Welcome to the 20th Year of the Beverly Cleary �Children’s Choice Award� 2022-2023�
Sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) and Oregon Library Association (OLA)
This Year’s Nominees:
�Here Comes Lolo�By 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.
Here Comes Lolo
Resources
https://www.catalystpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Here-Comes-Lolo-actvity-guide.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdtQ0CwKj9E
https://www.catalystpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Actvity-Sheet-for-LOLO1.pdf
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
Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business�By 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?
Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business
Resources
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.
Our Friend Hedgehog: the Story of Us
Resources
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UTPq0Y7wrF0G9H5FkA3MEM546VBcIuVQ/view
https://sites.google.com/view/tba2022/master-list/our-friend-hedgehog
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHCxIAfM8J0
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!
The Powwow Dog
Resources
�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!
Puppy Problems
Resources
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.
BCCCA Voting�To 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.
Thank you for promoting and participating in the BCCCA contest!
BCCCA Resources
Download free BCCCA
bookmarks, spine labels and a flyer here:
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Slideshow created by Libby Hamler-Dupras
I’d like to thank Teachingbooks.net for their excellent sources in the creation of this slideshow.