1. Colorado Children’s Book Award 2017 winners and 2018 nominees
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Colorado Children’s Book Award 2017 winners and 2018 nominees
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2. Colorado Children’s Book Awards
2017
Winners
Runner up
Last year’s winners. Bridget Heos will be at CCIRA in February and I believe will be doing author visits if you want to find out. I brought a couple of her other books you may look at. I Fly: The Buzz about Flies and How Awsome they Are, Queen Dog
W. Bruce Cameron may also be coming. Mention School Visits.
Runner up

3. 5 questions interview with Carson Ellis in SafeShare
Caldecott Honor for illustration. 4 minute interview with Carson Ellis is nice to use with older kids after reading the book. Love that she created a language using the grammar of English.

4. It’s All A Matter of Point of View and Perspective
They all saw a cat has different animals looking at a cat. Caldecott Honor for Illus. August 30, 2016
Penguin Problems – Penguin (glass half empty) meets Walrusn(glass half full) Talked with my 4/5 about pessimist vs. optimist and how we go about changing. We are all part of each.
They All Saw A Cat Trailer in Safeshare
Penguin Problems Trailer in Safeshare

5. David Litchfield website
Strictly No Elephants – Clubhouse Boy whose pet elephant is banned from a club starts his own with kids who have unusual pets.
The Bear and the Piano – Bear finds a piano in the woods, learns to play it to become famous, but misses his friends from the woods.
The Bear and The Piano Full Reading at The Storyteller – 6 min. in SafeShare
Link to Lisa Mantchev page with 2 min. Tiawanese Trailer and 4 min. Emily Arrow Song for preschoolers
David Litchfield website

6. Last Book in a Series
Link to great resouce from Broomfield Library, Recommended Reads. We Found A Hat is on the December, 2016.
Thank-You Book – Elephant and Piggie alikes that I recommend at library – Salina Yoon (Duck Duck Porcupine), Bob Shea (Ballet cat), What this story needs (Pig in a Wig) Emma J. Virjan
We Found a Hat – my favorite of the SERIES!
Mo Willems about Thank-o-Rama Month in Safe Share
We Found Hat Trailer in SafeShare

7. Manners? Or Not?
Princess and the Pony (mention King Baby) – talk about endpapers – Irreverent
Please Mr. Panda – great series for ps storytimes – lot of lesson ideas - British
2 minute Please Mr. Panda read aloud with me on Youtube
Scholastic Trailer on Youtube
Steve Antony’s Website with Lesson Ideas

8. Scholastic Bookfair Mother Bruce Trailer 1 1/2 min.
Ryan T. Higgins Website
Ryan T Higgins Visits Colby Sharp's School in Michigan April 11, 2017 Blogpost
Mother Bruce - Bear ends up step parenting a family of Geese. There is a sequel Hotel Bruce Mention Ryan T. Higgins new book “Be Quiet!”

9. vote at CCIRA.orgResources-->Colorado Children's Book Award
Nominated books must be currently in print and published in the five years preceding the award year.
Only one title per author will be included in each year's ballot.
Last year's WINNING authors are not eligible this year.
Books previously nominated are not eligible for nomination in following years.
A book title nominated by more that one school or library will be considered more heavily for inclusion in the final list.
Books based on movies, television shows, toys, video games, or apps are not eligible for nominations unless the book preceded the movie or production.
The author of a nominated book must be a living author.
Caldecott and Newbery Award books are not eligible. Honor books are eligible.
Once a book in a series has won, all other books in that series by that author will not be eligible for nomination.
Children may vote for one picture book and one junior book provided they have read a minimum of three books in each category.
Submit the top 20 BOOK TITLES NOMINATED by children the CCBA Committee by March 1, 2018.
PLEASE be sure to put the number of students who nominated the book.

10. 2019 Nomination Guidelines
Copyright 2014 – 2019
One title per author, not last year’s winners
Book prior to any other format (production)
# of schools before # of nominations
Each school can submit up to 20 titles when they vote before March 2, 2018
Children may vote for 1 PB and 1 JB if they have read or hear at least 3 in the category

11. Have a great summer and school year!
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Have a great summer
and school year!