Spring 09 LLED, Altoona discussion
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The I Love You Award
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I nominate "The Rainbow Fish" because at first, the Rainbow fish is stubborn and refuses to share its shiny scales with any of the other fish in the ocean. The Rainbow fish soon realizes that nobody else wants to be its friend because the Rainbow fish does not share. After the Rainbow fish realizes that sharing is the right thing to do, the Rainbow fish shares the sparkly scales with everyone else in the ocean. The fish went through a rough time at first with getting along, but once the Rainbow fish shared its scales, everyone was happy and ended up being the best of friends. The picture in this book are very colorful and supports the text well. This book is perfect for the I love you award because it shows how friendships begin. I am positive children can understand and share stories related to the text. Great for a read aloud or independent read for children ages 4-8.






This book would be appropriate for early readers.
This book tells of the bond a little girl shares with her dog.
In this story, a little girl tells her pet dog how much she loves him. The illustrator shows how the little girl and the dog do all of these activities and play together by showing the kinds of activities along with the author giving a brief explanation of why the little girl loves her dog.
I nominate "The Stolen Sun" by Amanda Hall. Little Darkness is a little Native Alaskan boy whose father is a raven god. The raven took the sun away from the people of the world because they were becoming very violent. Little Darkness had much love in his heart and saw goodness in the people. He got raven to give light back to the people again. This book is great for younger students 1st-3rd grade because of the colorful pictures and characters.


I nominate "You Are to Me" by Rebecca Doughty. This books about a pig and a bunny who tell one another what they are to each Other. For example, "you're orange juice and clementine." They go throughout the book explaining how much they mean to each other. The story ends with with pig telling the bunny, "you are the very best to me." This book deserves to win the I love You Award because it is easy for children to relate to and it gives off the emotion of love very well.


I nominate Franklin’s Valentines by Paulette Bourgeois for the I Love You Award. Valentine’s Day is a universal symbol of love, which is passed on by the giving of Valentine’s Day cards. Franklin prepares cards for his friends, which ultimately end up ruined after falling in a mud-puddle. When Franklin discovers he has no valentines to give, he gets very upset until he realizes his friends understand. On his own, he makes new cards and declares that they are for “friendship day,” making sure they know it can be any day they want it to be. This book not only demonstrates friendship but also shows a strong moral. The pictures are brilliantly done and children will connect with this very cute story.
I nominate "Guess How Much I Love You" by Sam McBratney. This story follows Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare in their quests to out-love one another. In his last effort to prove to his father just ow much he was loved, Little Nutbrown Hare stretches out and says, " I love you right up to the moon." After he closes his eyes and falls asleep, his dad leans over and whispers, "I love you right up to the moon - and back." This book deserves to win the I Love You Award because it shows the love between a parent and child in a beautiful way to which children can easily relate.

Books mentioned in this topic
And Tango Makes Three (other topics)Guess How Much I Love You (other topics)
The Rainbow Fish (other topics)
I Love You So Much (other topics)
You Are to Me (other topics)
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There is no type of genre or format required for this award and all grade levels can be looked at.
Nominations should be posted by March, 5 2009!