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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Please pardon the cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">I’m forwarding information about the Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award. Please see the email
<b>below</b>. <br>
<br>
That’s just one of several Oregon-based reading engagement programs known as readers’ choice awards in which students / youth read nominated titles and vote for their favorite.<br>
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home">Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (BCCCA) – Aimed at those
with a reading level of K-5<sup>th</sup> grade; voting opens in March<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#215E99;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/oasl.olaweb.org/orca">Oregon Reader’s Choice Award</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (ORCA) – Categories for grades
3-5, 6-8, and 9-12; voting opens in March<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#215E99;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.oregonread.org/projects-and-grants/patricia-gallagher-awards">Patricia Gallagher Children’s Choice Picture Book Award</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
– Aimed at those who engage with picture books; voting opens in April<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#215E99;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org/">Oregon Battle of the Books</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (OBOB) – Not a readers’ choice program;
is a voluntary reading motivation and comprehension program in which students “battle” using their knowledge of the year’s books; categories for grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5597">Consider participating with your students / patrons in one or more of these excellent reading engagement opportunities. Besides being fun, participation supports
standard 1 of the Reading Engagement strand of the <u><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/school-library-standards">Oregon School Library Standards</a></u>, which is to develop an appreciation for reading. Also, please consider sharing this information with library
and teacher colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Cheers,<br>
Jen</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">(Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon,
<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#215E99">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>)</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#215E99"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ola@memberclicks-mail.net
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Libby Hamler-Dupras<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 9, 2025 4:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MAURER Jennifer <br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] Please promote the 2025-2026 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (BCCCA) Contest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><img border="0" width="79" height="138" style="width:.825in;height:1.4333in" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcxw0" alt="BCCCA-Support Materials"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black"> </span></span><img border="0" width="427" height="120" style="width:4.45in;height:1.25in" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcy11" alt="alt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">for the 24<sup>th</sup> Year!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">This award</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL)
<span style="color:#4A4A4A">is named in honor of Oregon born children's author Beverly Cleary. </span>A<span style="color:black">pril 12, 2025</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">would
have been <span style="color:black">Beverly Cleary’s </span>109<sup>th</sup> <span style="color:black">
birthday</span>. <span style="color:#4A4A4A">In her very full life, she brought enjoyment to countless young readers and their parents. We encourage families to celebrate her life by reading her books and to participate in the BCCCA contest, which was created
in her honor.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#7030A0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Roboto;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
<span style="color:#7030A0"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#7030A0;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#7030A0">Announcing
the 2025-2026 BCCCA Nominees……</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Roboto;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="199" height="229" style="width:2.075in;height:2.3833in" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcy42" alt="Frankie and Friends: Breaking News by Christine Platt"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="173" height="223" style="width:1.8in;height:2.325in" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcy93"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="170" height="217" style="width:1.7666in;height:2.2583in" id="_x0000_i1041" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcya4" alt="Shermy and Shake, the Not-So-Nice Neighbor"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">
<img border="0" width="190" height="213" style="width:1.9833in;height:2.2166in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcyn5" alt="Amazon.com: Salma Makes a Home (The Salma Series, 1): 9781773217628: Ramadan, Danny, Bron, Anna: Books"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> <img border="0" width="168" height="218" style="width:1.75in;height:2.275in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:ii_mfd5lcz67" alt="The Story of Gumluck the Wizard: Book One By Adam Rex Cover Image"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Breaking News
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Frankie and Friends Book #1) by Christine Platt.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">When Mama suddenly needs to leave to cover a breaking news story, Frankie must cope with missing her mom. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">Frankie
imitates her journalist mama by reporting on household news with the help of her older sister, Raven, and an unlikely news crew.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Henry Like Always
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Book #1) by Jenn Bailey.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">Henry likes Classroom Ten. He likes how it’s always the same. But this week, Henry's class will have a parade, and a parade means having
<i>Share Time </i>on the wrong day. A parade means playing instruments that are <i>
too</i> loud. A parade means this week is not like always. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">Join Henry as he navigates the ups and downs of marker missiles, stomach volcanoes, and days that feel a little too
orange.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Not-So-Nice Neighbor
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Shermy & Shake Book #1) by Kirby Larson.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When Shake comes to stay with his grandmother
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#040C28">in the house next door, Shermy's plans for a quiet, relaxing summer are completely upended</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F1F1F">.
That's because Shake is nothing like Shermy. And Shermy is nothing like Shake!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Salma Makes a Home
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Salma #1) by Danny Ramadan.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">After a year, eleven months, and six days apart, Salma’s dad is finally joining her family in their new home in Canada. Salma is so happy to see her baba–but she’s also worried.
What if he misses Syria so much that he leaves them again? She throws herself into showing him around the city and helping him learn English, but as Baba shares memories of Damascus, Salma starts to realize how much she misses the life she had in Syria, too.
Can Salma make space in her heart for two homes? And can Baba?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Search for a Giant Squid: Pick Your Path
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Science Explorers Book #1) by Amy Seto Forrester and Andy Chou Musser.<b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">Take a journey to the ocean's twilight zone in
<i>Search for a Giant Squid! </i>An exciting mixture of fiction and nonfiction, this choose-your-own-adventure-style story allows readers to take on the mantle of a teuthologist looking for a giant squid in its natural habitat. Once readers pick their submersible,
pilot, and dive site, the adventure begins!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Story of Gumluck the Wizard
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(Gumluck the Wizard #1) by Adam Rex.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">It is also a story about a ghost with a memory loss, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful town, and a wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty good storyteller).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1E1915">But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really, really wants to be a hero. His name is Gumluck, and he is a bumbling noodlehead.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">202</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5<span style="color:#4A4A4A">-202</span>6<span style="color:#4A4A4A">
<b>BCCCA Slide</b></span><b> deck</b><span style="color:#4A4A4A"> </span>(<span style="color:#4A4A4A">with educational links</span>)<span style="color:#4A4A4A">
</span>and the <b>BCCCA Animoto’s </b>link is <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees">
https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees</a><span style="color:#215E99"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">202</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5<span style="color:#4A4A4A">-202</span>6<span style="color:#4A4A4A">
<b>BCCCA Student Paper Ballot</b></span><b>’s</b> link is <span style="color:#4A4A4A">
<a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote">https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-how-to-vote</a></span><span style="color:#215E99">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">Newberg Public Library’s Amanda Lambs’</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<b>BCCCA <span style="color:#4A4A4A">flyer</span></b><span style="color:#4A4A4A"> and
</span><b>BCCCA <span style="color:#4A4A4A">bookmarks</span></b>, and the <b>spine label’s</b><span style="color:#4A4A4A">
</span>link is <span style="color:#4A4A4A"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials">https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials</a></span><span style="color:#215E99">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">Official
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Online voting
<span style="color:#4A4A4A">for the 202</span>5<span style="color:#4A4A4A">-202</span>6<span style="color:#4A4A4A"> BCCCA titles opens on March 15, 202</span>6,<span style="color:#4A4A4A"> and closes on April 10, 202</span>6.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">School librarians, public librarians, and teachers will tally votes, and then enter the </span><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">final </span></u></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">voting
tallies for their building using the <b>Adult Online Submission Form</b> that will be posted on the BCCCA website.</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> (</span></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Students </span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">do
not</span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> enter their votes online.)</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Libby Hamler-Dupras BCCCA Committee Chair</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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