BLACK-EYED SUSAN
BOOK AWARD 2007
What is the BES Book Award?
• Children’s choice award for the state of
Maryland.
• Sponsored by MEMO (Maryland
Educational Media Organization).
• Scores of titles read, 14 nominated in
the picture book category.
• KIDS choose best book, and authors
receive the award at the annual
luncheon.
What grades are included?
Categories:
• Picture Books-Pre K-3
• Grades 4-6
• Grades 6-9
• Grades 9-12
Getting Started
• Books are available in the media center.
• Read at least 9 of the 14 picture books.
• Inform Carolyn or Theresa when you complete
a book so that we can indicate it on our BlackEyed Susan Books Graph.
• Books must be read by the end of March.
• Class votes in the media center in April.
• For more information:
http://mdedmedia.org/besall.html
2006 Winner
Falling for Rapunzel
• Wilcox / Monks
• An hilarious modern
version of the story
of Rapunzel.
Basho and the River Stones
• Myers / Han
• Tricked by a fox
into giving up his
share of cherries, a
famous Japanese
poet is inspired to
write a haiku. The
fox, ashamed of his
actions, must devise
another trick to set
things right.
Earth Mother
• Jackson / Dillion
• This African tale
portrays a day in the
life of Earth Mother
as she tends plants
and animals around
the world.
Hurry and the Monarch
• O Flatharta/ So
• Hurry, the tortoise,
befriends a monarch
butterfly during her
migration from
Canada to Mexico.
• Includes facts about
monarch butterflies.
I Wanna Iguana
• Orloff / Catrow
• Alex and his mother
write notes back and
forth in which Alex
tries to persuade his
mother to let him have
a baby iguana for a
pet.
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
• Bruchac / Nelson
• This biography of the
famous Native
American Athlete, Jim
Thorpe, focuses on
how his boyhood
education set the
stage for his athletic
achievements.
Leaf Man
• Ehlert, Lois
• The beauty of the
fall foliage is
revealed through the
travels of Leaf Man
as he is carried by
the wind.
Leonardo the Terrible
Monster
• Willems
• No matter how hard
he tries, Leonardo is
terrible at being a
scary monster. He
learns that it is
better to be a
wonderful friend.
Mama Panya’s Pancakes
• Chamberlin / Cairns
• This African folk
tale is about sharing
when you only have a
little. There is
information about
life in Kenya and a
pancake receipe.
My Penguin Osbert
• Kimmel / Lewis
• When a boy finally
gets exactly what he
wants from Santa,
he learns that
owning a real penguin
may not have been a
good idea after all.
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle
Dude
• O’Malley / Heyer /
Goto
• Once upon a time
there was a boy and
a girl who had to tell
a fairy tale in class,
but they couldn’t
agree on the story.
Rosa
• Giovanni / Collier
• This biography of
Rosa Parks focuses
on the 1955
Montgomery,
Alabama bus
boycott.
Traction Man
• Grey
• In this graphic
novel,Traction Man,
a boy’s courageous
action figure, has a
variety of
adventures with
Scrubbing Brush and
other objects in the
house.
Young Thomas Edison
• Dooling
• This biography of
Thomas Edison
emphasizes that he
had many failures,
but always kept
trying.
Zen Shorts
• Muth
• When Stillwater, a
panda, moves into
the neighborhood,
the stories he tells
to three siblings
teach them to look
at the world in new
ways.