Volunteer State Book Awards Nominations 20092010

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Volunteer State Book Awards Nominations
2009-2010 Grades K-3
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• Jack the cat gets much more than he bargained
  for when he decides to build the perfect nest to
  attract the perfect chicken.

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• Examines a variety of different animal homes.
  Animals shown include a red eyed tree frog, a
  black widow spider, a snail, an arctic hare, a
  beaver, a nuthatch bird, and a bat.

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• A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite
  chicken, until she learns something about the hen
  that makes her change her ways. Meet one smart
  chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her
  grandmothers farm except one - the elusive Miss
  Hen.

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• The inventions and inspiration of Benjamin
  Franklin and how theyve stood the test of
  time What would you do if you lived in a
  community without a library, hospital, post
  office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin
  Franklin, youd set up these organizations
  yourself.

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• When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a
  young African hippopotamus from his mother, he
  finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant
  tortoise. Based on a true story.

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• In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale,
  a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to
  decide whom to marry.

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• Six days a week the chickens help the Greenstalk
  family and their animals recover from mishaps
  that occur on the farm, but they need one day to
  rest.

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• An adaptation of the folktale Goldilocks and the
  three bears, which portrays the bears as
  "libearians" and Goldie Socks finds just the
  right book and the perfect place to read it.

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• During the Great Depression, Davey learns that a
  neighbors property is about to be auctioned, and
  he rallies his friends, neighbors, and family to
  help save Strawberry Farm.

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• Jonathans friend Michael, Michaels parents,
  and Jonathans family help him do his best in the
  Badgers big baseball game.

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• On Career Day, a young girl entertains the class
  with a description of her fathers exciting job
  as light bulb changer at the top of the Empire
  State Building.

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• Someone is very, very excited about the
  possibility of missing school due to snow, and
  plans a whole day of sledding, building forts,
  reading, and sipping hot chocolate rather than
  going to school for that test on chapter ten.

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• When a princess makes some lemonade, she starts
  a chain of events involving a fire-breathing
  dragon, one hundred rabbits, a hungry giant, and
  a handsome knight.

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• Clothing is important to Ewetopia, but her
  carefully-chosen wolf outfit fails to impress the
  other sheep at the Woolyones costume ball until
  a real wolf appears dressed as a sheep, mistakes
  her for his mother, and throws a tantrum when she
  outsmarts him.

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• The jungle comes alive as children learn about a
  wide variety of animals and plants living in the
  Amazon rainforest, in this adaptation of the song
  "The green grass grew all around."

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• Melvin discovers that the public library is the
  place where he can find just about
  anything--including three librarians who help in
  his quest for knowledge.

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• Delly Porter enjoys the feel of soft dirt
  beneath her feet as she walks to and from school,
  but after a classmate makes her feel ashamed of
  having no shoes she learns that her parents and
  others, too, see value in things that do not cost
  money.

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• Choctaw variant of Aesops fable, The Tortoise
  and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in
  defeating Rabbit.

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• When Max the duck decides to stay behind when
  his flock flies south, Irene invites him to stay
  with her for the winter.

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• When Buddy Bear and his mother go to the beach,
  she teaches him all about shells and mollusks.
  Includes facts about shells.

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