Spring 09 LLED, Altoona discussion
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The Rocky Lenyerd McCracken Award for the best book narrated by an animal
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This book has excellent illustrations and would be great for a preschool or kindergarten read aloud. Children will love all the colorful animals. Once you look at this book, you will realize that it should win the Rocky Lenyerd McCracken Award.
This book would be a good read during Valentine's Day. It would also work during a time of sorrow for a child, its a great pick-me-up which is even more reason to vote for it!
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I nominate "Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball" written by Vicki Churchill and illustrated by Charles Fuge. The literature was published in 2001 by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. in New York, New York. This book is a fantastic autobiographical fictional story about a wombat's day. He explains the things that he does throughout his day and explains why. This would be a very interactive book for children in grades K-4. The book is really exciting and engaging. "Sometimes I like to Curl up in a Ball" will allow your students to be able to have expressive engagement in your literary classroom. The book allows active engagements such as "dramatizing", "talking back", "critiquing/controlling", and "inserting". The children will be able to physically do the same things that the wombat does in his day (jumping as high as they can, scream really loud, tiptoe, stand like a tree, and many more). The book is extremely engaging and would be a magnificent tool in the early elementary literary classroom.
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I nominate "Is Your Mama a Llama?" by Deborah Guarino, with Illustrations by Steven Kellog. This easy reader is repetitive, good for a read-aloud in a young classroom, and is narrated by the baby llama, looking for his mama. This is a cute book, diverse, and has light and fun illustrations. I will without a doubt have this book on my shelves.




The pictures are funny and illustrated really well, going right along with the text. The book is set up in diary format, making it easy to ready and follow for any reader. This story is about a spider who is best friends with a fly. The spider’s diary starts off on March 1, Grandparents day; he lists three things he had learned from his Grampa, which is where the main points of the story come from. The spider learns many different fun tactics throughout the story and he enjoys a day at the park with his sister. I really enjoyed this book, I thought that it was funny and children would definitely enjoy this book, especially with the funny pictures and corresponding text.


Dear Mr. Mark Teague,
This letter is to inform you that your book, Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School the first ever recipient of the Rocky Lenyerd McCracken Award. This award is for the best children’s book narrated by an animal. Using animals as narrators gives children the chance to view the world from a silly, animalistic viewpoint, which is extremely fun and exciting for young children to do. To win this award, the book nominated was to be narrated by an animal (any animal), and the book had to be appropriate for children in grades K-4. While the Rocky Lenyerd McCracken may not be as prestigious or as well known as other awards, winning this award is still a great honor.
Out of all of the books nominated for this award, I truly felt that Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School was the best choice for this award. It is truly amazing how you are able to give readers a crystal clear view into Ike’s mind while he is “imprisoned” in Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy. Not only was this book chosen for the hilarious storyline, it was also chosen because of the fabulous illustrations that accompany the text. The illustrations that depict Ike’s point of view are hysterical when compared with the illustrations that show what is really happening during his time in obedience school. Personally, I give this book two paws up!
This award was created as part of a project for the Penn State Altoona Language and Literacy Education Program. Students, such as myself, majoring in elementary education, were given the task of creating literary awards and nominating books for each award created.
Congratulations Again,
Alecia D. Ross
Elementary Education Student
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Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball (other topics)
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Is Your Mama a Llama? (other topics)
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The Rocky Lenyard McCracken Award is for the best children’s book narrated by an animal. This award is named after the finest dog I know because if he could speak, I’m positive that he would have some amazing stories to tell. Using animals as narrators gives children the chance to view the world from a silly animalistic viewpoint, which can be extremely fun for young children to do.
Nominations for the Rocky Lenyard McCracken Award must be for a short children’s narrative fiction book that has an animal (any animal) as a narrator. The book must be appropriate for children in grades K-4. Nominations for this award are due by March 5, 2009.
Works cided:
Griffith, K. (2006). Writing essays about literature: A guide and style sheet. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth Corporation.