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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please excuse multiple postings…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="103" height="126" style="width:1.0708in;height:1.3166in" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D5D075.B848AFA0" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The
State Library of Ohio and the Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO) Advisory Council are pleased to announce that
<a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/oge-mora/thank-you-omu/9780316431231/" target="_blank">
<b><i>Thank You, Omu!</i></b></a> by Oge Mora has been selected as the fifth annual Floyd’s Pick Book Award winner, in memory of children’s literature expert, advocate, and librarian Floyd Dickman.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The Floyd’s Pick Book Award is given annually to a book written by an Ohio author or illustrated by an Ohio illustrator that is representative of high-quality literature
created for children. It is given to carry on the legacy of Floyd Dickman’s work to support and share children’s literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The CTRO Advisory Council has also selected three Floyd’s Pick Honor Books for 2020:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605986/clackety-track-poems-about-trains-by-skila-brown/" target="_blank"><b><i>Clackety Track:
Poems About Trains</i></b></a> illustrated by Jamey Christoph, written by Skila Brown (Candlewick, 2019).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Leila-in-Saffron/Rukhsanna-Guidroz/9781534425644" target="_blank"><b><i>Leila in Saffron</i></b></a>
illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova, written by Rukhsana Guidroz (Salaam Reads, 2019).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/rabbit-and-the-motorbike.html" target="_blank"><b><i>Rabbit and the Motorbike</i></b></a> by
Kate Hoefler, illustrated by Sarah Jacoby (Chronicle Books, 2019).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Thank You, Omu!</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> (Little, Brown, 2018) draws readers and listeners in to a
vibrant community as everyone in the neighborhood hopes for a taste of Omu’s delicious red stew! Debut author/illustrator Oge Mora captivates audiences with her engaging collage illustrations and keeps them glued to a cumulative story with a fun, vocabulary-enriching
refrain and a warm message of generosity and reciprocity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Oge Mora was born and raised in Columbus and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
<b><i>Thank You, Omu! </i></b>was inspired by the strong female role models in her life. It is a 2019 Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Jamey Christoph, illustrator of Floyd’s Pick Honor Book
<b><i>Clackety Track: Poems About Trains</i></b>, lives in Cleveland Heights. Dinara Mirtalipova, illustrator of Floyd’s Pick Honor Book
<b><i>Leila in Saffron</i></b>, lives in Sagamore Hills. Kate Hoefler, author of Floyd’s Pick Honor Book
<b><i>Rabbit and the Motorboke</i></b>, lives in rural eastern Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Floyd Dickman was a Library Consultant at the State Library of Ohio and a tireless advocate for children’s literature and librarianship who had a tremendous positive
impact on library and literacy services in Ohio and across the country. Upon his retirement in 1999, the State Library of Ohio Board’s retirement resolution recognized Floyd’s leadership, commitment, and passion for library services, children’s literature
and family literacy. Floyd is also remembered as a dedicated mentor to librarians and library science students. During his career he was awarded the Ohio Library Council Librarian of the Year award and was named Outstanding Friend by the Ohio Family Literacy
Task Force. Floyd Dickman passed away in June 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The CTRO Advisory Council established Floyd’s Pick in December 2015 with a proclamation by Beverly Cain, State Librarian of Ohio. Ohio author and illustrator Loren Long,
winner of the first Floyd’s Pick Book Award for <b><i>Little Tree</i></b>, graciously provided the Floyd’s Pick Book Award artwork. Click
<a href="http://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/library-programs-development/ctro/floyds-pick">
here </a>for more on Floyd’s Pick books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO), a project of the State Library of Ohio, Ohioana Library, and Ohio Center for the Book, spotlights Ohio authors and promotes reading across
Ohio. Every two years, a booklist of 20 representative titles for all ages is selected, with the input of dozens of Ohio librarians, educators, and others invested in readers and reading. Learn more:
<a href="http://library.ohio.gov/ctro">library.ohio.gov/ctro</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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