Welcome to the Beverly Cleary Childrens Choice Award

Welcome to the Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award 2020 -2021 Sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries and Oregon Library Association

BCCCA The Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (BCCCA) sponsored by OASL is named in honor of Beverly Cleary, the Oregon born children's author. Children of all ages throughout the U. S. may vote each spring for their favorite title from the list of nominated books. Nominations include books targeted to the reading ability of 2 nd and 3 rd graders or transitional readers.

The Six Nominees:

Megabat By Anna Humphrey The 1 st book in this series. Daniel Misumi and his family have just moved into a new home that’s big and old and seems to be haunted! Daniel soon realizes that it’s not a ghost but a very lonely bat who can talk. A wonderful story of friendship and new adventures!

Megabat Resources Author, Anna Humphrey’s personal website http: //anna-humphrey-snkg. squarespace. com/ Illustrator, Kass Reich’s personal website http: //www. kassreich. com/about The next two links are to a PDF of the teacher resource and the second link is for the same resource on the Tundra website-- PDF: https: //tundrabooks. com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Megabatseries-guide. pdf Website: https: //tundrabooks. com/book-extras/

Stinkiest! 20 Smelly Animals By Steve Jenkins In this fascinating and fun take on nonfiction for kids, this is the newest title in the “Extreme Animals” series. Caldecott Honor winner, Steve Jenkins, is back with his incredible artwork and fascinating nonfiction information on the smelliest animals in the world!

Stinkiest! 20 Smelly Animals Resources Steve Jenkins’ personal author website http: //www. stevejenkinsbooks. com/about_me. html Educator’s Guide from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Stinkiest! 20 Smelly Animals (Extreme Animals series) https: //www. teachervision. fen. com/sites/default/files/pdf/Jenkins _Extreme%20 Animals%20 Series. pdf

Polly Diamond and the Magic Book: Book #1 By Alice Kuipers Polly loves words and she loves writing stories! One day a book magically appears on her front doorstep. It turns out that it can make everything she writes really happen in real life, she is certain that all of her dreams will suddenly become true. Polly soon learns that what you write and what you mean are not the same thing. When a magic book

Polly Diamond and The Magic Book Resources Author, Alice Kuipers’ personal website https: //www. alicekuipers. com/young-readers/ Alice Kuipers’ Activities for Polly Diamond http: //www. alicekuipers. com/young-readers/polly-diamond-activities/ Illustrator, Diana Toledano’s personal website https: //www. diana-toledano. com/childrens-book-author-illustrator-teacher Chronicle Book’s Educator’s Guide for Polly Diamond and the Magic Book https: //www. scribd. com/document/454011312/Polly-Diamond-Teacher-Guide

Big Foot and Little Foot (#1) By Ellen Potter The 1 st book in this series. Hugo is a young Sasquatch who longs for adventure. Boone is a young boy who longs to see a Sasquatch. When their worlds collide, they become the unlikeliest pair of best friends. Soon, the two team up to search high and low for mythical beasts, like Ogopogos and Snoot-Nosed Gints.

Big Foot and Little Foot (#1) Resources Author, Ellen Potter’s personal website https: //www. ellenpotter. com/ Ellen Potter’s Tips for Kids and Teachers https: //www. ellenpotter. com/kids-writing-tips Illustrator, Felicita Sala’s personal website https: //felicitasala. com/bits-and-pieces/about Amulet Books Teaching Guide https: //www. abramsbooks. com/wpcontent/uploads/2019/07/Big. Foot. Little. Foot_Teaching. Guide_Final. pdf

Road Trip with Max and His Mom By Linda Urban In this fun companion book to Weekends with Max and His Dad, third-grader Max and his mom take a road trip as they adjust to their new understanding of family. With miles to travel, cousins to meet, and a tall roller coaster to ride (maybe), it will be an adventure! But Max always spends weekends with Dad; will Dad be okay if he’s left behind? And will Max be brave enough for all the

Road Trip with Max and His Mom Resources Author, Linda Urban’s personal website https: //www. lindaurbanbooks. com/ Illustrator, Katie Kath’s personal website https: //www. ktkath. com/about

Mia Mayhem is a Superhero! #1 By Kara West The 1 st book in this series. Mia Macarooney is a regular eight-yearold girl who finds out that she’s A SUPERHERO! Her life goes from totally ordinary to totally super when she’s invited to attend the afterschool Program for In-Training Superheroes a. k. a. THE PITS! All of her life, Mia thought she was just super klutz. . . but it turns out, she’s just SUPER! So now, it’s up to Mia to balance her regular everyday life and maintain her secret identity as she learns how to be the world’s newest superhero!

Mia Mayhem is a Superhero! Resources Author, Kara West’s personal website https: //www. simonandschuster. com/authors/Kara- West/147808440 Illustrator, Leeza Hernandez’ publisher’s website https: //www. simonandschuster. com/authors/Leeza-Hernandez/405910445 Illustrator, Leeza Hernandez’ personal website https: //www. leezaworks. com/ A SIMON & SCHUSTER GUIDE TO USING GRAPHIC NOVELS IN THE CLASSROOM: Using Graphic Novels to Enrich Your Students’ Learning Experience https: //d 28 hgpri 8 am 2 if. cloudfront. net/tagged_assets/5047702/978153443269 7_cg_a%20 guide%20 to%20 using%20 graphic%20 novels%20 in%20 the%20 cl assroom. pdf

BCCCA Voting To vote for the BCCCA winning title, children must read or listen to at least 2 of the nominated books. After tallying the student votes, public librarians, school librarians or teachers need to enter the final voting tallies using the Adult Online Ballot available on the BCCCA website from March 15 th – April 10, 2021. Students do not enter their votes online. Links for the Student paper ballots and adult online ballot https: //ola. memberclicks. net/bccca-how-to-vote Every vote counts! The winning title will be announced on April 12 th, Beverly Cleary’s birthday.

BCCCA Resources Download free BCCCA bookmarks, spine labels and a flyer here: https: //ola. memberclicks. net/bccca-support-materials Thank you for promoting and participating in the BCCCA contest!