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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Libby Hamler-Dupras is the chair of the
</span><u><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Beverly
Cleary Children’s Choice Award</span></a></span></u><span style="color:#2F5496"> (BCCCA) Committee, and she asked me to forward her message below. Public library staff can help promote student participation in BCCCA. “Children of all ages may vote each spring
for their favorite title from the list of nominated books. The winning title is announced on Beverly Cleary's birthday, April 12. Nominations include books targeted to the reading ability of 2nd and 3rd graders or transitional readers.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:ola@memberclicks-mail.net">ola@memberclicks-mail.net</a> <<a href="mailto:ola@memberclicks-mail.net">ola@memberclicks-mail.net</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Libby Hamler-Dupras<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 12, 2021 7:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> MAURER Jennifer <br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] Announcing the 2020-2021 BCCCA Winner & 2021-2022 BCCCA Nominees<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black"> </span></span><img border="0" width="115" height="201" style="width:1.1979in;height:2.0937in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="BCCCA-Support Materials"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="427" height="120" style="width:4.4479in;height:1.25in" id="_x0000_i1049" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="alt"><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1</span><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">9<sup>th</sup>
Year!<sup> </sup></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A<span style="color:black">pril 12<sup>th</sup></span> would have been
<span style="color:black">Beverly Cleary’s </span>105<sup>th</sup> <span style="color:black">
birthday</span>. Though she has left us physically, her memory lives on in her books and<span style="color:black">
</span>by participating in the<span style="color:black"> </span>Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award. This year, the
<span style="color:black">BCCCA Committee </span>is proud to<span style="color:black"> announce that over </span>200
<span style="color:black">children </span>from Kindergarten through Middle School in Oregon and Kansas
<span style="color:black">participated in voting for their favorite </span>2020-21<span style="color:black"> BCCCA
</span>title<span style="color:black">!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">20</span></b><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20<span style="color:black">-</span>2021<span style="color:black"> BCCCA Winner is……</span></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></em><img border="0" width="176" height="238" style="width:1.8333in;height:2.4791in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="Megabat by Anna Humphrey"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></em><b><i><span style="font-size:28.0pt;color:black;background:white">Megabat
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;color:black;background:white">by Anna Humphrey</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A special note of appreciation to the authors, publishers and professional video companies who very generously gave us legal permission to promote the 2020-2021 BCCCA titles
by providing free online resources due to the Covid-19 pandemic.</span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you to all
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the <span style="color:black">
school </span>and <span style="color:black">public libraries and classroom teachers</span> throughout the U.S.<span style="color:black"> for promoting and encouraging your</span> readers<span style="color:black">
</span>to <span style="color:black">participat</span>e<span style="color:black"> in
</span>the Beverly Cleary<span style="color:black"> Children’s Choice Award.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information on the BCCCA program, please go to the BCCCA homepage <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home">https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home</a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<span style="color:black">
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T<span style="color:black">o
</span>promote<span style="color:black"> the 20</span>21-2022<span style="color:black">
</span>BCCCA <span style="color:black">Nominees</span>, go to <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees">
https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees</a> to locate</span> <span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
t<span style="color:black">he </span>2021-2022 <span style="color:black">Animoto</span> and Powerpoint with
<span style="color:black">educational links</span>. The 2021-2022 BCCCA Bookmarks and Flyer created by Amanda Lamb of Newberg Public Library are available at
<a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials">https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials</a>.
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Use the 2021-2022 Student Ballot <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote">https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote</a> to assist with your readers’ voting participation.
Official voting opens on March 15<sup>th</sup> and closes on April 10, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Announcing the </span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2021-2022<span style="color:black"> BCCCA Nomin</span>ees……</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><img border="0" width="142" height="217" style="width:1.4791in;height:2.2604in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="Frankie Sparks, Third-Grade Inventor: Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet, Volume 1 (Series #1) (Hardcover) - Walmart.com - Walmart.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span> <span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="171" height="217" style="width:1.7812in;height:2.2604in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary (Growing to Greatness): Conrad, Vicki, Hohn, David: 9781632172228: Amazon.com: Books"><span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="168" height="214" style="width:1.75in;height:2.2291in" id="Picture_x0020_11" src="cid:image007.png@01D72FCA.C19A1980"><span style="color:black"> </span>
<span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="164" height="213" style="width:1.7083in;height:2.2187in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner: Harrington, Janice N., Taylor III, Theodore: 9781629795584: Amazon.com: Books"><span style="color:black"> </span>
<span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="159" height="206" style="width:1.6562in;height:2.1458in" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas Audiobook by Juana Medina - 9781721365494 | Rakuten Kobo United States"> <img border="0" width="131" height="213" style="width:1.3645in;height:2.2187in" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="A Is for Elizabeth: Vail, Rachel, Keiser, Paige: 9781250162120: Amazon.com: Books">
<img border="0" width="156" height="213" style="width:1.625in;height:2.2187in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D72FCA.C19A1980" alt="The Tree and Me – Beggars Banquet Books"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Blakemore, Megan Frazer.
<b><i>Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet</i></b><i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#181818;background:white">The 3<sup>rd</sup> grade classroom is getting a pet and Frankie thinks a rat would be perfect. But her best friend, Maya, doesn't think a rat would be great at all.
They are kind of gross and not as cool as a hermit crab, which is Maya's top choice.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conrad, Vicki.
<b><i>Just Like Beverly Cleary: A Biography of Beverly Cleary</i></b><i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#181818;background:white">As a young girl, Beverly Cleary struggled to learn to read and found most children's books dull and boring. She often wondered if there were any books about kids just
like her. Beverly Cleary's story comes to life as she grows to follow her dreams of writing the books she longed for as a child, becoming an award-winning writer and one of the most famous children's authors of all time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greenfield, Eloise.
<b><i>Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me.</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">Thinker isn't just an average puppy―he's a poet. So is his owner, Jace. Together, they turn the world around them into verse. There's just one problem: Thinker has to keep quiet in public, and he can't
go to school with Jace. That is, until Pets' Day. But when Thinker is allowed into the classroom at last, he finds it hard to keep his true identity a secret.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Harrington, Janice.
<b><i>Buzzing With Questions: the Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202124;background:white">The curiousity of the first Black American entomologist Charles Henry Turner- a scientist who studied bugs- shines in this Nonfiction picture book,
which showcases his ideas and discoveries about ants, bees and other insects.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Medina, Juana.
<b><i>Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#202124;background:white">Juana's life is just about perfect. She lives in the beautiful city of Bogotá in the country of Colombia with her two most favorite people in the world: her mami and
her dog, Lucas. When her mami meets someone new, Juana worries that everything will change</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Vail, Rachel.
<b><i>A is for Elizabeth.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Elizabeth is in second grade in Class 2B and it’s great! Friends, recess, homework!</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
<span style="background:white">Even a big project: Make a poster of your name. The name Elizabeth has a bajillion letters in it!</span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Zemke, Deborah.
<b><i>The Tree and Me (Bea Garcia #4).<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#474646;background:white">Bea Garcia and her best friend, Judith Einstein, sit under the 250-year-old oak tree in their schoolyard and imagine a face in its trunk. They name the tree “Emily”
after their favorite American poet. Bea loves to draw both real and imagined pictures of their favorite place. A boy<i> </i>climbs the tree and gets stuck. Bert causes such a scene that the school board declares Emily a nuisance and decides to chop it down.
Bea and Einstein rally their friends with environmental facts, poetry, and artwork to try to convince the adults in their lives to change their minds.</span><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Happy Reading!<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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