Welcome to the 19th Year of the Beverly Cleary �Children’s Choice Award� 2021-2022�
Sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) and Oregon Library Association (OLA)
The 7 Nominees :
�Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet�By Megan Frazer Blakemore
Frankie’s 3rd grade classroom is getting a pet and Frankie thinks a rat would be perfect. But her best friend, Maya, doesn't think a rat would be great at all. They are kind of gross and not as cool as a hermit crab, which is Maya's top choice. Which animal will end up being the class pet?
Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet
Resources
https://www.meganfrazerblakemore.com/
https://www.meganfrazerblakemore.com/chapter-books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lg6lpesqk
Just Like Beverly Cleary: A Biography of Beverly Cleary�By Vicki Conrad
As a young girl, Beverly Cleary had a hard time learning to read and found most children's books dull and boring. She often wondered if there were any books about kids just like her. Beverly Cleary's story comes to life as she grows to follow her dreams of writing the books she longed for as a child, becoming an award-winning writer and one of the most famous children's authors of all time.
Just Like Beverly Cleary: A Biography of Beverly Cleary
Resources
Part I 9 min. https://fb.watch/46fzZfcWg0/
Part II 13 min. https://fb.watch/46fN1dJB0O/
https://sasquatchbooks.com/little-bigfoot/books/just-like-beverly/
https://www.beverlycleary.com/about
https://www.beverlycleary.com/
https://ne-np.facebook.com/SasquatchBooksSeattle/videos/1656911457840083/
�Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me �By Eloise Greenfield
When a magic book
Thinker isn't just an average puppy―he's a poet. So is his owner, Jace. Together, they turn the world around them into verse.
There's just one problem: Thinker has to keep quiet in public, and he can't go to school with Jace. That is, until Pets' Day. But when Thinker is allowed into the classroom at last, he finds it hard to keep his true identity a secret!
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me
Resources
YouTube book share read aloud by Tiny Owl Productions
Teacher Simone Goward reads Thinker aloud by Tiny Owl Productions
Crystal K Show Reads Aloud Thinker Youtube
Nice author, Greenfield, bio and picture by Red Rover
Greenfield reciting a poem about Nethaniel Rap - so great!
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner� By Janice Harrington
Can spiders learn? How do ants find their way home? Can bugs see color? All of these questions buzzed endlessly in Charles Henry Turner’s mind. As the first Black American entomologist, he was fascinated by plants and animals and bugs. He never stopped reading, researching and experimenting.
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
Resources
Read Aloud by the Dancing Turtle Nature School- Youtube
City of Philadelphia Teacher Tool Kit
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/summer-of-stem-10-backyard-science
Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas
By Juana Medina
Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá in the county of Colombia with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and her dog, Lucas. When her mami meets someone new, Juana worries that everything will change.
Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas
Resources
National Book Festival - nice to hear the author read her own writing. Like an author visit.
Book Talk: Mia Wenjen shares this book for multicultural children’s day.
Meet Juana Medina and reading the first chapter aloud. The author talks about sharing her story. We all have feelings and things to share.
A is For Elizabeth� By Rachel Vail
Elizabeth is in second grade in Class 2B! It's great! Friends, recess, and homework! But then comes the big class project: Make a poster of your name. The name Elizabeth has a bajillion letters in it! How come her name doesn’t start with the letter, “A,” so she can always be the first person in line?
A is For Elizabeth
Resources
https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/teachers-guides/9781250162120TG.pdf
http://www.rachelvail.com/about-rachel
The Tree and Me
(Bea Garcia #4)� By Deborah Zemke
While sitting under the 250-year-old oak tree in their schoolyard, Bea Garcia and her best friend,Judith Einstein imagine a face in it’s trunk. They name the tree “Emily” after their favorite American poet. Bea loves to draw both real and imagined pictures of their favorite place. A classmate, Bert,climbs the tree and gets stuck. Bert causes such a scene that the school board declares Emily a nuisance and decides to chop it down.
Bea, Judith and their friends try to convince the adults in their lives to change their minds.
The Tree and Me
(Bea Garcia #4)
BCCCA Voting�To vote for the BCCCA winning title, children must read or listen to at least 2 of the BCCCA nominated books.�After tallying each reader’s vote, public librarians, school librarians or teachers need to enter the final voting tallies using the Adult Online Submission Form available on the BCCCA website from March 15th – April 10, 2022. Students do not enter their votes online.
Links for the Student paper ballots and 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
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Powerpoint created by Libby Hamler-Dupras and Andrea Burke