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May 16, 2018 - Idioms and Off to the Future - Summer Reading Lists
Loreen Leedy art for There' a Frog in My Throat
Marvin Terban word play fun - idioms
Your Dictionary Idioms for kids
Idioms Bookmark
Storyline on Line - A Tale of Two Beasts
Idioms for kids at theidioms.com
ALSC 2017 Summer Reading List 6-8
ALSC summer reading list 3-5
May 10, 2018 - Mother's Day - Alma and How She Got Her Name - Doreen Cronin - M.O.M.* (Mom Operating Manual)
Watch.Connect.Read Blog Sometimes You Fly Trailer
Alma Activity Kit from Candlewick Press
May 3 - Children's Choice Book Awards
5th and 6th grade - Vote before May 6th
Covers of 5th-6th grade winners 2008-2017
2018 5th-6th grade winners with annotations
Poems From Your Pockets
PiypLewis
PiypAnon.
PiypSilverstein
PiypPrelutsky
PiypSilverstein#2
PiypMilne
Disaster Diaries Series at Macmillan
Loser's Club at Penguin/Random House
Finding Mighty Book Trailer/Guide at Abrams Books
Malala Activist for Girls Education at Charlesbridge
This is Just a Test at Scholastic Book Wizard
April 26, 2018 - Poetry Month - Poem in your Pocket Day
Poem in Your Pocket Day 2018
Shel Silverstein
US Children's Poet Laureate in this website
April 16, 2018 - CCBA 2019 Junior Books
2019 Junior Book Covers and Trailer Links in Word
Junior Book Powerpoint 4.15.18
2019 CCBA Junior Book Bookmark
April 6, 2018 - Youth One Book One Denver - 2018-2019 CCBA Junior Books
Youth One Book One Denver
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
March 23, 2018 - 2019 CCBA Picture Books - Children's Choices Book Award Information if time
2019 CCBA Picture Book Bookmark
2019 Picture Book Covers and Trailer Links in Word
National Children's Choices Book Awards - Vote by May
March 16, 2018 - CYBILS Award Winners - 2019 CCBA nominees
CYBILS winners 2018
Irma Black Award 2018 Finalists
Cook Prize 2018 Finalists
2018 Finalists in Word Document
How the Cookie Crumbled Recipe
March 9, 2018 - International Woman's Day
She Persisted Around the World Trailer 2 min.
4 min. Tribute Song for She Persisted
She Persisted Around The World Bookmark
February 27, 2018 - Vote for 2018 CCBA and Nominate for 2019
Picture Book Possibles
Junior Book Possibles
Sample voting machine
February 21, 2018 - Guidelines for 2019 CCBA Nominations

  1. Nominated books must be currently in print and published in the five years preceding the award year.
  2. Only one title per author will be included in each year’s ballot.
  3. Last year’s winning authors are not eligible this year.
  4. Books previously nominated are not eligible for nomination in following years.
  5. A book title nominated by more than one school or library will be considered more heavily for inclusion in the final list.
  6. Books based on movies, television shows, toys, video games, or apps are not eligible for nomination unless the book preceded the production.
  7. The author of a nominated book must be a living author.
  8. Caldecott and Newbery Award books are not eligible. Honor books are eligible.
  9. Once a book in a series has won, all other books in that series by that author will not be eligible for nomination.
  10. Children may vote for both one picture book AND one junior book, PROVIDED they have read a minimum of three picture books and three junior books. ​​
c2019, c2018, c2017, c2016, c2015
Must  be a BOOK first.
Not Caldecott or Newbery Medal.
Book can only be Nominated Once
Series rule.
Number of schools counts more than number of children
Children can vote for 1 in each category if read (or listen to) 3 in that category
​
All CCBA nominee database 1976-2018
February 16, 2018 - ALA Youth Media winners and honor books
Caldecott and Geisel 2018 Covers
Wolf in the Snow 2 min. Trailer
January 25 - drawings for banners                                         
Title letters                                                           Title letters
Author names                                                       Author names
desk x 2                                                               rain
Ravi's arm                                                            clouds
blue m&m                                                            Rose
glass bowl                                                            Rose's dad
pencil bag                                                            Rain
mechanical pencils                                                couch
jar with leeches inside                                           house and porch
​                                                                          trees or shrubs
tiffin box
January 22, 2018 - The Antlered Ship - Banner discussion
Fran Week's Recipe for Apple Crisp Page 1
* Bake uncovered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour or until top is nicely browned.
​* Enjoy with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Raji Suryanarayanan's Recipe for Naan Khatais
Covers for Save Me a Seat and Rain Reign
Picture
Picture
January 8, 2018 - Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett 
5 min. about We All Found a Hat for grownups with Jon K.
December 11, 2017 - Chanukah or Hanukkah 
December 4, 2017 - Michael Hall
Michael Hall Book list/activities
My Heart is Like a Zoo.com
Michael Hall Studio
November 28, 2017 - Jon Agee - Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Jon Agee Website
Jon Agee Interview NYT March 2017
Life on Mars Bookmark- 5 per page
Life on Mars - 1 min. Penguin Trailer
November 13, 2017 - Thanksgiving - ​Sometimes It's Turkey, Sometimes It's Feathers
November 6, 2017 - Picture book month - The Book of Gold​
Authors & Illustrators from What is a Picture Book Video
Picture Book Month
Jessica Townsend Author at BookBar 5:00 tonight
Jupiter North Quote
October 30, 2017 - Halloween
How to draw Pumpkins with expression - Jarrett Krosoczka
October 16, 2017 - Elephant and Piggie Books - Amorphisms and Idioms

October 8, 2017 - Curious Garden - Peter Brown
Peter Brown Website
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild Trailer in SafeShare
5 min. Children Make Terrible Pets Read to me a story
30 sec. Creepy Pair of Underwear! in Safeshare
October 5, 2017 - Katherine Applegate's Wishtree - Alphabet books
Wishtree trailer
Link to Canadian Blog about The Alphabet Thief
How to Get a Picture Book Published-Adam Rex
September 18, 2017 - A few new favorites - Happy Rosh Hashanah! apples & honey muffins
Claymates Trailer in SafeShare
7 Ate 9 Trailer in safeshare
Mrs. Haloin's Honey Cake muffins
Recipe for pineapple zucchini muffins
Blue Bunny Toys and Books
Trailer and ABOVE & BEYOND, the animated film that inspired it all, created by FableVision Studios in collaboration with The Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Sketchpad 4.1 online
September 7, 2017 - CCBA Picture Books - Use powerpoint from CCIRA/CCBA 2017-18 tab
Bookmark for picture books 6 per page
August 31, 2017 - CCBA Junior Books - Use powerpoint from CCIRA/CCBA 2017-18 tab
Lemons - Melissa D Savage website
August 30, 2017 - 2018 Colorado Children's Book Award Introduction
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