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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.
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    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
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The Kira Elizabeth Award for excellence in Children's Literature about growing up. - 2 views

The Kira Elizabeth Award for excellence in Children's Literature about growing up will be awarded to the author who provides guidance to a child that is going through the trials and tribulations of...

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started by baw273 on 28 Jan 08 no follow-up yet
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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...

ashley

started by aac5024 on 28 Jan 08 no follow-up yet
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Winner of the Special Kids Award: Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis - 0 views

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    Courtney Sherkel 113 North 14th Avenue                       Altoona, PA 16601 <!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>CREATEDATE<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>\@ "MMMM d, yyyy"<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>\* MERGEFORMAT <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span><![endif]-->March 6, 2008<!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]-->           Mary Hoffman c/o Pat White  Rogers, Coleridge and White
    20 Powis Mews
    London
    W11 1JN     Dear Ms. Mary Hoffman: Congratulations! I am pleased to announce that your book, Amazing Grace, has been chosen as the recipient of The Break-A-Leg Award for Excellence in Children's Literature about Theater, Acting, Singing, and/or Dancing. This award was created in my children's literature education class at <st1:PlaceName w:st=
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    This book is about a girl named Susan. Susan is being described as doing activities such as laughing, swimming, running, etc...Then the last page of the book has Susan sitting in a wheelchair. This book describes the messge that special needs children can do the same activities as the normal children.   Ashley Cribbs 124 Indiana Avenue Vandergrift, Pa 15690 aac5024@psu.edu March 4, 2008 Attention: Mrs. Jeanne Willis Books for Young Readers
    Henry Holt and Company
    175 Fifth Avenue
    New York, NY 10010   Dear Mrs. Willis: My name is Ashley Cribbs and I am a student at Penn State Altoona majoring in elementary education.  I am writing to inform you that your book, "Susan Laughs," has won the Special Kids Award for Children Literature. It is a book about children who have special needs or exceptionalities. This award was created in my Language and Literacy Education block. I was to create an award for any topic in children literature. Then, the class had to nominate books for each of the awards that each student created. Once completed, the nominee of the award had to choose only one book that the student felt met the requirements of the award. That is how I chose your book for my Special Kids Award.  I have dedicated my award to you because I felt that "Susan Laughs" is an excellent way to portray the message that even though children may have special
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Banjo Granny by Sarah Martin Busse & Jacqueline Briggs Martin - 0 views

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    "Banjo Granny" is a fun story about a Grandmother who would do anything to be able to see her grandchild. Through a little bit of banjo playing and a little bit of determination, Granny makes her way to her Grandchild to share her bluegrass tunes with him. This book utilizes immense amounts of imagination and creativity through the use of Granny's "Carry-All Banjo". The illustrations are supportive of the text and are bright and colorful enough to catch the attention of any wandering pair of eyes. The book also holds a theme of determination, and love which are two important parts of social life. "Banjo Granny" is an amazing children's story. It inspires kids to become interested in music. It teaches kids that music can be fun and with a little determination, anything is possible.
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Over in the Meadow at the Big Ballet by Lisa Shulman and illustrated by Sarah Massini - 0 views

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    This is a story about a Swan who loves to dance, especially ballet. She struggles with the feeling of nervousness throughout the story. The big ballet is coming up and she is afraid to get on stage. Luckily she has a wonderful teacher that encourages her to push on. She keeps practicing, but she is still nervous. This book will teach a child that it is ok to feel nervous, but to never give up.
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Big Al, by Andrew Clements - 0 views

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    This book is about a really scary fish named Al who couldn't make any friends because of how he looked. All the other fish were scared of him. He tried everything to get them to be his friend. One day, the other fish got caught in a net and Al got to be the hero and save them. This book highlights the topics of  making friends, getting along with classmates, and understanding one's feelings. This book would be beneficial to read if there is a conflict in your class between students because of differences.
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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...

award desiree

started by desireesipes on 24 Jan 08 no follow-up yet
Kirstin Bratt

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...

instructions

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

List of existing children's literature awards - 11 views

Aesop Prize ALSC Awards and Notables American Academy of Poets Americas Award Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature Arizona Young Readers' Award Arkansas Charlie May Simon and Diamond ...

award children's literature

started by Kirstin Bratt on 28 Oct 07 no follow-up yet
Kirstin Bratt

Call for nominations: The Sha-Narah award for literature about adolescent popularity - 2 views

Call for nominations: The Sha-Narah award for literature about adolescent popularity The Sha-Narah award for excellence in literature about adolescent popularity seeks nominations for literature b...

adolescent children's emotional literature popularity rejection

started by Kirstin Bratt on 28 Oct 07 no follow-up yet
Kirstin Bratt

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...

announcement fletcher instructions lehr nominations topics wolf

started by Kirstin Bratt on 09 Nov 07 no follow-up yet
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