[yscon] FW: 2018 CLEL Bell Winners!

Thu Feb 8 15:17:11 PST 2018

Hi all,
CLEL—Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy—has just announced the winners of the 2018 CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy! To find out more about the awards and see this year’s winning titles (and associated activity sheets), read on:

February 5, 2018

We are happy to announce the 2018 CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy!

The five winning books consist of one title in each of five categories selected from a shortlist<https://www.clel.org/previous-nominations> of 25 titles. Each category represents an early literacy practice: Read, Write, Sing, Talk, and Play. The books, in their content, theme, or design, support caregivers’ interaction with their children through these five early literacy practices. Research has shown that engaging children in these practices builds language skills and prepares children to become successful readers.

Please visit the 2018 CLEL Bell Winners page<https://www.clel.org/bell-awards-winners> to view and download activity sheets with bibliographic information, an annotation, and ideas for extending each winning book with children.

The 2018 Bell Award Winners

READ:  The Library Book

by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark, illustrated by Chuck Goenink

Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017   ISBN 13: 978-1481460927

A rainy day entices a girl to the library.  Sitting in her favorite chair she is soon surrounded by her literary friends including Winnie the Pooh, Madeline, Pinnocchio and more. After a fun visit to the library, she checks out her favorite book to take home and read.  This book models a child’s love of reading and how it can be enhanced by a trip to the library.

WRITE: Little Plane Learns to Write by Stephen Savage

Roaring Brook Press, 2017   ISBN-13:  978-1626724365

Little Plane loves flight school where he and the other planes are learning to write in the sky. His arcs and dives are excellent, but he can’t seem to get the hang of loopity-loops. Finally, tracing the round shape of the moon inspires Little Plane to write the perfect loopity-loops. Drawing circles, arcs, and lines helps children learn to form letters.

SING:  Motor Goose by Rebecca Colby, illustrated by Jef Kaminsky

Feiwel and Friends, 2017   ISBN 13: 978-1250101938

Motor Goose is a compilation of classic nursery rhymes that have been rewritten with a transportation theme.  Each page is a song centered on a different vehicle but set to familiar tunes such as Mary Had a Little Lamb and Itsy Bitsy Spider.  This book models the importance of singing with children, whether it be classic nursery rhymes or modern children’s classics.

TALK: Say Zoop! by Herve Tullet

Chronicle Books, 2017   ISBN-13: 978-1452164731

Say Zoop! encourages children and caregivers to interact with the pages of the book by landing their fingers on different colored dots and making sounds that the book describes for each dot. Making silly noises helps children practice the different sounds in words which will help them in acquiring language.

PLAY: Things to Do with Dad by Sam Zuppardi

Candlewick, 2017   ISBN 13: 978-0763681463

A boy and his dad start the day making pancakes together, but dad’s looming to-do list puts a damper on their shared fun. The boy alters the list, inventing imaginative ways he and his dad can complete the chores together. This book models a variety of ways that adults and kids can playfully interact to accomplish daily to-dos.

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