Family Play Festival Five Practices: TALK

CLEL Bell Award books--winners and shortlisted titles

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Book cover for "A day with no words"
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2024 Winner
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Young children will learn what life can look like for an autistic child who uses nonverbal communication by following a mother and child on a day where they use a tablet to communicate with others.
Book cover for "Mama Shamsi at the bazaar"
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2024 Shortlist
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"Mama Shamsi is off to the market, and today, Samira gets to go with her! Samira loves spending time with her grandmother, and she especially loves her chador, which Mama Shamsi wraps around herself every time they leave the house. As the pair get closer and closer to the market, Samira is worried about getting lost in the crowded streets of Tehran, until she has an idea: She can hide under her grandmother's chador. But when Mama Shamsi says no--if...
Book cover for "Wonder walkers"
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2022 Shortlist
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"Two curious children go for a walk, asking imaginative questions about the natural beauty that surrounds them." --
Book cover for "What happened to you?"
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2022 Shortlist
Description:
Imagine you were asked the same question again and again throughout your life... Imagine if it was a question that didn't bring about the happiest of memories... This is the experience of one-legged Joe, a child who just wants to have fun in the playground... Constantly seen first for his disability, Joe is fed up of only ever being asked about his leg. All he wants to do is play Pirates. But as usual, one after the other, all the children ask him...
Book cover for "The rabbit listened"
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2019 Shortlist
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"When Taylor's block castle is destroyed, all the animals think they know just what to do, but only the rabbit quietly listens to how Taylor is feeling"--
Book cover for "One word from Sophia"
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2016 Shortlist
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All Sophia wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.
Book cover for "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!"
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Silver Bell
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No matter how hard he pleads and begs, the pigeon is not supposed to drive the bus while the driver is away, but pigeon tries every persuasive trick a young child knows to get you to say, "Yes."