BLACK-EYED SUSAN BLACK-EYED SUSAN BOOK AWARD 2007BOOK AWARD 2007

What is the BES Book Award?

• Children’s choice award for the state of Maryland.

• Sponsored by MEMO (Maryland Educational Media Organization).

• Scores of titles read, 14 nominated in the picture book category.

• KIDS choose best book, and authors receive the award at the annual luncheon.

What grades are included?

Categories:• Picture Books-Pre K-3• Grades 4-6• Grades 6-9• Grades 9-12

Getting Started

• Books are available in the media center.• Read at least 9 of the 14 picture books.• Inform Carolyn or Theresa when you

complete a book so that we can indicate it on our Black-Eyed Susan Books Graph.

• Books must be read by the end of March.• Class votes in the media center in April.• For more information: http://

mdedmedia.org/besall.html

2006 WinnerFalling for Rapunzel

• Wilcox / Monks• An hilarious

modern version of the story of Rapunzel.

Basho and the River Stones

• Myers / Han• Tricked by a fox

into giving up his share of cherries, a famous Japanese poet is inspired to write a haiku. The fox, ashamed of his actions, must devise another trick to set things right.

Earth Mother

• Jackson / Dillion• This African tale

portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother as she tends plants and animals around the world.

Hurry and the Monarch

• O Flatharta/ So• Hurry, the tortoise,

befriends a monarch butterfly during her migration from Canada to Mexico.

• Includes facts about monarch butterflies.

I Wanna Iguana

• Orloff / Catrow• Alex and his mother

write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade his mother to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.

Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path

• Bruchac / Nelson• This biography of

the famous Native American Athlete, Jim Thorpe, focuses on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements.

Leaf Man

• Ehlert, Lois• The beauty of the

fall foliage is revealed through the

travels of Leaf Man as he is carried by the wind.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster

• Willems• No matter how

hard he tries, Leonardo is terrible at being a scary monster. He learns that it is better to be a wonderful friend.

Mama Panya’s Pancakes

• Chamberlin / Cairns

• This African folk tale is about sharing when you only have a little. There is information about life in Kenya and a pancake receipe.

My Penguin Osbert

• Kimmel / Lewis• When a boy finally

gets exactly what he wants from Santa, he learns that owning a real penguin may not have been a good idea after all.

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude

• O’Malley / Heyer / Goto

• Once upon a time there was a boy and a girl who had to tell a fairy tale in class, but they couldn’t agree on the story.

Rosa

• Giovanni / Collier• This biography of

Rosa Parks focuses on the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.

Traction Man

• Grey• In this graphic

novel,Traction Man, a boy’s courageous action figure, has a variety of adventures with Scrubbing Brush and other objects in the house.

Young Thomas Edison

• Dooling• This biography of

Thomas Edison emphasizes that he had many failures, but always kept trying.

Zen Shorts

• Muth• When Stillwater, a

panda, moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.