[LM_NET] ELEM: Irma Black Award

[Lisa Von Drasek <lisav@BANKSTREET.EDU>]

For those have been playing along- Whew! Our 3rd and 4th graders have
voted and this is the discussion list for next week. We have class
meetings where the focus is on the children speaking passionately about
the books they think should win and why. On Friday we will have our four
finalists that will then go to first and second graders. Lisa

Rabbit’s Gift                                                     
Spiders (Bishop)                                                       
           
The Wicked Big Toddlah (Hawkes)                                   
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach 
Some Dog
Casey Back at Bat 
The Chicken-chasing Queen  
Fred Stays With Me (Coffelt)

Lisa Von Drasek 
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
School for Children Pre-K- 8 
610 West 112th St
NY  NY   10025

lisav@bnkst.edu

212 875 4452


>>> Lisa Von Drasek <lisav@BNKST.EDU> 1/25/2008 5:12 PM >>>
The Bank Street College of Education administers the Irma Simonton and
James H. Black Award excellence in children's literature. It is given
to
a picture book for the text and the pictures. The final deciders are
children from our first and second grade and ten cooperating schools
around the country. The following list of books was chosen by a
committee of adults- librarians, teachers, graduate faculty- These
books
are placed in our 3rd and 4th grade classrooms where the children will
read and evaluate the titles and vote for their favorites. The final
four titles will go into the first and second grade. Over 2,500
children
participate. Last year's winner was Once I Ate a Pie.  Here are the
titles if you want to play along. We will have the four finalists in
about three weeks. For more information you can go to our website.

http://streetcat.bankstreet.edu/children/awards.html 

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