https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw North Carolina Children's Book Award en-us 2023-06-04 20:22:14 UTC 2026-03-17 02:53:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614135951 The North Carolina Children's Book Award (NCCBA) is an annual award sponsored by the Youth Services Section of the North Carolina Library Association. 

Students in North Carolina schools nominate children's book that have been published in the last three years for this award, members of the committee select 10-12 titles from the nominations, and then students spend the school year becoming familiar with the titles and vote on their favorite in March of each year. 

The award has two categories: pictures books and junior books. 

This award is supported by school and public librarians across the state. ]]> 2023-06-04 21:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614135951 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614137101 In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories was the first winner of the NCCBA in 1992. This book is a collection of seven scary stories for children. The stories are all meant to give children a fright, with the first story being about a boy running from men with teeth that keep getting longer. One of the most memorable scary stories from the book is, "The Green Ribbon," which is about a girl who always wears a green ribbon around her neck, and we find out at the end of the story that is so her head does not fall off. 

Resources:
Video read aloud of "The Green Ribbon" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3PIkV2anqk&pp=ygUraW4gYSBkYXJrIGRhcmsgcm9vbSBhbmQgb3RoZXIgc2Nhcnkgc3Rvcmllcw%3D%3D

Writing Pages for students to tell about their favorite story from the book
http://thepicturebookteachersedition.blogspot.com/2012/10/in-dark-dark-room-and-other-scary.html?_sm_au_=iVV0P58Qgqv78rS5BG4tkK6kRCNsW


]]> 2023-06-04 21:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614137101 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614137656 The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales was one of my absolute favorite books in elementary school. I remember it always being checked out from our school library, and I had to get put on a waiting list to be able to check it out. The entire book is a collection of hilarious retellings of classic fairy tales. The retellings are silly and guaranteed to make kids laugh. The illustrations are just as silly and go along perfectly with the stories. This would be a great book to use to make comparisons between the classic fairy tale and the silly retelling of it. 

Resources
Jon Scieszka Author Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEsxXzUqetg&pp=ygUMam9uIHNjaWVzemth

Online Word Search for Students to Complete
https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/word-search/stinky-cheese-man-and-other-fairly-stupid-tales-word-search

Lane Smith Illustrator Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m2q9XAuggM&pp=ygUWbGFuZSBzbWl0aCBpbGx1c3RyYXRvcg%3D%3D

Script for Reader's Theater Activity
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Readers-Theater-The-Stinky-Cheese-Man-573730?st=c27a80c65cc0ec6e1edcf8950aa1d27e



]]> 2023-06-04 21:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614137656 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614137954 A Bad Case of Stripes is a classic story by David Shannon about a young girl, Camilla, who is afraid of liking things that others do not like. Camilla wakes up with patterns on her skin and is laughed at when she goes to school. This book teaches an important lesson about how everyone is different, and it is okay to look different have different opinions than everybody else. It is a book about acceptance. 

Resources
Meet David Shannon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKLeIT7axg&pp=ygUaZGF2aWQgc2hhbm5vbiBhdXRob3Igc3R1ZHk%3D

Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZIAXSRgsD8&pp=ygUkYmFkIGNhc2Ugb2YgdGhlIHN0cmlwZXMgYm9vayB0cmFpbGVy

Make a Class Book celebrating differences
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Bad-Case-of-the-Stripes-Class-Book-FREEBIE-1956384?st=dc448c83f76f4ff55bc20a2a9f1b9b2a

]]> 2023-06-04 21:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614137954 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614138449 Scaredy Squirrel is a story about overcoming fears and trying new things. Much of the book is written in labels and tables, rather than just reading words on a page, which appeals to young children. Scaredy is a squirrel who sticks to the same routine daily out of fear of what is outside his tree. An unexpected adventure forces him to face his fears and discover that maybe the unknown is not so terrifying. 

Resources
Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWu4_oDaNA&pp=ygUdc2NhcmVkeSBzcXVpcnJlbCBib29rIHRyYWlsZXI%3D

Meet Melanie Watt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWJy6O1gkU&pp=ygUTbWVsYW5pZSB3YXR0IGF1dGhvcg%3D%3D

Time Activity using Scaredy's schedule
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elapsed-Time-Activity-with-Scaredy-Squirrel-944842?st=f72ba0dec9cb10348aad32657e8e7230

Scaredy Squirrel visits your home Creative Writing activity
https://theliteracygarden.com/scaredy-squirrel-mentor-text/

]]> 2023-06-04 21:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614138449 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614138952 Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is an instant classic with young children. There is a song that goes with the story that young children absolutely love. Pete the Cat is going to school in his brand new white shoes when he keeps stepping in various things that change the color of shoes. Does Pete cry? Goodness no! This book could be used to teach colors or a simple message of how when accidents happen, we just keep moving along. 

Resources
Read Aloud with Song 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj_z6zGQVyM&pp=ygUicGV0ZSB0aGUgY2F0IGkgbG92ZSBteSB3aGl0ZSBzaG9lcw%3D%3D

Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix9hiwqcDBA&pp=ygUvcGV0ZSB0aGUgY2F0IGkgbG92ZSBteSB3aGl0ZSBzaG9lcyBib29rIHRyYWlsZXI%3D

Meet the Author
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvczpgXUUUM&pp=ygUSZXJpYyBsaXR3aW4gYXV0aG9y

Sequencing Activity
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pete-the-Cat-I-Love-My-White-Shoes-Sequencing-5208854?st=c5e1fc21dfa66d5b060a2d4bf5c02f58]]> 2023-06-04 21:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614138952 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614139225 The Day the Crayons Quit is a story of crayons complaining to their owner, Duncan, about how they are used. The crayons each leave a note for Duncan with their complaints about how they are used. The crayons do not necessarily quit, but are more so on strike. For example, the red crayon is tired from being overused during Christmas and Valentine’s Day and the white crayon is sad because it rarely gets used. Duncan decided to fix the problems by using all the crayons in his next drawing.

Resources
Author Interview (Long video, but could use parts of it to show students)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH7148VqpU0&pp=ygUTZHJldyBkYXl3YWx0IGF1dGhvcg%3D%3D

Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQvqhtBPTs&pp=ygUldGhlIGRheSB0aGUgY3JheW9ucyBxdWl0IGJvb2sgdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D

Opinion Writing
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Day-the-Crayons-Quit-Opinion-Writing-4113693?st=6a6907e6c605e4a821de62b9e455e0db

Reader's Theater
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Readers-Theater-The-Day-the-Crayons-Quit-3177530?st=6a6907e6c605e4a821de62b9e455e0db

]]> 2023-06-04 21:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614139225 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614139547 Gaston is a cute story about a bulldog and a poodle who switched places at birth. Gaston, a bulldog, was raised in a family of prim and proper poodles. Gaston meets Antionette, the poodle who has been raised in his place, at the park and they decide to switch places again to be with the family that looks the same as them. After spending some time together, they both decide that it is not the right fit for either of them and they switch back to their respective families. This would be a great book to teach about adoptive and biological families, or non traditional families.

Resources
Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-K13xPra1U&pp=ygUTZ2FzdG9uIGJvb2sgdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D

Compare/Contrast Activity
https://www.tulsalibrary.org/sites/default/files/2019-08/BTT2019_GastonandFamily_CompareContrastEssay.pdf

Q & A with the Author
https://www.kellydipucchio.com/QandA.html

]]> 2023-06-04 21:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614139547 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614140033 The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories is a collection of three ghost stories. Two ghost children do not want to go to sleep, so their father ghost tells them three stories that are scary for ghosts. For example, in the first story, "The Scary Baby," a ghost tries to scare some humans, but does not have any luck and is turned into a diaper by a baby at the end of the story. These stories are not "traditional" scary stories and will make young children laugh!

Resources
Read Aloud 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6Hn57AQoI&pp=ygUtZGF2aWQgbGFyb2NoZWxsZSBhdXRob3IgdGhlIGhhdW50ZWQgaGFtYnVyZ2Vy

Activities from the Author's Website
https://davidlarochelle.com/childrens_books/haunted_hamburger/

]]> 2023-06-04 21:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614140033 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614140307 Read the Book, Lemmings! is a cute, fun story that will keep young readers entertained and interested. In the book, Foxy, a crew mate aboard the vessel S.S. Cliff, reads an interesting fact in a book that says that lemmings do not jump off cliffs. Foxy tells the captain and the lemmings hear, "Jump," and proceed to jump off the cliff. Foxy gets them out of the water and asks if they read the book. The lemmings continue to jump in the water and Foxy continues telling them to read the book until he realizes that they are not able to read the book. He teaches them to read, and the lemmings learn not to jump off the cliff.

Resources
Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6LoNYH_Yo

Author Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H68geURUJNM&pp=ygUSYW1lIGR5Y2ttYW4gYXV0aG9y

Storytime Kit
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/read-the-book-lemmings-downloadable-kit.pdf


]]> 2023-06-04 21:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614140307 shpresnell https://padlet.com/shpresnell/xibfhu9v4wf5daw/wish/2614140852 Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude is a story that is told in dialogue between a male and female student who are given an assignment to tell their favorite fairy tale. The two students could not agree on a favorite, so they wrote their own fairy tale that unfolds throughout the book. The girl begins to tell a story of a princess and ponies, while the boy adds a motorcycle-riding hero. The two stories start to intersect as the book progresses. This would be a good book to use to have two students read the two different parts of the story. 

Resources
Author Kevin O'Malley visits a school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bamCyEC98

Point of View Lesson 
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Point-of-View-Once-Upon-a-Cool-Motorcycle-Dude-2RL6-1828208?st=3f268ec4a39470bc599f0ec4ec06826e

Teachers or librarians could give an assignment to students to write a fairy tale with a partner.

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