Family Play Festival Five Practices: READ

CLEL Bell Award books--winners and shortlisted titles

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Book cover for "Eek!"
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2021 Shortlist
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A mouse takes a journey through the alphabet, told entirely with sounds and pictures. "This busy mouse is definitely on a mission, but where is he going? Let's follow him and find out!"--Publisher.
Book cover for "You can read"
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2018 Shortlist
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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 "Yoko finds her way"
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2015 Shortlist
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When Yoko gets lost in the airport, she uses her sign-reading skills to find her way back to her mama.

24. Wolf!

Book cover for "Wolf!"
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Silver Bell
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A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.
Book cover for "Where are my books?"
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2016 Shortlist
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Spencer loves books and reads one every night, sometimes aloud, then puts the book back in its place, but one morning his favorite book is missing, and the next day another, each replaced by a different object.
Book cover for "This book of mine"
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2020 Shortlist
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the connection between diverse readers of all ages and the books they enjoy.
Book cover for "Surf's up"
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2017 Shortlist
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"Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach"--Excerpt from Amazon.com.
Book cover for "The summer Nick taught his cats to read"
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2017 Winner
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When Nick decides to teach his cats to read, Verne is very much interested, especially in books about mice and fish, but Stevenson wants nothing to do with the project--or does he?
Book cover for "The Story of fish & snail"
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2014 Shortlist
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Every day, Snail waits for Fish to return and tell him a story but their friendship is tested when Fish asks Snail to take a leap out of their book to actually see a new pirate book in the library.
Book cover for "Sloth slept on"
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2016 Winner
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When three children find a mysterious creature sleeping in a tree in their backyard, they search through books and use their imagination to find out what it is.
Book cover for "Share this book"
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2019 Shortlist
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Hutton, a pediatrician, advocates for sharing the joy of reading by utilizing the “SHARE STEP” method—each letter of the acronym stands for a different component of a shared reading experience, the book’s back explains. (S stands for “Snuggle on your lap”; H is for “Hands On—let your baby hold the book and learn how it works.”) Inside, babies from different families appear engaging with a book: a baby in a tutu holds a book on her...
Book cover for "Open very carefully"
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2014 Shortlist
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A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites youngsters to slam the book shut or find the courage to take a peek inside.
Book cover for "Open this little book"
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2014 Winner
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Pages of decreasing, then increasing, size open to reveal different animals, each opening a book of a different color and reading about the next.
Book cover for "Mousie, I will read to you"
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2019 Shortlist
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"Follows a mama mouse and her baby mouse on the little mouse's journey to becoming a reader--from infancy to toddlerhood to elementary school and beyond"--
Book cover for "Maybe a bear ate it!"
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Silver Bell
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At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.
Book cover for "The magician's hat"
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2019 Shortlist
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Today is Family Fun Day at the library, and a magician named David puts on a show with his special trick--having the children pull books out of his tall hat, books that touch their deepest dreams and unlock their hopes for their future.
Book cover for "Lola at the library"
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Silver Bell
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Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat.
Book cover for "Llama Llama loves to read"
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2019 Winner
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"Anna Dewdney's beloved Llama Llama is growing up and learning to read! Throughout the school day, the teacher helps Llama Llama and the other children practice their letters, shows word cards, reads stories, and brings them to the library where they can all choose a favorite book. By the end of the day, Llama Llama is recognizing words and can't wait to show Mama Llama that he's becoming a reader!" --
Book cover for "Lines, squiggles, letters, words"
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2017 Shortlist
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A child who has not yet learned how to read looks out at the world and sees language as such a child would: as lines and squiggles that don't exactly make pictures but don't seem to make anything else either. Then, when the child starts to go to school and begins to learn his letters, his way of seeing begins to change.
Book cover for "The library book"
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2018 Winner
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Using the lyrics to Tom Chapin and Michael Mark's "The Library Song," this picture book celebrates the magic of reading and of libraries.