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<p class="MsoNormal">Forwarding the announcement of this year’s Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award winner, and next year’s nominees, on behalf of Libby Hamler-Dupras. <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 width="117" height="204" style="width:1.2187in;height:2.125in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0" alt="BCCCA-Support Materials"><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 width="427" height="120" style="width:4.4479in;height:1.25in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0" alt="alt"><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20<sup>th</sup>
Year!<sup> </sup></span><o:p></o:p></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>106<sup>th</sup> <span style="color:black">
birthday</span>. Today, the <span style="color:black">BCCCA Committee </span>is proud to<span style="color:black"> announce that over </span>1,340 Kindergarten through Middle School
<span style="color:black">children </span>from Oregon, Idaho and Kansas <span style="color:black">
participated in voting for their favorite </span>2021-2022<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><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</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">21<span style="color:black">-</span>2022<span style="color:black"> BCCCA Winner is……</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></em><img width="168" height="214" style="width:1.75in;height:2.2291in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image003.png@01D85565.1B1839E0"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></em><span style="font-size:28.0pt;color:black;background:white">by
Eloise Greenfield</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A huge shout-out of thanks<span style="color:black"> to all
</span>the <span style="color:black">school </span>and <span style="color:black">
public libraries and classroom teachers</span> who<span style="color:black"> promot</span>ed<span style="color:black"> and encourag</span>ed<span style="color:black">
</span>their readers<span style="color:black"> </span>to <span style="color:black">
participat</span>e<span style="color:black"> </span>in voting for their favorite<span style="color:black">
</span>the Beverly Cleary<span style="color:black"> Children’s Choice Award</span> nominee!</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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In another week or so, the 2022-2023 BCCCA Slide Deck with educational links on next year’s five Nominees, spine labels, the 2022-23 Student Paper Ballot and Newberg Public Library’s Amanda Lambs’s
flyer and bookmarks will be posted. Official voting opens next year on March 15, 2023 and closes on April 10, 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black"> </span></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:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2022-2023</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
BCCCA Nomin</span></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ees……</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="181" height="311" style="width:1.8854in;height:3.2395in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0" alt="Amazon.com: Here Comes Lolo (LOLO, 1): 9781946395368: Daly, Niki: Books"> <span style="color:black"> </span>
<span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="210" height="312" style="width:2.1875in;height:3.25in" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0"><span style="color:black"> </span><img border="0" width="252" height="324" style="width:2.625in;height:3.375in" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0" alt="Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us: Castillo, Lauren: 9781524766719: Amazon.com: Books"> <img border="0" width="286" height="303" style="width:2.9791in;height:3.1562in" id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0" alt="The Powwow Dog Trade Book (Hardcover)">
<img border="0" width="202" height="298" style="width:2.1041in;height:3.1041in" id="Picture_x0020_14" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D85565.1B1839E0" alt="Amazon.com: Puppy Problems (Peanut, Butter, and Crackers): 9780593117439: Braddock, Paige: Books"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here Comes Lolo
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by Niki Daly.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0F1111">Meet the curious, fun-loving, adventurous Lolo, a girl living in South Africa with her mother and grandmother,Gogo!
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">For Lolo, every day is a new adventure. Whether it’s earning gold stars at school or returning a lost ring, she’s ready for anything. Follow along with Lolo as she learns lessons
about sharing, being brave, and being a good friend.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by Lyla Lee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Mindy has just moved from California to Florida for her Dad’s new job. She’s nervous about starting at a new school, especially when
her classmates make fun of the Korean snacks in her lunch. Once she convinces them that dry seaweed is delicious, can Mindy handle the demand her snack trading has created?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our Friend Hedgehog: the Story of Us
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by Lauren Castillo.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#775555">Hedgehog lives on a teeny-tiny island with only her stuffed dog, Mutty, for company. When a great storm carries Mutty away, she embarks
on an adventure to find her friend. Following the trail of clues Mutty left behind, brave Hedgehog meets a wiggly Mole, a wordy Owl, a curmudgeonly Beaver, a scatterbrained Hen and Chicks, and Annika May, a girl new to the neighborhood. With bravery and teamwork,
there's nothing that can stop these seven from finding Mutty, but along the way they discover something even more important: each other.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Powwow Dog
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by Joseph Bruchac.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">An unusual picture book/chapter book/graphic novel offers readers a mystery. Grama and Grampa are taking twins Marie and Jamie Longbow
to the powwow. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#555555">When the twins find out about a mysterious ghost dog that steals food and no one has been able to catch it, they are determined to find out what’s going on!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Puppy Problems
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">by Paige Braddock.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333">In this graphic novel, Crackers, a goofy dog who goes nuts over squirrels and Butter, a plump cat who loves licking butter, have a
nice, cushy, life together — until the day their human comes home with a <i>puppy</i>!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">
<span style="color:#333333">Floppy-eared Peanut is afraid of the dark: yowl! He dips into all the food bowls: slurp! He drools, chews up stuff, always wants to play, and hogs the human’s lap. Crackers and Butter have had it with all the puppy crazyness!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Happy Reading!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Libby Hamler-Dupras BCCCA Committee Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:elfigirl@Q.com">elfgirl@Q.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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