Title: Flora and Ulysses: the Illuminated Adventures
Author: Kate DiComillo
Fantasy
• Newbury Award
Winner
Lexile: 520
Flora and Ulysses
• About Kate DiCamillo
http://www.katedicamillo.com/about.html
• Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6cdkkJvg
aA
• Discussion Guide
http://www.floraandulysses.com/book.ht
ml
Title: Fortunately, the Milk!
Author: Neil Gaiman
Fairy Tale &
Fantasy
Lexile: 680
Fortunately the Milk!
•
About Neil
http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/About_Neil
•
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMEC87U
1gT0
•
Discussion Guide
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/bo
oks/FortunatelyMilk/?isbn13=9780062224071&tctid=100
Title: Giants Beware!
Author: Jorge Aguirre
Modern Fantasy
• Graphic Novel
Lexile: 330
Giants Beware!
•
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0na
OBvCQa-w
•
Discussion Guide
http://us.macmillan.com/giantsbeware
/RafaelRosado#reading-guide
Title: Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse
Author: Tamera Will Wissinger
Poetry
Gone Fishing
•
About Tamera
http://www.tamerawillwissinger.com/abo
ut-me/
•
Novel
http://www.tamerawillwissinger.com/boo
ks/
Title: The Matchbox Diary
Author: Paul Fleischman
Historical Fiction
Lexile: 420
The Matchbox Diary
•
About Paul
http://www.paulfleischman.
net/events.htm
• Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=15sLPZUpidc
• About the Novel
http://www.candlewick.com
/cat.asp?mode=book&isbn=
0763646016&browse=Title
Title: A Tangle of Knots
Author: Lisa Graff
Modern Fantasy
A Tangle of Knots
•
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOX
kxG7l-7U
•
Discussion Guide
http://www.lisagraff.com/a-tangle-ofknots.html
Title: Timmy Failure:
Mistakes Were Made
Author: Stephan Pastis
Silly!
Lexile: 520
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
•
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch6
eXUoe-RY
•
Discussion Guide
http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?m
ode=book&isbn=0763660507&browse=
Title
Title: True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Author: Kathi Appelt
Tall Tale
Lexile: 810
True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
•
Discussion
http://books.simonandschuster.com
/True-Blue-Scouts-of-Sugar-ManSwamp/KathiAppelt/9781442421080/reading_gro
up_guide
Title: The Water Castle
Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore
Modern Fantasy
Lexile: 690
The Water Castle
•
About Megan
http://www.meganfrazer.co
m/about-megan/
•
Summary
http://www.meganfrazer.co
m/books/the-water-castle/
•
Discussion Guide
http://www.bloomsbury.co
m/us/the-water-castle9780802728395/
Title: White Fur Flying
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Lexile: 450
White Fur Flying
•
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLy
n1maYRSA
•
Summary
http://books.simonandschuster.com
/White-Fur-Flying/PatriciaMacLachlan/9781442421721
2015 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominees
Grades 3-5
Photo Resources
• Kate DiCamillo- http://www.parents.com/blogs/parentsperspective/2014/01/27/fun/how-newbery-award-winner-kate-dicamillofell-in-love-with-reading/
• Neil Gaiman- http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/neil-gaiman/26956/neilgaiman-will-write-another-doctor-who-episode
• Tamera Will Wissingerhttp://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-voice-tamera-willwissinger-on-gone.html
• Paul Fleischman- http://www.paulfleischman.net/events.htm
• Megan Frazer Blakemore- http://www.meganfrazer.com/about-megan/
• All Book Cover Art- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
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Lindsey Roe
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