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What is the BES Book Award?
• Children’s choice award for the state of Maryland.
• Sponsored by MEMO (Maryland Educational Media Organization).
• Scores of titles read, 14 nominated in the picture book category.
• KIDS choose best book, and authors receive the award at the annual luncheon.
Getting Started
• Books are available in the media center.• Read at least 9 of the 14 picture books.• Inform Carolyn or Theresa when you
complete a book so that we can indicate it on our Black-Eyed Susan Books Graph.
• Books must be read by the end of March.• Class votes in the media center in April.• For more information: http://
mdedmedia.org/besall.html
2006 WinnerFalling for Rapunzel
• Wilcox / Monks• An hilarious
modern version of the story of Rapunzel.
Basho and the River Stones
• Myers / Han• Tricked by a fox
into giving up his share of cherries, a famous Japanese poet is inspired to write a haiku. The fox, ashamed of his actions, must devise another trick to set things right.
Earth Mother
• Jackson / Dillion• This African tale
portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother as she tends plants and animals around the world.
Hurry and the Monarch
• O Flatharta/ So• Hurry, the tortoise,
befriends a monarch butterfly during her migration from Canada to Mexico.
• Includes facts about monarch butterflies.
I Wanna Iguana
• Orloff / Catrow• Alex and his mother
write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade his mother to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
• Bruchac / Nelson• This biography of
the famous Native American Athlete, Jim Thorpe, focuses on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements.
Leaf Man
• Ehlert, Lois• The beauty of the
fall foliage is revealed through the
travels of Leaf Man as he is carried by the wind.
Leonardo the Terrible Monster
• Willems• No matter how
hard he tries, Leonardo is terrible at being a scary monster. He learns that it is better to be a wonderful friend.
Mama Panya’s Pancakes
• Chamberlin / Cairns
• This African folk tale is about sharing when you only have a little. There is information about life in Kenya and a pancake receipe.
My Penguin Osbert
• Kimmel / Lewis• When a boy finally
gets exactly what he wants from Santa, he learns that owning a real penguin may not have been a good idea after all.
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
• O’Malley / Heyer / Goto
• Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl who had to tell a fairy tale in class, but they couldn’t agree on the story.
Rosa
• Giovanni / Collier• This biography of
Rosa Parks focuses on the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
Traction Man
• Grey• In this graphic
novel,Traction Man, a boy’s courageous action figure, has a variety of adventures with Scrubbing Brush and other objects in the house.
Young Thomas Edison
• Dooling• This biography of
Thomas Edison emphasizes that he had many failures, but always kept trying.