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2. 2 of 15 Sky SweeperGlass Slipper, Glass Sandal Wind FlyersFred Stays With Me When Dinosaurs came With Everything Dadblamed Union Army Cow White Owl, Barn OwlHenry’s Freedom Box Scaredy Squirrel Makes A FriendThe Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County 2008 2009 Red Clover Nominees This is a table of the ten new Red Clover Nominees

3. Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator 3 of 15 As a boy, Takeboki becomes a "Flower Keeper" at a Zen temple, and his work shaping the monks' garden becomes a lifelong occupation. His family objects: shouldn't he find a more lucrative, prestigious job? Even the monks withhold praise. But Takeboki listens only to the profound joy his work brings. When he grows too old to rake, the monks finally realize his contribution. They rush to thank him, but they find that he has already passed on to heaven, where he joyfully sweeps a celestial garden of clouds and stars

4. “"THAT DADBLAMED COW!" She follows her owner into the Union army and then straight on south to fight in the war. She needs unstomped grass to eat, she gets stuck in the mud, and she’s just plain DANGEROUS in battle. But this peculiar cow also gives the weary soldiers some surprising comforts. Based on stories and newspaper reports from the Civil War and full of lively illustrations, this is a heartwarming tale of one wonderfully dadblamed PERSISTENT cow. Dadblamed Union Army Cow by Susan Fletcher 4 of 15

5. Fred Stays With Me by Nancy Coffelt A young girl moves back and forth between her divorced parents' homes along with her dog Fred, who has several bad habits that neither parent appreciates. The girl is adamant that she will never let him go and helps to work out solutions for his naughty behavior. Shown from the girl's viewpoint, the pictures do not include the grown- ups. 5 of 15

6. Glass Slipper Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman Seventeen distinct cultural variations of the classic tale of Cinderella are cleverly conveyed with the essential sameness of the story left intact. 6 of 15

7. Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine Levine recounts the true story of Henry Brown, a slave who mailed himself to freedom. His journey took just over one full day, during which he was often sideways or upside down in a wooden crate large enough to hold him, but small enough not to betray its contents. He is delivered to the friends of an abolitionist doctor in Philadelphia on March 30, 1849 7 of 15

8. Scaredy Squirrel Makes Friends by Melanie Watt 8 of 15 Scaredy Squirrel is lonely, but he thinks that the pleasure of making a friend would be outweighed by the greater risk of potential danger. After all, there are a lot of things that bite out in the big world. The life lessons of the importance of overcoming one's fears and not judging outward appearance are wrapped up in a witty package of deceptively simple cartoonlike illustrations and lively text.

9. The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington An African-American youngster is determined to become the best chicken chaser ever, although Big Mama repeatedly asks her to leave the animals alone. Despite the girl's best efforts her favorite chicken, Miss Hen, always manages to escape. One summer day finally she catches up with Miss Hen. She discovers her prize surrounded by chicks, and the girl instantly reforms 9 of 15

10. A young girl and her grandfather look for a barn owl night after night. Will a distinctive heart- shaped face appear at the window? 10 of 15 by Nicola Davies Click to Barn Owlsview barn owlsBarn Owls

11. When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Broach, Elise In a playful take on the stickers and lollipops that bored kids sweep up at businesses as parents do errands, Broach imagines what would happen if a dinosaur were the giveaway of the day. A boy's increasing delight at the freebies he collects from the bakery, the doctor, and barber contrast with his mother's increasing panic and dismay as the lumbering beasts start to accumulate. 11 of 15

12. Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson 12 of 15 A child recounts his great-great uncle's lifelong passion for flying which began at age five with a leap from the roof of a chicken coop and climaxed with wartime flights as one of the Tuskegee Airmen

13. Past Red Clover Award Winners 13 of 15 Knuffle Bunny Don’t Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus Flotsam I Stink! The Great Fuzz Frenzy

14. Types of Red Clover Books Picture Book When Dinosaurs Came With Everything White Owl, Barn Owl The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend Fred Stays With Me Non-Fiction Wind Flyers Henry’s Freedom Box Glass Slipper, Glass Sandal Dadblamed Union Army Cow Sky Sweeper 14 of 15

15. Bibliography “Mother Goose Program”. Google. June 24 2008. http://mothergooseprograms.org “Barnes & Noble”. Google. June 24 2008. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ 15 of 15