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Now Presenting! Black-Eyed Susan Nominees for 2012 - 2013
Now Presenting!Black-Eyed Susan
Nominees for 2012 - 2013
How do you choose your favorite toy?
How do we choose Black-Eyed Susan books?
Here is the criteria to determine a nominated book:
• Books may be fiction or nonfiction.
• Books must can be from the current year or one of the three years before the current
year.
• Each title selected will have received positive reviews from appropriate professional
journals.
• Books must have been read, discussed, and voted upon by the appropriate Black-Eyed
Susan reading committee.
What are the Black-Eyed Susan books?
What are the Black-Eyed Susan books?
A list of nominated books is presented for you, the students, to select your favorite. So this is a children’s choice award. No adult votes.
WHO?
WHO? All children, K-12,
in the state of Maryland are eligible to read and vote on their favorite book. You need to read at least (three, or whatever your school uses!) books from the list before you can vote.
WHEN?
WHEN? Starting now and
lasting until the vote is recorded, tallied, and mailed in April 2012.
WHERE?
WHERE? Books are
available here in the media center or from your favorite public library branch.
Check out the special display in the fiction section……
WHY?
WHY? You have the
opportunity to reward an author for a job well done.
Choose your favorite Black Eyed Susan Book to evaluate!
Click on the Black Eyed Susan to link to the evaluation sheet!
Max’s Castle by Kate Banks
When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a
kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his
two brothers.
Hampire! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Duck cannot sleep because he is hungry, but while he is
preparing a snack the Hampire, who roams the
barnyard at night sinking his fangs into food, is creeping
near.
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj
Important secrets about how best to live a cat's life will be revealed only to those
who can prove that they are genuine cats.
The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett
When a new baby princess accidentally changes places with a piglet, both of their
lives are forever changed. (
Perfect Square by Michael Hall
A perfect square that is perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched
with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed but finds in each
transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.
Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his
rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
Argus by Michelle Knudsen
Sally gets a strange egg when her teacher hands them out for a science project, and when it hatches into a green, scaly
creature with yellow eyes, while all the other kids have fuzzy little chicks, Sally begins to wonder if she would be better off without
him.
Tornado Slim and the Magic Cowboy Hat
by Bryan Langdo The coyote asks a cowboy
named Tornado Slim to deliver a letter to the sheriff of Fire
Gulch City, and as Slim embarks on his journey,
wearing the special hat given to him by the coyote, disaster
strikes.
The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story by Jacqueline
Briggs Martin Conservationist George Schaller describes his
experiences trekking through the mountains to find and
secure the protection of the birthing place of the chiru, an
animal native to China and Tibet that is at risk from
poachers who want its soft wool.
Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of
living in Africa and helping animals.
Detective Little Boy Blue by Steve Metzger
Little Boy Blue grows up to be a top-notch detective and his latest case has him
searching for Miss Muffet with the help of their nursery rhyme friends.
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by Donna Jo Napoli Wangari Maathai, known as Mama Miti, mother of trees, shares her
wisdom with other women by advising them to plant trees native
to Kenya to solve their many problems.
Blackout by John Rocco Neighbors gather on the roof after the
power goes out on a hot night in the city and start having so much fun not everyone is happy when the lights go back on.
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of
Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet
Tells the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, the man who first invented the helium balloons that have become the trademark of the annual Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
by Samantha R. Vamos A cumulative tale of a farm maiden who,
aided by a group of animals, prepares "Arroz con Leche," or rice pudding. Includes recipe and glossary of the
Spanish words that are woven throughout the text.
Think about three elements to evaluate
your books:- Book Cover- Illustrations
- Story
Keep track of the books you have read on your own list and use a rating scale of some kind to remember your favorite.
READ AND VOTE !!
