annika May. With bravery and teamwork, there's nothing that can stop these seven from finding Mutty, but along the way they discover something even more important: each other.

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Our Friend Hedgehog: the Story of Us

Resources

  •  Author’s Website http://www.laurencastillo.com/

  • Lauren Castillo’s Downloadable Coloring Sheets

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544647dee4b054242c727455/t/5ed17543ff1f544b3b0c08c4/1590785372656/ColoringSheets_OurFriendHedgehog.pdf

  • Lauren Castillo’s Downloadable Activity Sheets:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/544647dee4b054242c727455/t/5ed1768a9654580ae7b865cf/1590785687945/ActivitySheets_OurFriendHedgehog.pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UTPq0Y7wrF0G9H5FkA3MEM546VBcIuVQ/view

  • Texas Blue Bonnett Activities:

https://sites.google.com/view/tba2022/master-list/our-friend-hedgehog

*Videos are linked from Google Drive and work best with Google Chrome. Some school districts may block outside Chrome access for student accounts. If unable to view, please see embedded videos at the end of this page. We regret that individual access will not be granted.

  • Random House Book Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHCxIAfM8J0

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The Powwow Dog

By Joseph Bruchac

An unusual picture book/chapter book/graphic novel offers readers a mystery. Grama and Grampa are taking twins Marie and Jamie Longbow to the powwow. When the twins find out about a mysterious ghost dog that steals food and no one has been able to catch it, they are determined to find out what’s going on!

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The Powwow Dog

Resources

  • Book Talk Storytime: The Powwow Dog with Wiley Blevins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTS-0f2GOw

 

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Puppy Problems by Paige Braddock

Crackers, a goofy dog who goes nuts over squirrels and Butter, a plump cat who loves licking butter, have a nice, cushy, life together — until the day their human comes home with a puppy!

Floppy-eared Peanut is afraid of the dark: yowl! He dips into all the food bowls: slurp! He drools, chews up stuff, always wants to play, and hogs the human’s lap.��Crackers and Butter have had it with all the puppy crazyness. This is a laugh out loud graphic novel!

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Puppy Problems

Resources

  • Graphic Novel Drawing Series Week #3 with Paige Braddock, Brett Bean & Michael Regina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7rrAac2ssc&t=105s

Join artists Paige Braddock, creator of PUPPY PROBLEMS, Brett Bean, creator of the ZOO PATROL series, and Michael Regina, creator of the THE SLEEPOVER, as they share their latest graphic novels and show you how to draw their characters.

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BCCCA VotingTo vote for the BCCCA winning title, children need to read or listen to at least 2 of the BCCCA nominated books.School or public library staff should collect all student votes by building site and submit the total results using the BCCCA Adult Online Submission Form available on the BCCCA website from March 15th – April 10, 2023 (by 6 PM). Students do not enter their votes online. 

Links for the Student paper ballots and BCCCA Adult Online Submission Form

https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote

Every vote counts! The winning title will be announced on

April 12th, Beverly Cleary’s birthday.

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Thank you for promoting and participating in the BCCCA contest!

BCCCA Resources

Download free BCCCA

bookmarks, spine labels and a flyer here:

https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials

For more information, go onto https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home

Slideshow created by Libby Hamler-Dupras

I’d like to thank Teachingbooks.net for their excellent sources in the creation of this slideshow.