We want to read awarded books! Upper Elementary Options Summer 2021 A curated list of books from Ms. Adair for students and families seeking stories with a variety of characters. Most books on this list have won awards within the following categories: Belpré Medal, Coretta Scott King Award, FOCAL Award, Jane Addams—Older Children Award, Newbery Medal Award, and Schneider Family Award. Please see the second page for a description of the listed awards and additional resources.

The Sea in Winter When Stars are Scattered Before the Ever After Omar & his brother Hassan live in a After an injury sidelines her ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and refugee camp. When a chance for dreams of becoming a Daniel help him cope when Omar to get an education comes his father, a beloved ballet star, Maisie is not along, he must decide between going excited for her blended to school every day or caring for his professional football player, family's midwinter road trip nonverbal brother in this intimate & suffers severe headaches By Jacqueline By Christine Day along the coast, near the By touching portrayal of family & daily and memory loss that spell Victoria Jamieson Woodson Ages 9+ years Makah community where life in a refugee camp. the end of his career. Ages 10+ years Ages 10+ years *A BOB read from 2020-2021! F&P: S her mother grew up.

Save Me a Seat Stargazing Show Me a Sign Ravi’s just moved to the US from Growing up in the same It is 1805, & Mary’s always felt India and has always been the top Chinese-American suburb, safe among the deaf community of his class; Joe’s lived in the same perfectionist Christine and of Chilmark on Martha's town his whole life & has learning artistic, confident, impulsive Vineyard where practically problems, but when their lives everyone communicates in a By Moon become unlikely best intersect in the first week of shared sign language, Sarah Weeks By Ann Clare LeZotte By Jen Wang friends, whose friendship is Ages 9+ years school, they’re brought Ages 9+ years but recent events have Ages 9+ years tested by jealousy, social together by a common enemy. drastically altered life as she F&P: S expectations, and illness. F&P: Y *A BOB read for 2021-2022! knew it.

Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls A Wish in the Dark Efren Divided Who needs fairy tales, with After escaping from prison, While his father works two inspiring tales of these REAL Pong hides out in a city run jobs, seventh-grader Efren girls?! True stories of 100 by a governor who Nava must take care of his heroic women from magically controls all light. twin siblings, kindergartners Elizabeth I to Serena Nok, whose father oversaw Max and Mia, after their By Elena Favilli By Christina Williams. Illustrated by Soontornvat the prison, vows to find mother is deported Ages 10+ years By Ernesto Cisneros 60 female artists from Ages 10+ years Pong and restore her Ages 10+ years to Mexico. every corner of the globe. F&P: T family's good name. F&P: S

Stories for Boys who Dare to be Bouncing Back When You Trap a Tiger Different 75 famous and not-so-famous men from past to present; Orphaned thirteen-year-old Would you make a deal every single one of them a Carlos learns what it truly with a magical tiger? This stereotype-smasher in his own means to be a teammate uplifting story brings Korean way. A welcome alternative when he must help save folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the narrative: one that celebrates his new wheelchair By Tae Keller By Ben Brooks By Scott Ostler introverts & innovators, basketball team's gym Ages 9+ years power of stories and Ages 10+ years Ages 9+ years sensitivity & resilience, from destruction. F&P: S save her grandmother. individuality & expression . F&P: S We want to know about the awards! The Pura Belpré Awards

The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Link to previous winners: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/pura-belpr%C3%A9-award

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.

Link to previous winners: http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present

FOCAL Award

The FOCAL Award is presented annually to an author or illustrator for a creative work which enriches a child's appreciation for and understanding of California.

Link to previous winners: https://www.lapl.org/kids/books/focal

The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award

The Jane Addams Children’s Book Award annually recognizes children’s books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people. A national committee of members with passion for and expertise in children’s literature and social justice is responsible for making the choices each year.

Link to previous winners: https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/

The Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery and became the first children's book award in the world. Its terms, as well as its long history, continue to make it the best known and most discussed children's book award in this country. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Link to previous winners: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/john-newbery-medal-2

The Schneider Family Book Awards

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disa- bility experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Link to previous winners: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/1/all_years