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The Show Me Award is a children's choice award sponsored by the Missouri Association of School Librarians. The purpose of The Show Me Readers Award is to "promote literature, literacy, and reading in Missouri elementary schools for grades one through three, and to promote recognition of authors and illustrators of books that are favorites of Missouri children in these grades." Children in grades 1-3 choose the winner for this award. For more information see: http://maslonline.org/awards/books/ShowMe/
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| American's
Champion Swimmer by David
A. Adler. Describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's right movement. |
US Genweb Nicknames |
| The
Bravest of Us All by Marsha
Diane Arnold. Ruby Jane thinks her sister, Velma Jean, is the bravest person in her family, but when a tornado comes, Ruby Jane shows that she is very brave herself. |
Tornado Chaser |
| The
Quiltmaker's
Gift by Jeff
Brumbeau A greedy king demands a quilt, believing that owning it will make him happy. The quilt maker teaches him otherwise. |
Quiltmakers Gift |
| Click
Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen
Cronin *(pdf) When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn, they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. |
Activities & Lesson Plans |
| Wemberly
Worried by Kevin
Henkes A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, find that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of school. |
Great Wemberly Link |
| The
Honest to Goodness Truth by Patricia
McKissack After promising never to lie, Libby learns it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either. |
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| Seven
Spools of Thread by Angela
Shelf Medearis When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. |
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| Go
Home! The True Story of James the Cat by Libby Phillips
Meggs A homeless cat spends several seasons trying to survive the elements untils at last a suburban family adopts him. |
National Geographic-Cats |
| Enemy
Pie by Derek Munson Hoping that the enemy pie which his father makes will help him get rid of his enemy, a little boy finds that instead it helps make a new friend. |
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| So
You Want
to Be President? by Judith
St. George This Caldecott winner presents an assorment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. Presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton. |
Scholastic |
