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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Oregon Readers Choice Award (ORCA) titles for the 2014-2015 school year have just been announced (see below). Usually several of these titles wind up on the Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) to encourage kids
to participate in both programs. These are good titles to consider purchasing and promoting for your summer reading program to help kids get a head start in participating in these wonderful statewide literacy programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Allowable Ready to Read Grant summer reading collection development projects include purchasing:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Books and audio books to help kids prepare for next year's...
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-home">Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award</a><span style="color:black"> (to be announced</span>)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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(OR</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CA, the 2014-2015 list is below!)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://oboblsta.pbworks.com/w/page/5653620/FrontPage">Oregon Battle of the Books</a><span style="color:black"> (OBOB</span>,
<span style="color:black">to be announced</span>)<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="http://oregonread.org/2012-2013-patricia-gallagher-nominees/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
(to be announced)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">book</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">s</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
on teachers' summer reading lists at your local schools.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Books and audio books on ALA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">s
Association for Library Services to Children summer reading brochures: </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/compubs/booklists/summerreadinglist"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://www.ala.org/alsc/compubs/booklists/summerreadinglist</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Any type of library material for children birth to 14 years old related to this year's summer reading theme. The 2014 summer reading theme is 'science'.
There are bibliographies (book lists) in your summer reading manuals, but you don't have to stick to them. You can ask your colleagues for ideas, check publisher's websites to see if they have created their own science themed book lists, and search the Internet.
You might start with searching for </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/boards/?q=fizz%20boom%20read">"fizz boom read" on Pinterest</a><span style="color:black">. You'll find mostly
programming and craft ideas, but you'll also find book ideas!</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#984806">Help Celebrate
<a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm"><span style="color:#984806">School Library Month</span></a>!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#984806"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nina Kramer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 24, 2014 11:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kids-lib] ORCA 2015 Titles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am pleased to announce the
<a href="http://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com/">titles</a> chosen by this year’s committee from the list of books nominated by students and teachers from around the state.<b> </b>The nominees for the 2015 ORCA Award are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Upper Elementary</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The One and Only Ivan</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Katherine Applegate<br>
<b>Chomp</b> by Carl Hiaasen<br>
<b>Starry River of the Sky</b> by Grace Lin<br>
<b>Summer of the Gypsy Moths</b> by Sara Pennypacker<br>
<b>Splendors and Glooms</b> by Laura Amy Schlitz<br>
<b>Who Could That Be at This Hour?</b> by Lemony Snicket<br>
<b>Cardboard</b> by Doug TenNapel<br>
<b>Three Times Lucky</b> by Sheila Turnage</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Middle School</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Storybound</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Marissa Burt<br>
<b>Titanic : Voices from the Disaster</b> by Deborah Hopkinson<br>
<b>Ungifted</b> by Gordon Korman<br>
<b>The Lions of Little Rock</b> by Kristin Levine<br>
<b>Keeper of the Lost Cities</b> by Shannon Messenger<br>
<b>Colin Fischer</b> by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz<br>
<b>The False Prince</b> by Jennifer A. Nielsen<br>
<b>Beyond Courage</b> by Doreen Rappaport</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Fault in Our Stars</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by John Green<br>
<b>Seraphina</b> by Rachel Hartman<br>
<b>Cinder</b> by Marissa Meyer<br>
<b>Dodger</b> by Terry Pratchett<br>
<b>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</b> by Benjamin Alire Saenz<br>
<b>Endangered</b> by Eliot Schrefer<br>
<b>Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore</b> by Robin Sloan<br>
<b>Code Name Verity</b> by Elizabeth Wein</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I would like to thank the committee members for their hard work. They are Elizabeth LaShomb Christley,
<span style="color:black">Lisa Elliott, and Teena Nelson from the Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN), Beth LaForce, Marie LeJeune,
</span>Karren Timmermans from the Oregon Reading Association (ORA), <span style="color:black">
Melanie Hetrick, Jessica Marie, Denise Willms from OLA’s Childrens Services Division (CSD), Kathryn Harmon, Kiva Liljequist, Laurie Nordahl of the Oregon Association of School Librarians (OASL) and Kira Porton of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
(PNBA).</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nina Kramer, ORCA Chair 2014-2015</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Nina Kramer</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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