Here is the link to find out more information about the Massachusetts
Children's Book Award. http://www.salemstate.edu/education/mcba/
Pine Hill 4th and 5th graders can participate if they read at least 5 of the
nominated books which are listed below. Voting will take place in March 2010.
The program is also for 6th graders, so there is a wide variety of books to
choose from.
Creech, S. (2007). The Castle Corona. (Harper Collins).
Curtis, C.P. (2007). Elijah of Buxton. (Scholastic).
Davies, J. (2007). The Lemonade War. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
Dowd, S. (2008). The London Eye Mystery. (David Fickling Books).
Frederick, H.V. (2007). Spy Mice: Goldwhiskers. (Simon & Schuster).
Gormley, B. (2008). Barack Obama: Our 44th President. (Simon & Schuster).
Haddix, M.P. (2008). Found (The Missing, Book 1). (Simon & Schuster).
Helgerson, J. (2006). Horns and Wrinkles. (Houghton Mifflin).
James, C. (2006). Billy the Fish. (Bloomsbury USA).
Jonell, L. (2007). Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat. (Henry Holt and
Co.).
Kadohata, C. (2006). Weedflower. (Atheneum).
Klages, E. (2006). The Green Glass Sea. (Viking Juvenile).
Korman, G. (2008). Swindle. (Scholastic Press).
Lord, C. (2006). Rules. (Scholastic Press).
Lupica, M. (2008). The Big Field. (Philomel).
McKissack, P. (2005). Abby Takes a Stand. (Penguin Group USA).
Meehl, B. (2006). Out of Patience. (Delacorte Books for Young Readers).
O’Connor, B. (2007). How to Steal a Dog. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
Paterson, K. (2006). Bread and Roses, Too. (Clarion Books).
Prelutsky, J. (2008). Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem. (Collins).
Reisman, M. (2008). Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper. (Dutton Juvenile).
Ryan, P. M. (2007). Paint the Wind. (Scholastic Press).
Sage, A. (2006). Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House. (Harper Collins).
Tolan, S. (2006). Listen! (Harper Collins).
Woodson, J. (2007). Feathers. (Putnam Juvenile).
Note: Publisher references refer to the first edition. All titles are
available in a paperback edition. For further information about the
Massachusetts Children’s Book Award program, or to register, please visit
www.salemstate.edu/education/mcba/ or contact Dr. Michelle Pierce at Salem
State College, Education Department, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970;
978-542-7903; mcba@salemstate.edu
