Family Play Festival Five Practices: READ

CLEL Bell Award books--winners and shortlisted titles

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Book cover for "Benita and the night creatures"
Notes:
2024 Shortlist
Description:
Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them. This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters.
Book cover for "Benita y las criaturas nocturnas"
Notes:
2024 Shortlist
Description:
"Espeluznantes criaturas del folclore peruano quieren asustar a Benita. ¿Podrá leer su libro en paz?"--Page 4 of cover.
Book cover for "You can read"
Notes:
2018 Shortlist
Description:
In this fun and funny celebration of literacy, kids of all ages will discover that the act of reading is a daring adventure that can take you anywhere! You can read at the playground, under the sea, at the opera and even in outer space! It turns out you can read everywhere! And when you do, you open yourself to a universe of adventure. Presented in light-hearted, rib-tickling verse that's perfect for reading aloud, You Can Read sings it loud and proud:...
Book cover for "Give me back my book!"
Notes:
2018 Shortlist
Description:
Two friends, Redd and Bllo argue over the possession of one special book with a green cover, hard cover, a nice spine, and pages turn from right to left--but unite when Bookworm walks off with it.