"The Day the Crayons Quit", written by Drew Daywalt, has won the Red Clover Award with 6,801 Vermont student votes. "Unicorn Thinks He Is Pretty Great", written by Bob Shea, came in second with 3,682 votes.
A list of those nominees as well as the 2015 - 2016 nominees can be found at the Red Clover website
at https://sites.google.com/site/redcloveraward20142015/home.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Which 2014 - 2015 Red Clover book did Benson students choose as their favorite?
Of the 10 2014 - 2015 Red Clover Award Nominees Benson Village School students chose "The Mighty Lalouche" written by Matthew Olshan as their favorite book.
The Benson student vote tally has been sent off to Vermont Center for the Book to join other Vermont student votes for a state-wide tally. I will post the results to the state-wide vote as soon as the VT Center for the Book sends it out.
The Benson student vote tally has been sent off to Vermont Center for the Book to join other Vermont student votes for a state-wide tally. I will post the results to the state-wide vote as soon as the VT Center for the Book sends it out.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Nominee 2015 - 2016
The new Dorothy Canfield Fisher List is out with a new group of wonderful reads for students in Grades 4 through 8.
The list with appropriate grade level and annotations can be found at the Vermont Department of
Libraries.
http://libraries.vermont.gov/sites/libraries/files/CBEC/BookAwards/DCF/DCFMasterlist15-16.pdf
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Nominee 2015 - 2016
I Kill the Mockingbird - Paul Acampora
The Crossover - Kwame Alexander
The Night Gardener - Jonathan Auxier
El Deafo - Cece Bell
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place - Julie Berry
The Madman of Piney Woods - Christopher Paul Curtis
The Badger Knight - Kathryn Erskine
Under the Egg - Laura Fitzgerald
There Will Be Bears - Ryan Gebhart
Absolutely Almost - Lisa Graff
Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle - George Hagen
Hope Is a Ferris Wheel - Robin Herrera
The Fourteenth Goldfish - Jennifer L. Holm
The Mark of the Dragonfly - Jaleigh Johnson
Ice Dogs - Terry Lynn Johnson
The Art of Secrets - James Klise
The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher - Jessica Lawson
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher - Dana Alison Levy
Running Out of Night - Sharon Lovejoy
Rain Reign - Ann M. Martin
Greenglass House - Kate Milford
The Turtle of Oman - Naomi Shihab Nye
The Boundless - Kenneth Oppel
Nuts to You - Lynne Rae Perkins
No Summit Out of Sight - Jordan Romero
The Port Chicago 50 - Steve Sheinkin
Seven Stories Up - Laurel Snyder
The Meaning of Maggie - Megan Jean Sovern
The One Safe Place - Tania Unsworth
Unfriended - Rachel Vail
The list with appropriate grade level and annotations can be found at the Vermont Department of
Libraries.
http://libraries.vermont.gov/sites/libraries/files/CBEC/BookAwards/DCF/DCFMasterlist15-16.pdf
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Nominee 2015 - 2016
I Kill the Mockingbird - Paul Acampora
The Crossover - Kwame Alexander
The Night Gardener - Jonathan Auxier
El Deafo - Cece Bell
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place - Julie Berry
The Madman of Piney Woods - Christopher Paul Curtis
The Badger Knight - Kathryn Erskine
Under the Egg - Laura Fitzgerald
There Will Be Bears - Ryan Gebhart
Absolutely Almost - Lisa Graff
Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle - George Hagen
Hope Is a Ferris Wheel - Robin Herrera
The Fourteenth Goldfish - Jennifer L. Holm
The Mark of the Dragonfly - Jaleigh Johnson
Ice Dogs - Terry Lynn Johnson
The Art of Secrets - James Klise
The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher - Jessica Lawson
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher - Dana Alison Levy
Running Out of Night - Sharon Lovejoy
Rain Reign - Ann M. Martin
Greenglass House - Kate Milford
The Turtle of Oman - Naomi Shihab Nye
The Boundless - Kenneth Oppel
Nuts to You - Lynne Rae Perkins
No Summit Out of Sight - Jordan Romero
The Port Chicago 50 - Steve Sheinkin
Seven Stories Up - Laurel Snyder
The Meaning of Maggie - Megan Jean Sovern
The One Safe Place - Tania Unsworth
Unfriended - Rachel Vail
Monday, March 30, 2015
2015 - 2016 Red Clover List
Red Clover Award : Nominees 2015-2016
Aylesworth, Jim. My Grandfather’s Coat. Illustrated by Barbara McClintock. Scholastic, 2014. (ISBN 978-0439925457)
Bottner, Barbara. Miss Brooks’ Story Nook (where tales are told and ogres are welcome). Illustrated by Michael Emberley. Knopf, 2014. (ISBN 978-0449813287)
Cox, Lynne. Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas. Illustrated by Brian Floca. Schwartz & Wade, 2014. (ISBN 978-0375858888)
Haughton, Chris. Shh! We Have a Plan. Candlewick, 2014. (ISBN 978-0763672935)
Janeczko, Paul B. Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Candlewick, 2014. (ISBN 978-0763648428)
Kuhlmann, Torben. Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse. Translated by Suzanne Levesque. NorthSouth, 2014. (ISBN 978-0735841673)Red Clover Award : Nominees 2015-2016
Rocco, John. Blizzard. Disney-Hyperion, 2014. (ISBN 978-1423178651)
Sidman, Joyce. Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold. Illustrated by Rick Allen. HMH, 2014. (ISBN 978-0547906508)
Sisson, Stephanie Roth. Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Roaring Brook, 2014. (ISBN 978-1596439603)
Stein, David Ezra. I’m My Own Dog. Candlewick, 2014. (ISBN 978-0763661397)
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Library Skills on Video
Library and research skills are lifelong skills as the library provides all kinds of information for people of all ages. And now with inter-library loans almost any information is at your fingertips. For adults looking for a job there is now an application in the GALE databases that can help you write a resume as well as check out the businesses in Vermont and elsewhere. Public libraries in Vermont have those GALE databases available free of cost. There is so much more to explore within that database and other library resources. And, of course, all those fiction books that can be borrowed add up to many hours of enjoyment!
The Gale databases present reliable information to library patrons. How do you know if online information is reliable? There is a great YouTube Video at this location which explains exactly how to vet your information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_qR5lpnXBE.
Students in other schools have made videos explaining different library skills and concepts.
They can be found on YouTube. And, indeed, these few short videos stand out.
The Gale databases present reliable information to library patrons. How do you know if online information is reliable? There is a great YouTube Video at this location which explains exactly how to vet your information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_qR5lpnXBE.
Students in other schools have made videos explaining different library skills and concepts.
They can be found on YouTube. And, indeed, these few short videos stand out.
2014 - 2015 Dorothy Canfield Fisher List
The complete 2014 - 2015 DCF list with discussion questions can be found at Vermont's Department of Library website at this address, http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/dcf. More information including good reads for students can be found at https://sites.google.com/a/cesuvt.org/dcf-award/.
Students in Grades 4 - 8 will be able to attend a "DCF" party this coming spring if they read a total of five books on the list and answer one discussion question (or curriculum connection) on Benson's DCF blog. The blog address is http://bvsreads.blogspot.com/.
This year's list of DCF books include:
Students in Grades 4 - 8 will be able to attend a "DCF" party this coming spring if they read a total of five books on the list and answer one discussion question (or curriculum connection) on Benson's DCF blog. The blog address is http://bvsreads.blogspot.com/.
This year's list of DCF books include:
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Master List 2014 – 2015
AUTHOR
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TITLE
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PUBLISHER
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GRADE
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Black, Holly
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Doll Bones
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Margaret K. McElderry
|
5 up
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DiCamillo, Kate
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Flora & Ulysses
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Candlewick
|
4 up
|
Federle, Tim
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Better Nate Than Ever
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Simon & Schuster
|
5 up
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Fleming, David
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Saturday Boy
|
Viking Juvenile
|
6 up
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Frost, Helen
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Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War
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FSG
|
5 up
|
Gewirtz, Adina Rishe
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Zebra Forest
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Candlewick
|
6 up
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Goldblatt, Mark
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Twerp
|
Random House
|
6 up
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Grabenstein, Chris
|
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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Random House
|
5 up
|
Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan
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The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
|
Roaring Brook Press
|
5 up
|
Harrington, Karen
|
Sure Signs of Crazy
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Little, Brown
|
6 up
|
Hasak-Lowy, Todd
|
33 Minutes...Until Morgan Sturtz Kicks My Butt
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Aladdin
|
5 up
|
Hopkinson, Deborah
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The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
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Knopf
|
5 up
|
Kadohata, Cynthia
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The Thing About Luck
|
Atheneum
|
5 up
|
Kurtz, Chris
|
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
|
Harcourt
|
4 up
|
LaValley, Josanne
|
The Vine Basket
|
Clarion Books
|
6 up
|
Leyson, Leon
|
Boy on the Wooden Box
|
Atheneum
|
6 up
|
Marino, Nan
|
Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace
|
Roaring Brook Press
|
5 up
|
McNeal, Tom
|
Far Far Away
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Knopf
|
7 up
|
Ottaviani, Jim
|
Primates:The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian
Fossey, and Birute Galdikas
|
First Second
|
5 up
|
Peck, Richard
|
The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail
|
Dial
|
4 up
|
Pileggi, Leah
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Prisoner 88
|
Charlesbridge
|
5 up
|
Sloan, Holly Goldberg
|
Counting by 7s
|
Dial
|
6 up
|
Stone, Tanya Lee
|
Courage Has No Color
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Candlewick
|
6 up
|
Sullivan, Tara
|
Golden Boy
|
Putnam Juvenile
|
7 up
|
Swanson, James
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“The President Has Been Shot!”: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
|
Scholastic
|
6 up
|
Timberlake, Amy
|
One Came Home
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Knopf
|
5 up
|
Urban, Linda
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The Center of Everything
|
HMH Books for Young Readers
|
4 up
|
Vande Velde, Vivian
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Frogged
|
Harcourt
|
4 up
|
Vawter, Vince
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Paperboy
|
Random House
|
5 up
|
Williams-Garcia, Rita
|
P.S. Be Eleven
|
Amistad/HarperCollins
|
5 up
|
Red Clover Program 2014 - 2015
More detailed information about this year's Red Clover book list can be found at Vermont's Department of Library website (http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/redclover) and the Vermont Center for the Books - Mother Goose Programs (http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/).
The list of books are as follows:
The list of books are as follows:
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