1. Colorado Children’s Book Award 2019 winners and 2020 nominees
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Colorado Children’s Book Award 2019 winners and 2020 nominees
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2. Colorado Children’s Book Awards
2019 Junior Book
Winner
Runner up
2019
Picture
Book
Winner
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3. Read Aloud with Practice
Teacher's guide from Disney
2 minute Trailer by Tara Lazar on YouTube
When Little Louie has a terrible cold all he wants is his Mom. Unfortunately, his dog, named Bob, shows up instead. Fun for primary kids to write or draw,
The last time they were sick. RL 2.2 Lexile 500

4. 5 min. read aloud on Books Alive on YouTube
CLEL Bell Award – Write Activity Sheet
Can I Be Your Dog? Troy Cummings
A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results. Great for introducing and reviewing various forms of written communication.
AR Level 2.3, Lexile 530

5. ALA Asian Pacific American Award
2 minutes where Dan Santat talks about his art
Drawn Together: A boy and his grandfather bridge their cultural and generational divide through their shared love of art.
Candlewick Teacher’s Guide

6. Picture Book Memoir Link to teachingbooks.net pronunciation of Yuyi
Dreamers - IL: K-3; RL: 2.9 (also available in Spanish) Free verse means some libraries place this in Dewey Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in fe=ree verse and illustration.
Link to teachingbooks.net pronunciation of Yuyi

7. One minute trailer by Dreamscape
Love the tribute to so many books that were a part of Yuyi and her sons welcome to America and learning to read English. I choose to spend this year reading all I can get my hands on. Even rereading so many that I already know I love.
One minute trailer by Dreamscape

8. 1 minute Candlewick Trailer with David Ezra Stein
Link to Look Inside at Penguin/Random House
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise Stein, David Ezra, Candlewick Press, 2018.
When Little Red Chicken comes home excited about what she learned in school, she explains to Papa that every story has "an elephant of surprise"
RL 2.8 Lexile 540L F&P L

9. Ocean Meets Sky 4 min. read aloud a Read Aloud for Kids
Finn builds a boat in honor of his grandfather who would have been ninety today. He sails off in search of the place of his grandfathers stories – where the ocean meets the sky.
RL 2.3 Lexile 540L Pair with Dashka Sleaters The Antlered Ship.
2 min. "How two brother's collaborate through their love of drawing

10. 2 min. into by Peter H. Reynolds
Say Something Reynolds, Peter H., Orchard Books (Scholastic), 2019 (Spanish)
Peter H. Reynolds encourages children to find the power of their voice by giving many examples of how each voice can change the world.
RL 2.5 Lexile 510L

11. 2 min. HarperKids trailer
The Bad Seed, Jory, John,
The bad seed has a bad temper, bad manners and a bad attitude. He's always been a baaaaaaaad seed. This funny yet touching tale reminds all ages of the transformative power of will, acceptance and just being you.
RL 2 Lexile 390
4 minute read aloud at Read Aloud for Kids

12. Beginning of school picture book read alouds
Jacqueline Woodson Guide – Diversity, Imagery, Self-Esteem
The Day You Begin, Woodson, Jacqueline, Nancy Paulsen Books, (Spanish)
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself, but later he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider. Great read aloud for beginning of the school year or whenever class is joined by a new student.
RL 4 Lexile 980L
40 sec. trailer from Penguin

13. Beginning of school picture book read alouds
Activity sheets at Disney Hyperion
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates - K-3; RL: 2.0
Penelope the T-Rex is unable to refrain from eating her classmates. Betsy Bird has a great review that explains how the humor comes so much from Higgins great ability to set up expectations and then knock them down.
Alma – 2019 Caldecott Honor - teacher’s guide and explore family history and naming conventions – Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela thinks her name is too long, so her father tells her the story of where it came from.
5 minute read aloud at PV Storytime (Different pronunciation of Penelope)

14. 2021 Nomination Guidelines
Copyright 2016 – 2021
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 1, 2020
Children may vote for 1 PB and 1 JB if they have read or hear at least 3 in the category

15. Preview of 6 comic strips at gocomics.com
This collection of comic strips has Nate ready for summer vacation which can't come soon enough! No school, baseball, beach trips, and blech! yellow bananas? Everyone at P.S. 38 is a little stir-crazy as the school year winds down. Need banner volunteer!
Big Nate Goes Bananas Lincoln Peirce
This collection of comic strips has Nate ready for summer vacation which can't come soon enough! No school, baseball, beach trips, and blech! yellow bananas? Everyone at P.S. 38 is a little stir-crazy as the school year winds down. RL 2.5 Lexile 360L

16. Scholastic Bookfair Fall 2018 2 min. Preview
These books come from the oral tradition of stories Mac used to tell summer camp students. In this first one The Queen of England calls young Mac to help find items that have been stolen.
Mac B. Kid Spy: Mac Undercover, Mac Barnett
This first book in the humorous series by Mac Barnett has him receive a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school. RL-5.0 Lexile 460L
Mac Barnett’s Website

17. 2 min Trailer from Macmillan
This graphic memoir appeals to fans of Raina Telgemeier.
Real Friends Shannon Hale and Luyen Pham
This graphic novel memoir by Shannon Hale is illustrated by Luyen Pham. When her best friend Adrienne starts hanging out with the most popular girl in class, Shannon questions whether she and Adrienne will stay friends and if she is part of the clique.
RL Level 3.7 Lexile 290L

18. Alan Gratz website - Trailer - discussion guide
Refugee Alan Gratz. Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With The threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. . . Isabel is a Cuban girl in With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. . . Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. RL Level 5.3 Lexile 800L

19. Official 2 min. Book Trailer
Supernova (Amulet #8) Kazu Kibuishi
When Emily loses control of her Amulet, she is imprisoned in the Void, where she must escape the influence of the Voice,while her brother, Navio travels to a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces. RL 2.7 Lexile 330L

20. Aaron Blabey Website
Bad Guys *8: Superbad Aaron Blabey. The 8th book in this graphic series the Bad Guys working with the defective super powers have a chance to save the world from Marmalade. Book 8 introduces The International League of Heroes containing 5 female counterparts to Bad Guys. As in the first book this can provide a format for student writing activities. RL 2.7, Lexile 530L

21. Teacher’s Guide Ther Girl in the Locked Room, Mary Downing Hahn
This short novel is told in two voices, Jules, whose father is restoring an abandoned house in present day, and a girl who lived in the house a century earlier. As the characters begin to communicate, the mystery is revealed. RL 4.1 Lexile 650L

22. 2 minute booktalk by Fairfax Country Schools for teachers
3 minute read aloud by author Leslie Connor at National Book Foundation for teachers
2 minute booktalk by Fairfax Country Schools for teachers
The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle Leslie Connor
Mason is the Biggest and sweatiest kid in his grade. His learning disabilities are compounded by the grief he suffered when his best friend died last year. This schoolyear finds him making a new friend and getting suppor from his fantastic teacher his new firend Calvin Chumsky. RL 5.0 Lexile 310L

23. Bookclub guide for The Wild Robot Escapes
1 min. trailer made by Michelle Harclerode for Young Readers Award
Brown, Peter The Wild Robot
When robot Roz is stranded on a remote island survival depends on befriending and in essence adopting some of the wildlife there.
RL Level 5.8 Lexile 740L

24. Penguin Random House with 4 minute audio clip
This Newbery Honor book is set in small family farm and town in Pennsylvania in the 40's. Annabelle suffers bullying from a new student, Betty Glengarry. A mystery ensues where Annabelle has to defend Toby, a shell-shocked World War I soldier living in the woods.
RL- 4.9 Lexile 800L

25. 2021 Nomination Guidelines
Copyright 2016 – 2021
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 1, 2020
Children may vote for 1 PB and 1 JB if they have read or heard at least 3 in the category

26. 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, 2020.
PLEASE be sure to put the number of students who nominated each book.

27. Have a great Shcoolyear!
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Have a great
Shcoolyear!