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Show-Me Reader Nominees
2008-2009
 Missouri
Vote for your favorite!!!

HERO CAT
HERO CAT
2008/2009 Winner

To find out more information about these books or to order a copy go to Amazon.Com  or go to your favorite local bookseller
The current nominees are:

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Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasa
Badger is bored with the same old meals, but his search for more exciting food only leads to trouble
 
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The Boy who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.
 
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  Calli Cat Ice Skater by Eileen Spinelli
Callie Cat loves to ice skate and when she hears about the Honeybrook Ice Skating Contest she decides to enter, only to find that winning is not as important as the joy of skating.
 
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Hair for Mama by Kelly A. Tinkham
When Marcus's mother has chemotherapy for her cancer and loses her hair, he tries to find new hair for her to make her well again.
 
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Jack's Talent by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
On the first day of school, as the children in Miss Lucinda's class introduce themselves and name their special talent, Jack wonders if he is good at anything.
 
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The Old House by Pamela Duncan Edwards
An old empty house feels sorry for itself because it has no family living inside, but with the help of some good friends, its dreams come true.
 
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One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of  World War II by Lita Judge
The author describes her family's efforts to help their friends and others who were left homeless and hungry in the aftermath of World War II.
 
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The Orange Shoes by Trinka Hakes Noble
Delly Porter enjoys the feel of soft dirt beneath her feet as she walks to and from school, but after a classmate makes her feel ashamed of having no shoes she learns that her parents and others, too, see value in things that do not cost money.
 
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Snow Day! by Lester L. Laminack
Someone is very, very excited about the possibility of missing school due to snow, and plans a whole day of sledding, building forts, reading, and sipping hot chocolate rather than going to school for that test on chapter ten.

 
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Some Dog by Mary Casanova
A stray dog moves into George's formerly peaceful home, dazzling the man and woman of the house with lively tricks and antics that just leave George exhausted.



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Building block

Building Block Awards

Llama Llama Mad at Mama
Llama Llama
written
and illustrated by Anna Dewdney
2008 Winner!!



The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, administered by the Children's Services Round Table of the Missouri Library Association,
is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in Missouri's public libraries.
Designed to encourage reading aloud to children from birth through kindergarten age, the award was first given in 1996.
Parents and other caregivers are encouraged to read aloud to children from a list of ten titles
selected annually by a group of Missouri children's librarians.  
Students in Kindergarten at Mills will have these books read to them and
will vote for their favorite book in the fall.
Students will also be able to check them out after they have been read to them.
  
All of these titles are available at Amazon.Com or at your favorite local bookstore

The current nominees are:

Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug
By Ed Emberley. c2007, LB Kids. ISBN: 9780316017626
Mail Harry to the Moon! Mail Harry to the Moon!
By Robie H. Harris. c2009, Little, Brown Young Readers. ISBN: 9780316153768
Wolf's Coming! Wolf's Coming!
By Joe Kulka. c2007, Carolrhoda Books. ISBN: 9781575059303
Ducks Don't Wear Socks Ducks Don't Wear Socks
By John Nedwidek. c2008, Viking Juvenile. ISBN: 0670061360
The Boy Who Wouldn't Share The Boy Who Wouldn't Share
By Mike Reiss. c2008, HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780060591328
Little Hoot Little Hoot
By Amy Krouse Rosenthal. c2007, Chronicle Books. ISBN: 9780811860239
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime Dinosaur vs. Bedtime
By Bob Shea. c2008, Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN: 9781423113355
Duck Soup Duck Soup
By Jackie Urbanovic. c2008, HarperCollins. ISBN: 9780061214417
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
By Mo Willems. c2008, Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN: 9781423109600
A Dog Needs a Bone! A Dog Needs a Bone!
By Audrey Wood. c2007, Blue Sky Press. ISBN: 9780545000055

 

 

 

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