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The Lori J Mai award for Children's Literature about Dealing with Serious Life Issues - 2 views

The Lori J Mai award for Children's Literature about Dealing with Serious Life Issues will be awarded to a book that will best help children to learn and understand about serious life issues. The b...

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Award Winner for Lori J Mai Award - 3 views

Dear Mary Bahr, Congratulations! Your book, If Nathan Were Here was chosen as the award winner of the "Lori J Mai Award for Children's Literature about Dealing with Serious Life Issues." The awa...

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Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson - 0 views

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Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson is an excellent book. This book is about a families struggle through a workers strike. Rosa, one of the main characters, lives at home with her mother, sister, baby brother and another immigrant family. Bread and Roses,Too portrays her emotions about the strike and her families involvement. It also tells the story of a homeless boy who works in the mill where the workers are striking. Both these children leave to go to Vermont until the strike is over. There they learn alot about life and family. This book well suites the award becase both of the main characters are from single-parent homes and this issue is addressed many times. A weakness of the book is that children may not relate to that specific issue becasue there iare so many other issues being addressed. Overall, this is a great book for the Aiden Jacob Lewis award because it portrays many single-parent families and all the families are not the sterotypical perfect family.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson is an excellent book. This book is about a families struggle through a workers strike. Rosa, one of the main characters, lives at home with her mother, sister, baby brother and another immigrant family. Bread and Roses,Too portrays her emotions about the strike and her families involvement. It also tells the story of a homeless boy who works in the mill where the workers are striking. Both these children leave to go to Vermont until the strike is over. There they learn alot about life and family. This book well suites the award becase both of the main characters are from single-parent homes and this issue is addressed many times. A weakness of the book is that children may not relate to that specific issue becasue there iare so many other issues being addressed. Overall, this is a great book for the Aiden Jacob Lewis award because it portrays many single-parent families and all the families are not the sterotypical perfect family. <br></div>

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Winner of the Kira Elizabeth Award! I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis - 0 views

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This book is a wonderful book to address a major issue in growing up, self-esteem. Curtis shows kids that feeling good means liking yourself the way you are. I'm Gonna Like Me celebrates kids differences such as, body type, missing teeth and personal style choices. This book teaches children to love themselves even if they make a mistake, don't know the right answer or get picked last in gym class. It encourages a healthy view of ones self, establishes a sense self worth and a positive outlook on life. This book is an all around perfect book to teach self esteem, and the pictures make it even better.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> This book is a wonderful book to address a major issue in growing up, self-esteem. Curtis shows kids that feeling good means liking yourself the way you are. I'm Gonna Like Me celebrates kids differences such as, body type, missing teeth and personal style choices. This book teaches children to love themselves even if they make a mistake, don't know the right answer or get picked last in gym class. It encourages a healthy view of ones self, establishes a sense self worth and a positive outlook on life. This book is an all around perfect book to teach self esteem, and the pictures make it even better. </div>

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baw273 on 08 Mar 08

Dear Jamie Lee Curtis, Congratulations! My name is Brittney Ward, and I am pleased to inform you that your book, I'm Gonna Like Me, has been chosen as the recipient of the Kira Elizabeth Award for excellence in children's literature about growing up. This award was created as part of an assignment in the Elementary Education block courses at Penn State University - Altoona Campus. Each student's task was to create an award for some unique aspect of children's literature and then create the criteria for the award. Our fellow students then nominated books for our award following the specific criteria. After looking closely at several nominations, we were to pick a winner and notify the author of our winning book. The Kira Elizabeth Award was to be presented to a book that provided guidance to a child going through the trials and tribulations of growing up. In today's society, children are "growing up" much faster than in the past. Because growing up is a part of life, I wanted the book to be one a child could turn to when they wanted to learn about or take shelter in knowing the social and emotional obstacles that come along with growing up. Nominations had to include appropriate facts, reassurances, or guidance on how to deal with the social, emotional, and/or personal changes children age's 5-9 experience growing up, such as how to make friends, getting along with classmates, understanding their feelings, etc. This award is in honor of a little girl named Kira Elizabeth Angello. She is three years old and, in my opinion, is growing up entirely too fast. I watch her from time to time and she loves books. Her mother always wants to make sure that she has high self-esteem and that she loves who she is. Therefore, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to 'shop around' for books that deal with that issue. In the wo

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Dear Jamie Lee Curtis, Congratulations! My name is Brittney Ward, and I am pleased to inform you that your book, I'm Gonna Like Me, has been chosen as the recipient of the Kira Elizabeth Award for excellence in children's literature about growing up. This award was created as part of an assignment in the Elementary Education block courses at Penn State University - Altoona Campus. Each student's task was to create an award for some unique aspect of children's literature and then create the criteria for the award. Our fellow students then nominated books for our award following the specific criteria. After looking closely at several nominations, we were to pick a winner and notify the author of our winning book. The Kira Elizabeth Award was to be presented to a book that provided guidance to a child going through the trials and tribulations of growing up. In today's society, children are "growing up" much faster than in the past. Because growing up is a part of life, I wanted the book to be one a child could turn to when they wanted to learn about or take shelter in knowing the social and emotional obstacles that come along with growing up. Nominations had to include appropriate facts, reassurances, or guidance on how to deal with the social, emotional, and/or personal changes children age's 5-9 experience growing up, such as how to make friends, getting along with classmates, understanding their feelings, etc. This award is in honor of a little girl named Kira Elizabeth Angello. She is three years old and, in my opinion, is growing up entirely too fast. I watch her from time to time and she loves books. Her mother always wants to make sure that she has high self-esteem and that she loves who she is. Therefore, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to 'shop around' for books that deal with that issue. In the wo</div>

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Susan B. Anthony Award for Celebrating Strong Female Characters - 13 views

Good work! Thank you -- Kirstin kate1510 wrote: > This award will be given to a picture book that features a strong and empowered female character. Many children's books show girls who are passiv...

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started by kate1510 on 25 Jan 08 1 follow-up, last by Kirstin Bratt on 25 Jan 08

The Special Kids Award for children with exceptionalities and disabilities - 3 views

The Special Kids Award for children with exceptionalities and disabilities is an award for the special needs children in the world. The award is specifically to help the special needs children deal...

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And The Award Goes To..... Is A Worry Worrying You? By Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz - 0 views

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Is a Worry Worrying You? is about worrying. This book gives examples as to what worries are and how you can get rid of them. It tells the readers exactly what a worry is. The book talks about worries as being invisible and unable to find. This book deals with a very serious issue; however, the book is actually presented in a humorous way. Is a Worry Worrying You? would be a great book to read in a classroom because a lot of kids are constantly worried about something or another (especially the things mentioned in the book). Remember, as the book says, just don't worry! This book is available through the Penn State Libraries.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is a Worry Worrying You? is about worrying. This book gives examples as to what worries are and how you can get rid of them. It tells the readers exactly what a worry is. The book talks about worries as being invisible and unable to find. This book deals with a very serious issue; however, the book is actually presented in a humorous way. Is a Worry Worrying You? would be a great book to read in a classroom because a lot of kids are constantly worried about something or another (especially the things mentioned in the book). Remember, as the book says, just don't worry! This book is available through the Penn State Libraries.</div>

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carlivs on 17 Mar 08

I am pleased to present the Jason Baker Award for children's books portraying children effectively dealing with emotions and feelings to Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz for Is A Worry Worrying You? My Name is Carli Van Scyoc and I am currently a student a Penn State University. As part of the language and literacy curriculum for the elementary education program, we had an assignment to create an award for a category that was important. Then we were to choose a book from various student nominations that best fits our award description. I am very happy to say that this book was perfect. I am interested in pursuing a career in counceling so I used this oppurtunity to read many books that taught children how to deal with their unfamiliar emotions and understand that it is completely normal. I absolutely love this book and would offer it to any child who finds themselves in a similar situation. Thank you for writting just a great book.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I am pleased to present the Jason Baker Award for children's books portraying children effectively dealing with emotions and feelings to Ferida Wolff and Harriet May Savitz for Is A Worry Worrying You? My Name is Carli Van Scyoc and I am currently a student a Penn State University. As part of the language and literacy curriculum for the elementary education program, we had an assignment to create an award for a category that was important. Then we were to choose a book from various student nominations that best fits our award description. I am very happy to say that this book was perfect. I am interested in pursuing a career in counceling so I used this oppurtunity to read many books that taught children how to deal with their unfamiliar emotions and understand that it is completely normal. I absolutely love this book and would offer it to any child who finds themselves in a similar situation. Thank you for writting just a great book. <br><br></div>

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MANDY SUE DAY by Roberta Karim - 0 views

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This is a great book about a young girl who lives on a farm with her family, but is blind. Each child has a chore that they attend to on a daily basis, but on her day off she goes off to be with her horse. The author doesn't say that Mandy is blind, but gives hints that she has a disability. I like this book because with her disability not mentioned, the reader can form a relationship with the character without any judgement. It teaches children a really great lesson about not judging people and that all people are the same with or without a disability. The pictures are great and the author's use of the different senses gives a real insight to what Mandy's life is like. This book could be used for a lesson on the five senses or giving children insight to different disabilities.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a great book about a young girl who lives on a farm with her family, but is blind. Each child has a chore that they attend to on a daily basis, but on her day off she goes off to be with her horse. The author doesn't say that Mandy is blind, but gives hints that she has a disability. I like this book because with her disability not mentioned, the reader can form a relationship with the character without any judgement. It teaches children a really great lesson about not judging people and that all people are the same with or without a disability. The pictures are great and the author's use of the different senses gives a real insight to what Mandy's life is like. This book could be used for a lesson on the five senses or giving children insight to different disabilities.<br></div>

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AWARD WINNER - Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch for the Susan B. Anthony Award for... - 0 views

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This is a story about a little girl who likes to be unique. She wears a pony tail in her hair even though the rest of the girls at school wear their hair different. The girls in her class make fun of her, but she does not care. The next day they will come into school wearing their hair the exact same way that Stephanie does. She feels very angry that the girls are copying her, so she changes her hair style. No matter what silly way she does it , they always copy. In the end it doesn't end up so good for the "copy cats".

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a story about a little girl who likes to be unique. She wears a pony tail in her hair even though the rest of the girls at school wear their hair different. The girls in her class make fun of her, but she does not care. The next day they will come into school wearing their hair the exact same way that Stephanie does. She feels very angry that the girls are copying her, so she changes her hair style. No matter what silly way she does it , they always copy. In the end it doesn't end up so good for the "copy cats".</div>

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kate1510 on 07 Mar 08

Katherine Imler 1399 Lafayette Road New Enterprise, PA 16664 March 7, 2008 Robert Munsch 15 Sharon Place Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H 7V2 Dear Mr. Munsch, I am pleased to announce that you have won the Susan B. Anthony Award for Celebrating Strong Female Characters for your book Stephanie's Ponytail. The award was created for a class project in my children's literature class. I am a junior at Penn State Altoona who is majoring in elementary and kindergarten education. I am in my language and literacy education block. Every student in my class created an award that dealt with an aspect of children's literature. Each student nominated books for the other students' awards. Each award had specific criteria that the nominated book had to meet. My award was to be given to a picture book that featured strong and empowered female characters. Many children's books show girls who are passive and dependent. Also, children's books usually show males as the problem solvers. This is disturbing considering the day and age we live in. Shirley B. Ernst author of the article "Gender Issues in Books for Children and Young Adults" said, "I would like to see more books with strong female characters who are active, inventive, and in charge of their own destinies." Nominations for this award had to show independent and non-stereotypical female characters. The book also had to be a picture book for children in kindergarten through second grade. I chose Stephanie's Ponytail for my award because the book features a strong female character that stands up to group conformity. She does not want to look like everyone else, but instead be her own individual person. Your book teaches children the importance of liking who they are. Another reason I picked your book is that its message is universal. The theme could be the same regardless of what time period or location the book was written about. Many children can relate to this book. Chi

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Katherine Imler 1399 Lafayette Road New Enterprise, PA 16664 March 7, 2008 Robert Munsch 15 Sharon Place Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H 7V2 Dear Mr. Munsch, I am pleased to announce that you have won the Susan B. Anthony Award for Celebrating Strong Female Characters for your book Stephanie's Ponytail. The award was created for a class project in my children's literature class. I am a junior at Penn State Altoona who is majoring in elementary and kindergarten education. I am in my language and literacy education block. Every student in my class created an award that dealt with an aspect of children's literature. Each student nominated books for the other students' awards. Each award had specific criteria that the nominated book had to meet. My award was to be given to a picture book that featured strong and empowered female characters. Many children's books show girls who are passive and dependent. Also, children's books usually show males as the problem solvers. This is disturbing considering the day and age we live in. Shirley B. Ernst author of the article "Gender Issues in Books for Children and Young Adults" said, "I would like to see more books with strong female characters who are active, inventive, and in charge of their own destinies." Nominations for this award had to show independent and non-stereotypical female characters. The book also had to be a picture book for children in kindergarten through second grade. I chose Stephanie's Ponytail for my award because the book features a strong female character that stands up to group conformity. She does not want to look like everyone else, but instead be her own individual person. Your book teaches children the importance of liking who they are. Another reason I picked your book is that its message is universal. The theme could be the same regardless of what time period or location the book was written about. Many children can relate to this book. Chi</div>

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Nathaniel Talking, by Eloise Greenfield - 0 views

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Miles, Miska : Annie and the Old One - 0 views

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This book tells of a Navajo girl who has to deal with the death of her grandmother, which she was been warned of ahead of time. She has a hard time dealing with it at first and tries to find ways to postpone it, but she deals with it in the end.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This book tells of a Navajo girl who has to deal with the death of her grandmother, which she was been warned of ahead of time. She has a hard time dealing with it at first and tries to find ways to postpone it, but she deals with it in the end.</div>

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Angry Dragon, by Thierry Robberecht - 0 views

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This book is about a boy who gets really angry after his mom keeps telling him "No". His anger takes over him, becoming like an angry dragon. He then starts to be sad and shameful and his tears put out the fire that his dragon created. This book showcases anger, it's effects, and how to get past it. An excellent book for a child who is dealing with issues of anger and rage.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This book is about a boy who gets really angry after his mom keeps telling him "No". His anger takes over him, becoming like an angry dragon. He then starts to be sad and shameful and his tears put out the fire that his dragon created. This book showcases anger, it's effects, and how to get past it. An excellent book for a child who is dealing with issues of anger and rage.</div>

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My Sister by Joyce K Kessel, Karen Hirsch - 0 views

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My sister is a very honest and emotional book about a boy and his younger sister, who has mental retardation. The boy has kind and warm feelings toward his sister, but he often resents the attention she gets and wishes that he could have more time with his parents. The book is a bit dated, having been published in 1977, but the feelings of the boy are quite moving and poignant. The story is told in simple and reflective language, and the reader can't help but see the many issues that this book raises. I would recommend this book to all teachers, for it really helps children to understand that they should not feel guilty or shy about asking adults for positive attention, and it could help adults to see how much children need our compassion and respect.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">My sister is a very honest and emotional book about a boy and his younger sister, who has mental retardation. The boy has kind and warm feelings toward his sister, but he often resents the attention she gets and wishes that he could have more time with his parents. The book is a bit dated, having been published in 1977, but the feelings of the boy are quite moving and poignant. The story is told in simple and reflective language, and the reader can't help but see the many issues that this book raises. I would recommend this book to all teachers, for it really helps children to understand that they should not feel guilty or shy about asking adults for positive attention, and it could help adults to see how much children need our compassion and respect.</div>

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The Jason Baker award for children's books that accurately portray children identifying... - 4 views

The Jason Baker award is to be given to books that portray children effectively dealing with their emotions. When children do not understand why they feel the way they do and do not learn how to ma...

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started by carlivs on 30 Jan 08 no follow-up yet

The Anthony Baney Award for excelling in the demonstration of children overcoming reten... - 5 views

The Anthony Baney Award for excelling in the demonstration of children overcoming retention and/or struggling to learn to read and write. Wolf says that "a child will lean on the language of an aut...

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The ToryKane Award for excellence in children's literature on freedom and oppression - 6 views

The ToryKane Award for excellence in children's literature on freedom and oppression will be awarded to a children's book that helps children better understand opposing viewpoints, historical relev...

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The Emma Diehl Award for celebrating strong family values in an African American pictur... - 4 views

The Emma Diehl Award for celebrating strong family values in an African American children picture book. This award will go to a children's book that shows strong family values while going through a...

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started by Emma Diehl on 27 Jan 08 no follow-up yet

Selecting the winning book and notifying the author - 3 views

As nominations are posted for your award, locate the books and read them. As you read, use your reader's notebook to think like a teacher. Look at the books for their salient features, and take pro...

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started by Kirstin Bratt on 20 Jan 08 no follow-up yet

Writing your award announcement - 3 views

Please post your award announcement in the "Group Forum." * Name your book award after a special person, place, or idea. * Be careful not to duplicate or overlap with any of your classmates' topic...

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