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The document provides summaries of various books for different age groups, including picture books for babies/toddlers, folklore, historical fiction, biography, poetry, and fiction for children and young adults. Some of the books discussed include The Mitten, Chicken Little, Claudette Colvin, Bad News for Outlaws, Three Cups of Tea, and Flygirl.

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CCBC Presentation Notes - 2010

The document provides summaries of various books for different age groups, including picture books for babies/toddlers, folklore, historical fiction, biography, poetry, and fiction for children and young adults. Some of the books discussed include The Mitten, Chicken Little, Claudette Colvin, Bad News for Outlaws, Three Cups of Tea, and Flygirl.

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CCBC Presentation

6/9/10
Megan Schliesman

The Natural World:

Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember


Steve Jenkins
The author focuses on WHY animals are dangerous, and why others are not. Great use of
alliteration
For: ages 5 -9

Where Else in the Wild? : More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed...and Revealed


David M Schwartz and Yael Schy

Sequel to "Where in the Wild" ...more information about camouflaged creatures.


Every page spread focuses on a different creature who uses camouflage and concealment.
The challenge is to try and FIND the animal in the photo; there is also a poem.
For: Ages 7 -12

The Frog Scientist


Pamela Turner
Very engaging. It talks about how frogs are formed, and Dr. Tyrone Hayes' love for frogs.
Hayes was very smart, went to Harvard. A professor took him under his wing and had him
work in his lab, and
everything clicked.
Now he is a professor at UC-Berkeley.
For: Ages 10-15

Folklore:

The Mitten
Jim Aylesworth
Playful story. A child loses his mitten and animals eventually crowd in the mitten and make
it larger and larger.
Not a lot of surprises, but a great resolution. What happens to the mitten?
Read to find out!
For: ages 2- 5

Chicken Little
Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley
Still kept fresh and interesting after all these years!
For: ages 2 -7
Historical People, Places and Events

Denied, Detained and Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American
Immigration
Ann Bausum
Beloit author; looks at the history of immigration of the last 120 years.
Timely topic!
Every chapter focuses on a different topic
Eye-opening
For: Ages 12 and older

Claudette Colvin
Phillip Hoose

Highly regarded story


Young women, Claudette, was living in Montgomery, AL in 1955; same town as Rosa Parks.
Claudette was arrested nine months before Rosa Parks. She was 15, and didn't move on the
bus when asked.
She was arrested, and the story talks about what happens in the aftermath.
Claudette is seen as a hero at first, but her own community ended up turning on her
because she was
going to cause trouble.
Also judged because she was young!

Rosa Parks is arrested nine months later and Claudette ended up being a plaintiff in her
case; helped change the law.
For: Ages 13 and older

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
Elizabeth Partridge
Takes place in 1965; Selma, AL
Last push for freedom
All events culminated in a march from Selma to Montgomery
For: Ages 11 and older

Biography and Autobiography

The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy


James Cross Giblin
Very interesting tale of the WI senator and what a great manipulator he was.
Great for a civics class!
For: Age 14 and older

Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S Marshall
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Bass Reeves was born into slavery; ended up punching his master and running away.
He took shelter in Kansas (Indian territory), stayed there until the Civil War, raised a family
and became a citizen
1875: judge was looking for marshalls to keep the law in order, and Bass was hired.
Very controversial that a black man was hired to force the law in US government at this
time.
Great writing style!

Three Cups of Tea


Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, adapted by Sarah Thomson
Adaptation; Cuts to the chase of the original story
Has an interview with Mortenson's 11-year-old daughter
For: Ages 9 - 13

Nassreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan


Jeannette Winter
True story from Afghanistan; Nasreen lives with her grandmother after her father is seized
and her mom goes to look for him.
She does not speak after this, but her grandmother enrolls in a secret school for girls.
Book shows how people had to outsmart the Taliban
Her education opened the world to her
For: Ages 6 - 10

The Arts

My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art


Guadalupe Rivera Marín
Heart of the book is the full-page spread of his work in English and Spanish
Very engaging narrative.
For: Ages 6 - 12

Concept Books

Big, Bigger, Biggest!


Nancy Coffelt
Uses words that we use to compare things
Animals talk about how "big" they are, "fast" they are.

Poetry:

Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem


Jorge Argueta
A boy describes what goes into bean soup
Very descriptive language, also in Spanish!
Great read-aloud or for teaching descriptions in classroom
For: Ages 4 - 8

African Acrostics: A Word in Edgewise


Avis Harley
Poems about the birds and animals in the Africa Savanna.
Contains photos that were taken in Namibia.
Talks about single acrostics, double acrostics, sideways, etc.
Very playful and fun!
One section talks about how to create acrostic poems
For: Ages 7 - 10

A Whiff of Pine, A Hint of Skunk: A Forest of Poems


Deborah Ruddell
A tongue-in-cheek look at the natural world
Very cute and funny!
For: Ages 4 - 8

Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing


Gary Soto
Contains poems about love, wanting to be in love, in the perspective of teenagers.
First half is of the girls' perspective; Second half is from the boys' perspective
Funny!
For: Ages 13 and older

Picture Books for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers:

Ten Days and Nine Nights


Yumi Heo
Talks about the adoption process from the view of the older child
For: Ages 3 -6

Dinosaur Woods
George McClements
Environmental message, but funny for little kids
Animals build a dinosaur to scare the people who are going to ruin their homes
For: Ages 3 - 8

Gracias / Thanks
Pat Mora
Talks about what he is thankful for in both English and Spanish
For: Ages 3 -7

Posy
Linda Newberry
Story about a cat, rhyming cuplets
very cute
"Spider catcher, sofa scratcher"
For: Ages 3 - 7

Pouch
David Ezra Stein
About a kangeroo named Joey, who lives in his mother's pouch.
He comes out and explores, but then always gets scared and goes back in the pouch.
Does he ever come out? Cute story!
For: Ages 2 - 4
What Can You do With a Paleta?:
Carmen Tafolla
Winner of the Charlotte Zolotow award
Paleta is a popsicle.
For: Ages 3 - 6

Spoon:
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Story about a Spoon and has a family
He likes to hear stories about his grandmother that ran away with a dish
Is jealous of knife, fork, and chopsticks, for the cool features they have.

But the others are jealous of him. Spoon can stir, measure, etc.
Very cute ending!
For: Ages 3- 8

Picture Books for School-Age Children:

Always in Trouble:
Corinne Demas
Dog named Toby who is always in trouble
For: Ages 4 - 8

The Dunderheads:
Paul Fleischman
Great for 4th and 5th graders or middle school
Totally fun, despicable adult character
Involves a class of misfits, but they come together to shine
For: Ages 8 and older

Looking Like Me:


Walter Dean Myers
Great for some older students and for launching activities.
For: Ages 5 - 9

What really happened to Humpty?:


Jeanie Franz Ransom
Joe Dumpty, his younger brother, is a detective
Mother Goose: gives him until 5 pm to present a case
Joe talks to Little Miss Muffet, Three Pigs, etc.

Who is at the heart of it? The Wolf. "I'm bad, he says. "it's my middle name."
Big Bad Wolf.
Funny egg jokes throughout the book.
For: Ages 5 - 10
Books for Newly Independent Readers:

Dyamonde Daniel series: Make Way and Rich


Nikki Grimes
Great series for children of color
For: Ages 6 - 9

Fiction for Children:

Top of the Order


John Coy
Fifth grade boys baseball team who has a hard time finding enough boys to play until
Sydney (a girl), joins the team.
Sydney's brother is mad that she joins, but eventually the boys stick up for her.
Great dynamics in the book
Kids have all heard rumors about going into middle school
For: Ages 9 - 11

Lunch Lady Series:


Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Part of a series; funny, set in elementary school
Kids realize their lunch lady has a secret back room who is battling crime!
For: Ages 7 - 10

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon


Grace Lin
Beautiful book to look at, great design elements
Historical fantasy
Mindley, is main character who lives in a fruitless mountain; they work hard, but still almost
starve
Her father is a great storyteller and tells stories about China's legends
She buys a goldfish with some last coins, and lets them go after mother gets mad
The goldfish says 'thank you' and talks to her
She embarks on the journey and the stories come true
Great read-aloud for multi-age children or classrooms
For: Ages 8 - 11

The Kind of Friends We Used to Be


Frances O'Roark Dowell
Story of two friends, Kate and Marilyn, who are very different.
Things fall apart in middle school
They want to repair the friendship, but they are so different.
Ages 10 - 13

The Boy in the Dress


Dennis, lives in England, no mom; lives with brother and dad
His dad won't talk about their mom leaving, no pictures of her in the house
Dennis buys a Vogue because on the cover is a women in a dress that reminds him of his
mom.
He loves the magazine'
He meets Lisa in detention; they both like Vogue and fashion and dresses
Dennis goes to school as "Denise," dressed as a girl.
He gets discovered and the results are awful.
It just focuses on a boy who likes girl clothes.

Fiction for Young Adults:

Candor
Pam Bachorz
Based loosely on a community in Florida
Teenage boy named Oscar who lives in Candor, and the town is perfect. His dad is the
mayor.
Oscar knows there are subliminal messages in the music that causes the teens to behave.
Oscar soon helps teens get out of the town.
Interesting book of manipulation!
For: Ages 13 and older

Flygirl
Sherri L. Smith
Girl grows up in Mississippi, she wants to fly, but she can't get a pilot license
because she's a women.
She then becomes a WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilot), only because she can pass as a
"white" person.
Story covers how that affects her relationships and friendships.
For: Ages 12 and older

How to Steal a Car


Pete Hautman
Kelleigh has a talent for car theft
things are out of control in her life
She eventually knows how to hot wire cars, and she never gets caught!
No repercussions.
For: Ages 13 and older

Liar
Justine Larbalestier
Very provocative!
Story is told in the voice of Micah, 16 years old.
She is upfront; half black, half white
Entire book is divided into sections, after and before
Reader isn't sure what her lies are, but she later reveals them.
You end up liking her, even know she lies!
For: Ages 14 and older

When the Whistle Blows


Fran Cannon Slayton
Great for middle school
Takes place on Halloween eve (all chapters) in the 1940s
Very humorous, lots of pranks
For: Ages 11 - 15

Tales from Outer Suburbia


Shaun Tan
All stories are illustrated
For: Ages 13 and older

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