2012 Rebecca Caudill Nominees
Schools and libraries in Illinois promote the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award. It is a children's choice program for readers in grades four through eight. The 2012 Rebecca Caudill nominees were announced earlier today.
The purposes of the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award are:
To encourage children and young adults to read for personal satisfaction.
To develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children and young people and to promote a desire for literacy.
To encourage cooperation among Illinois agencies providing educational and library service to young people. (http://www.rcyrba.org/)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Wendy Mass reads an excerpt from Every Soul a Star .

Peak by Roland Smith
Thanks for sharing the list over Twitter today. I didn't know about this award.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pretty good list. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting!
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