FRA CBA

The Florida Reading Association invites Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade students to participate in voting for the Florida Children's Book Award. This program was designed to encourage young children to become enthusiastic about books by soliciting their votes for the Children's Book Award. The student may read the books or the books may be read to the student. We encourage students to read or hear all eight books, but they should read or hear at least five of them in order to vote for their favorite. Voting takes place no later than April 15, 2006.

*Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef* by Marianne Berkes		Based on the traditional song "Over in the meadow". Presents a colorfully illustrated children's book about marine life that uses music, counting, and art constructed from polymer clay.
*Catching the Moon: the Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream* by Crystal Hubbard		Presents a biography of African-American baseball player Marcenia Lyle, whose love of baseball as a child allowed her to break the gender barrier by becoming the first female member of the professional Negro Leagues.
Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg		In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson.
*Our Tree Named Steve* by Alan Zweibel		In a letter to his children, a father recounts memories of the role Steve, the tree in their front yard, has played in their lives.
*Groundhog Gets a Say* by Pamela Curtis Swallow		Two groundhogs describe their various characteristics to a skeptical squirrel and crow. Text includes various facts about groundhogs.
*Too Many Frogs* by Sandy Asher and Keith Graves		Rabbit's comfortable nightly routine is disturbed by exuberant Froggie, who settles in for a snack and a story without being invited.
*Wild About Books* by Judy Sierra with pictures by Marc Brown		A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.
Three Silly Billies by Margie Palatini and Barry Moser		Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll.