JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER READING FUN! MASS. CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD: 2010 The nominees for the 2010 Massachusetts Children’s Book Award have just been announced!! Students who are entering grades 4-6 will be eligible to vote for their favorite from the list if they have read, have heard read-aloud, or listened to an audio version, of just five from the list by March, 2010. Check out the Southborough Library for available titles and most on the list come in paperback. I promise there is something on this list for everyone! Abby Takes A Stand (McKissack): A trip to her grandmother’s attic takes Abby back to 1960 in Nashville. Barack Obama: Our 44th President (Gormley): Follow the path to the White House. Big Field (Lupica): What will it take for Hutch to share his passion for baseball with his father? Billy, the Fish (James): When Ned’s brother eats experimental fish food, it just adds to his troubles! Bread and Roses (Paterson): Two children are caught up in the Lawrence, MA. mill strike of 1912 Castle Corona (Creech): What is in the leather pouch that Pia & Enzo bring as tasters for the king? Elijah of Buxton (Curtis): A masterful storyteller describes life in a haven for runaway slaves. Emmy & the Incredible Shrinking Rat (Jonell): Is Nanny Barmy trying to poison Emmy and her family? Feathers (Woodson): Frannie wants to believe Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is a thing with feathers.” Found: The Missing, Bk 1 (Haddix) Green Glass Sea (Klages): Something mysterious is happening in Los Alamos, NM in 1943. Horns and Wrinkles (Helgerson): Claire must reverse a curse with a good deed. How to Steal a Dog (O’Connor): Georgina convinces her brother to steal a dog for the reward money. Lemonade War (Davies): When his younger sister skips a grade, Evan wants to prove his worth. Listen! (Tolan): Recuperating from an accident that killed her mother, Charley tries to train a wild dog. London Eye Mystery (Dowd): Salim goes up on London’s famous ferris wheel and disappears. My Haunted House (Sage): Watch out for trapdoors, secret passageways, bats and ghosts! Out of Patience (Meehl): 12-year-old Jake can’t wait to escape from Patience, Kansas. Paint the Wind (Ryan): The bond between orphaned Maya and a once-wild horse is tested. Pizza, Pigs & Poetry (Prelutsky): YOU can be the next Jack Prelutsky, and he’ll show you how! Rules (Lord) Simon Bloom, Gravity Keeper (Reisman): Science and magic aren’t really that far apart! Spy Mice: Goldwhiskers (Frederick): Help Glory Goldenleaf track a valuable jewel & missing orphans. Swindle (Korman): How is Griffin going to get back his valuable baseball card? Weedflower (Kadohata): After Pearl Harbor, Japanese-American Sumiko must give up her dream. I can’t wait to hear your favorites when we come back to school this fall! Mrs. Woodfin