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And the reading challenge continues! As stated in a previous post, my librarian friend Ashley Lambacher of the Book Talker and I are hosting the Buckeye Book Award Reading Challenge. Our goal is to read all the past winners from the children's book category in chronological order from 1982 to the present. I will read the K-2 picture book winners and Ashley will read the 4-8/3-5 chapter book winners. Today I continue my challenge by reading the winner of the K-2 Buckeye Book Award in 2013, Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds.

Creepy Carrots! chronicles the journey of Jasper Rabbit. Jasper loves carrots, especially the ones from Crackenhopper field. But one day, as Jasper is about to help himself to another snack, he hears the sinister sounds of carrots creeping. From there it goes from bad to worse. Paranoid Jasper sees the carrots everywhere: in his bathtub, in the garden shed and even in his bedroom at night. Or is he just suffering from an overactive imagination? The illustrations fit the harrowing tone of this book perfectly. Each page has just a touch of orange, either as the carrots or as the objects that Jasper thinks might be carrots. It helps paint the story and keep the reader guessing if Jasper really IS seeing carrots or just imagining them. The ultimate massage is greed isn't good. For Jasper, his greed for carrots proved to be his own undoing. My elementary students love this book! Especially the 5th graders, which is a difficult audience to capture with a picture book. Because this book is well-loved by many, it's a perfect win for the 2013 Buckeye Book Award.

Ashley - What do you think of Creepy Carrots? Your upcoming 2014 book is a really good one, Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library.

Would you like to join Ashley and I as we read through Ohio's award winning books? We welcome any and all who are interested in participating in this fun reading challenge. For more information, click here.

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The Challenge Continues . . . The 2013 Buckeye Book Award

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And the reading challenge continues! As stated in a previous post, my librarian friend Ashley Lambacher of the Book Talker and I are hosting the Buckeye Book Award Reading Challenge. Our goal is to read all the past winners from the children's book category in chronological order from 1982 to the present.

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And the reading challenge continues! As stated in a previous post, my librarian friend Ashley Lambacher of the Book Talker and I are hosting the Buckeye Book Award Reading Challenge. Our goal is to read all the past winners from the children's book category in chronological order from 1982 to the present. I will read the K-2 picture book winners and Ashley will read the 4-8/3-5 chapter book winners. Today I continue my challenge by reading the winner of the K-2 Buckeye Book Award in 2013, Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds.

Creepy Carrots! chronicles the journey of Jasper Rabbit. Jasper loves carrots, especially the ones from Crackenhopper field. But one day, as Jasper is about to help himself to another snack, he hears the sinister sounds of carrots creeping. From there it goes from bad to worse. Paranoid Jasper sees the carrots everywhere: in his bathtub, in the garden shed and even in his bedroom at night. Or is he just suffering from an overactive imagination? The illustrations fit the harrowing tone of this book perfectly. Each page has just a touch of orange, either as the carrots or as the objects that Jasper thinks might be carrots. It helps paint the story and keep the reader guessing if Jasper really IS seeing carrots or just imagining them. The ultimate massage is greed isn't good. For Jasper, his greed for carrots proved to be his own undoing. My elementary students love this book! Especially the 5th graders, which is a difficult audience to capture with a picture book. Because this book is well-loved by many, it's a perfect win for the 2013 Buckeye Book Award.

Ashley - What do you think of Creepy Carrots? Your upcoming 2014 book is a really good one, Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library.

Would you like to join Ashley and I as we read through Ohio's award winning books? We welcome any and all who are interested in participating in this fun reading challenge. For more information, click here.

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The Challenge Continues . . . The 2013 Buckeye Book Award

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And the reading challenge continues! As stated in a previous post, my librarian friend Ashley Lambacher of the Book Talker and I are hosting the Buckeye Book Award Reading Challenge. Our goal is to read all the past winners from the children's book category in chronological order from 1982 to the present.

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My students ALWAYS seem to find a way to make stuff out of toilet paper rolls and craft sticks.

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My 9x6 ft LEGO wall
@DeborahBergen

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Students in grades K-5 love Ozobots. They can be used in both a simple or complex way, great for a variety of learners.

@merkleji
http://thepageturninglibrarian.blogspot.com

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All ages in my K-5 library love these. We also love LittleBits and Snap Circuits and are transitioning from following provided instructions to inventing our own creations.

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I love the book The Big Book of Maker Space Projects.  Most of them are very affordable and my bot loving friends love it!  We also use donated items and I can not convince them that we need a break from cardboard.  :)  

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I love the book The Big Book of Maker Space Projects.  Most of them are very affordable and my bot loving friends love it!  We also use donated items and I can not convince them that we need a break from cardboard.  :)  

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My students are crazy about our Dash robot. My favorite Dash app is Blockly for coding. I love seeing students coding around obstacles. With a newly acquired grant, our Dash family will be growing.

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My students sew like it's going out of style (which, you know..). They are always on the sewing machines, even though they are old & nasty ones that I got from our district surplus.
-@KimMeschter

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My students usually always make and create using old, donated items. It could be old jars, cardboard, ribbon, fabric, and so much more.
-@jillbad

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Solo Cups, Keva Planks, Little Bits, and Sphero

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Solo Cups, Keva Planks, Little Bits, and Sphero

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The two things my kids gravitate to the most are the spheros and plain old solo cups. They use those cups to make music, build all sort of buildings, and seeing just how tall of a structure can they build. The keva planks allow them to take their building to a whole new level and Little Bits are always a hit.
@rondagambleLMS

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I started a makerspace in my son's elementary school, and having some of these books in our makerspace library provided ideas for simple open ended projects. We did an artbot from the Robotics book and the hexaflexagons are great from the paper inventions.
https://www.amazon.com/Kathy-Ceceri/e/B002MO1BRI/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1479136296&sr=8-2-ent

-Alex (@geoparadigm)

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@thepancakebot

-@kathyceceri

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@cardboardteck's Pinbot 3000
- @kathyceceri

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Yep, I said it. Cardboard is the most in demand item in our MakerSpace.
-Heidi

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The teacher who knows how to set up a safe and comfortable environment allowing students to experiment and take risks in their creativity.
-Alex (@geoparadigm)