In October we began to share the Grand Canyon Reader Award nominated books with our classes. The Grand Canyon Reader Award is a reader award
program for students in Arizona. Students vote annually on their favorite book
in the following categories: Picture, Non-Fiction, and Intermediate. There are
10 books in each category. The purpose of the Grand Canyon Reader Award is to
encourage young readers to become better acquainted with recently published
quality books and to honor favorite books and authors. Throughout the year we
will be sharing all 10 picture books with primary students. The intermediate
grades must read at least 3 of the 10 Intermediate books and 5 of the 10
non-fiction books to qualify to vote in those categories. Voting must be completed
by April 1, 2017. Here is the list of the nominated books: Picture Books
Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly L. Bingham Flight School by Lita Judge Goodnight Already! by Jory John I Don't Want to be a Frog by Dev Petty If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! by Elise Parsley Juna's Jar by Jane Bahk Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freeman Rodeo Red by Maripat Perkins There's a Lion in My Cornflakes by Michelle Robinson Wild About Us by Karen Beaumont Intermediate Blast Off! by Nate Ball The Hypnotists by Gordon Korman Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth Mountain Dog by Magarita Engle Night Sky Dragons by Mal Peet Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstilskin by Liesl Shurliff The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors The School is Alive! by Jack Chabert Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight by Wendy Mass Non-Fiction Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History by Son Brown A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz Boy, Were We Wrong About the Weather! by Kathleen Kudlinski Creature Features: 25 Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do by Steve Jenkins Eat Like a Bear by April Pulley Sayre Friends For Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass by Suzanne Slade Gravity by Jason Chin Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Kathrtine Appl;egate No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart Stubby the Dog Soldier: World War I Hero by B. A. Hoena |