Saturday, March 26, 2011
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Grade: 5-6
Committee annotation: Jason is a boy with autism. Kids at school think he is "weird" and usually avoid him. Jason finally finds friendship with a girl in his online writing group. Will a face-to-face meeting change their friendship?
Subjects:
Author website: http://www.norabaskin.com/
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy US Marshall by Vaunda Micheau Nelson
Grades: 3-6
Committee annotation:
It is 1875 and the West needs deputies. Former slave, Bass Reeves is hired to keep the peace. He is an honest man with a strong sense of right and wrong. Through courage and expert marksmanship Deputy Reeves brings 3,000 criminals to justice.
Subjects:Author website: none.
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo
Grades: 3-4
Committee annotation:
Bink & Gollie, two imaginative best friends, share a tree house and a love of pancakes. In three very funny adventures, without leaving their neighborhood, they climb the Andes, befriend a goldfish, and have a big fight about rainbow colored socks.
Author website: http://www.katedicamillo.com/
Student video
Bink and Gollie Book Report from Katherine D. Reaves on Vimeo.
Bylines: A Photobiography of Nellie Bly by Sue Macy
Grades: 4-6
Committee annotation:
Daring news reporter, globetrotter, and advocate for women's rights, Nellie Bly made people stand up and take notice.
Subjects:Author blog: http://www.suemacy.com/blog/index.php
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The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli
Emily's Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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