Family Play Festival Five Practices: TALK

CLEL Bell Award books--winners and shortlisted titles

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41. Froodle

Book cover for Froodle.
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2015 Winner
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One day, amidst the usual chirps, tweets, and caws, a little brown bird decides to try singing a new song and sets off an interesting reaction.
Book cover for A fish to feed.
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2016 Shortlist

43. Dude!

Book cover for Dude!.
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2019 Shortlist
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Dude! You have to read this book. It's totally about this platypus and this beaver who are friends. They want to go surfing but dude, there's this shark who's in the ocean, too. But don't worry. This shark approaches and you'll never guess what happens.
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."
Book cover for Do you know which ones will grow?.
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Silver Bell
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Poses rhyming questions about what grows and what does not.
Book cover for Diggers Go.
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2014 Shortlist
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The excavator goes, "chumma chumma hufft hufft FALUMP." The steamroller goes, "CHUG chug CHUG chug moooooosh." The wrecking ball goes, "BOOOOOM!" Come on down to the construction site and make some noise with eight exciting construction vehicles as they rumble, crunch, chug, and boom their way through this lively book!

Book cover for Different? Same!.
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2018 Shortlist
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Readers will discover similarities in even the most different of animals in this exploration of animals and their characteristics.
Book cover for Daniel's good day.
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2020 Winner
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"When his neighbors give a variety of answers to the question 'What is a good day?' Daniel writes a poem about the everyday activities that give them joy." -- from Skyriver
Book cover for Daddy's zigzagging bedtime story.
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2015 Shortlist
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When Jake and Jenny say they are bored with all their books and retold tales, their father makes up a new bedtime story about a princess who drives a monster truck and battles aliens aided by a cupcake-baking unicorn.
Book cover for Crunch, the shy dinosaur.
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2019 Shortlist
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Advises the reader on how to interact with a very shy dinosaur.
Book cover for Crash, splash, or moo!.
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Silver Bell
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Mr. McMonkey hosts a game in which the reader is invited to guess whether a stunt will result in a crash, a splash, or a moo.
Book cover for City moon.
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2018 Shortlist
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As they take a nighttime walk around their neighborhood looking for the elusive moon, a little boy asks his mother simple questions about it, and she patiently answers every one.
Book cover for Can you whoo too?.
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2016 Shortlist
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"In farmyards, jungles, and oceans, almost every animal has something to say. Why do whales sing? What does a rooster want us to know? This book is a unique combination of language arts, science, and noisy fun."--
Book cover for Bark, George.
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Silver Bell
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George makes every sort of animal noise except the one he is supposed to make.
Book cover for Bah! said the baby.
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2016 Shortlist
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"When baby says 'bah!' the rest of the family scrambles to bring him balls and books and bows and bottles, sheep and baby dolls and blankets and even a brother! But it turns out that all along, the baby was just trying to say 'bye-bye'"--Provided by publisher.