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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Cross-posted. Please excuse duplication.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Buckeye Children’s Book Award Council announces the nominees for the 2017 Buckeye Children’s Book Award and the 2017 Buckeye Teen Book Award. The following titles were
chosen in an online nomination process by young readers all across the state of Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Grades K-2
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Are We There Yet?</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Dan Santat (Little, Brown Books for
Young Readers, 2016) 978-0316199995<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I’ll Wait, Mr. Panda</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Steve Antony (Scholastic Press,
2016) 978-1338028362<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Ninjabread Man</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by C. J. Leigh, pictures by Chris Gall
(Orchard Books, 2016) 978-0545814300<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Samson in the Snow</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Philip C. Stead (Roaring Brook Press,
2016) 978-1626721821<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Waiting</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books, 2015) 978-0062368430<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Grades 3-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (Parts One and Two)</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
a new play by Jack Thorne, based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2016) 978-1338099133<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">License to Thrill (The Genius Files #5)</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Dan Gutman
(HarperCollins, 2015) 978-0062236326<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pax</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Jon Klassen (Blazer
+ Bray, 2016) 978-0062377012<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wild Robot</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Peter Brown (Little, Brown Books for Young
Readers, 2016) 978-0316381994 <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Some Kind of Courage</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Dan Gemeinhart (Scholastic Press,
2016) 978-0545665773<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For Grades 6-8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Children of Eden</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Joey Graceffa (Atria/Keywords Press,
2016) 978-1501146558<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fish in a Tree</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin,
2015) <span style="color:#333333;background:white">978-0399162596</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ghost</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books,
2016) 978-1481450157<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Other Boy</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by M. G. Hennessey (HarperCollins, 2016)
978-0062427663<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wolf Hollow</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Lauren Wolk (Dutton Books for Young Readers,
2016) 978-1101994825<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Teen Buckeye Book Award nominees (for grades 9-12):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Everything Everything</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Nicola Yoon (Delacorte Press,
2016) 978-0553496642<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Female of the Species</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Mindy McGinnis (Katherine
Tegen Books, 2016) 978-0062320896<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Great American Whatever</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Tim Federle (Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, 2016) 978-1481404099<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Heir (The Selection bk. 4)</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Keira Cass (HarperTeen,
2015) 978-0062349859<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Red Queen</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> by Victoria Aveyard (HarperTeen, 2015) 978-0062310637<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To be eligible for nomination for the 2017 award, a book must have been published in the United States in the previous two years. Voting is open to any student in Ohio, and
will begin on September 1, 2017 on the BCTBA website: www.bcbookaward.info. Voting ends on November 10, 2017, and the winners will be announced after December 1, 2017.
<b>Ohio’s reader’s choice book award is unique among other state book award programs in that the nominated and winning titles are entirely selected by the state’s children and teens.</b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award Council is pleased to continue our two partnerships, with DOGOBooks.com and TeachingBooks.net.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
DOGObooks.com, the <b>largest/leading </b>website for book reviews by-and-for kids hosts the BCTBA voting through an engaging interface for Ohio students to learn about the nominated books, share their reviews, and vote for their favorites. TeachingBooks.net,
the professional tool for educators, will be providing free access for teachers and librarians to multimedia resources on the Buckeye-nominated books, from author interviews to literacy connections and lesson plans. Together our organizations will continue
to promote the love of reading among Ohio’s children and teens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award Council also<b> announces the winners of the 2017 Perma-Bound Buckeye Book Awards Programming Grant</b>.
<span style="color:#222222">Educators or librarians who work with children in the grade ranges of K-12 in Ohio applied for a grant to
</span>use the awarded books in activities or programs that promote literacy, give more children access to great books and get children and teens involved in the Buckeye Book Award voting process. The winners are:<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">K-2: Arin Burton, Lima Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">The winners of this grant won three copies each of the top five nominees in their grade level, for a total of 15 books, from Perma-Bound.
Applications were judged on criteria including the creativity of programming proposals, the number of children that will be engaged in the activities, and the emphasis placed on increasing literacy and involvement in the Buckeye Book Award voting process over
time. Special consideration was also given to schools and organizations demonstrating financial need. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More information on the Buckeye Book Awards and the Programming Grant is available on our website:
<a href="http://www.bcbookaward.info/">http://www.bcbookaward.info/</a>or by contacting the BCTBA Council President, Christina Getrost, at
<a href="mailto:buckeyekidsread@gmail.com">mailto:buckeyekidsread@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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