[kids-lib] By TH, April 10th, 2025 --Please collect your students' 2024-2025 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award votes & submit them

[MAURER Jennifer * SLO]

Please pardon the cross-posting. FYI for those who are participating in the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award this year. - Thanks, Jen (Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon, jennifer.maurer at slo.oregon.gov<mailto:jennifer.maurer at slo.oregon.gov>)


From: ola at memberclicks-mail.net <ola at memberclicks-mail.net> On Behalf Of Libby Hamler-Dupras
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 12:43 PM
To: MAURER Jennifer * SLO <jennifer.maurer at slo.oregon.gov>
Subject: [oasl-all] By TH, April 10th, 2025 --Please collect your students' 2024-2025 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award votes & submit them


[cid:ii_m8xh3dr10][cid:ii_m8xh3dr61]22nd Year!
Hi Teachers, School Library and Public Library Staff,

Please encourage your students across the United States to participate in voting for their favorite 2024-2025 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (BCCCA) nominated title! Readers with reading levels of K-5th who have read (or listened to) at least two of the nominated books may each vote for their favorite.

The Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award<https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home> is a reading engagement program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) and the Oregon Library Association (OLA). This contest opened on March 15th and will close on Thursday, April 10th, 2025, at 6 PM. The winning title will be announced on the BCCCA website on April 12th in celebration of Beverly Cleary's birthday!

Official voting:  After tallying student ballots, librarians or teachers should enter their building-wide voting totals.  (Students do not enter their votes online).  Only the adult administering the BCCCA program enters the final tallies. The Adult Online Submission form is available on the website https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote

To promote this contest, show your readers the BCCCA Animoto, and the BCCCA Google Slide deck with short educational links at https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees. Read aloud as many of this year's nominations as possible. BCCCA spine labels and Amanda Lamb's flyer and bookmarks are available at https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials

  *   The 2024-2025 BCCCA Student Paper Ballot is available on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l-T68AYDyxmgNA4hBW5d0HLCxS8J8Eyh/view


                                                                         Announcing the 2024-2025 BCCCA Nominees......<https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees>

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The Astronomically Grand Plan (Astrid the Astronaut #1) by Rie Neal.
Astrid is determined to be the first astronaut with hearing aids in space! She can't wait for the school year to start so she can put her Astronomically Grand Plan into action! She and her best friend, Hallie, are going to be in their first year of Shooting Stars, a club dedicated to all things space. Astrid's big sister has told her all about it, and this year, there is a big, wonderful prize: a trip to a real-life space camp! But Astrid's Grand Plan isn't off to a great start: it turns out Hallie is more interested in the art club, Petite Picassos! And Astrid isn't sure that her goal of exploring space will happen the same way without her BFF by her side. Can Astrid figure out a way to complete her mission?

Esme's Birthday Conga Line by Lourdes Heuer.
Esme always has a plan. She loves to problem-solve and when her grandparents don't plan a birthday party for her, Esme jumps into action! She gets a little help from her cat, El Toro, and a LOT of help from her neighbors in the topmost best building. In the end,  Esme gets the birthday party of her dreams.

Expedition Backyard: Exploring Nature from Country to City by Rosemary Mosco and Binglin Hu.

Each day, two best friends- Mole and Vole venture out into the world - never forgetting their nature journal! - to see what they can find in their own backyard. From pigeons to swamp milkweed, these two explorers get to know every part of their local environment. But after an accidental move from the country to the city, Mole and Vole worry that everything will be different. As they explore, they discover plants to look at and animals to meet in their new home as well. This nonfiction graphic novel uncovers that nature is everywhere- no matter where you live.

Fenway and the Bone Thieves (Make Way for Fenway #1) by Victoria J. Coe.
Fenway is a little dog with a GIANT personality. There's nothing better than a brand-new bone! And nothing worse than sneaky squirrels trying to steal it! But Fenway is smarter than those squirrels, and he finds the perfect place to hide his bone.The only problem is the hiding place might be too hard for Fenway to find, too!

King of the Ice (Miles Lewis #1) by Kelly Starling Lyons.

Miles Lewis loves science and sports. But when his teacher announces a class field trip to an ice skating rink to learn about physics, he isn't so excited. He's never ice skated before, and his friend RJ won't let him forget it. RJ even challenges him to a bet: If Miles skates without falling, RJ will put a "Miles is the man" sign on his backpack. But if Miles falls, he has to put one on his that says the same about RJ. Miles can barely focus on the bet, though, because he suspects his beloved Nana has plans to move out of his family's house-and that's just too much to bear. Can he keep his cool with all the pressure from RJ while finding a way to make his grandma stay?

Mayra Khan and the Incredible Henna Party (Mayra Khan #1) by Saadia Faruqi.

Marya's eighth birthday is coming up in a week, and all she wants is an over-the-top birthday party just like the ones Alexa, her rich neighbor, always throws. When Alexa parades into school with fancy invitations, Marya can't help herself--she claims that she's having the most epic henna party ever. Now she must convince her family to make it happen. Enter Operation Help the Khans! Marya's siblings clearly need help with their projects. Maybe she could cook dinner for her parents, or clean her grandmother's room? Except everything Marya does seems to end in disaster. Will Marya and her family be able pull it together and throw the best party ever?!

Thank you for promoting reading!  If you experience any problems, please email me.

Warmly,

Libby Hamler-Dupras   BCCCA Committee Chair

elfgirl at Q.com<mailto:elfigirl at Q.com>

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