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FRA Children’s Book Award for 2015-2016 goes to

Tuesday Tucks Me In

Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond Between a Soldier and his Service Dog
by Luis Carlos Montalvan and Bret Witter

Over 48,000 ballots from 41 Florida counties were cast and the 2015-2016 Children’s Book Award winner is Tuesday Tucks Me In. Honorable mention goes to: 

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla

and
     A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz              :

A Boy and a Jaguar

 

The Loch Mess Monster
by Helen Lester

resource materials
 
Two Little Birds
by Mary Mary Newell
DePalma

resource materials

Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish
by Margarita Engle
resource materials
 
Ivan: The Remarkable
True Story of the
Shopping Mall Gorilla

by Katherine Applegate
resource materials

Tuesday Tucks Me In:
The Loyal Bond Between a Soldier and His Service Dog

by Luis Carlos Montalvan
resource materials
 
Sea Slime - It's Eeuwy, Gooey, and Under the Sea
by Ellen Prager
resource materials

A Boy and A Jaguar
by Alan Rabinowitz
resource materials
 
The Grudge Keeper
by Mara Rockliff
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Winning Titles for 2014-2015

Interrupting Chicken

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

No Pirates Allowed
No Pirates Allowed Said Library Lou
by Ronda Gowler Greene

The Black Rabit

The Black Rabbit

by Philippa Leathers




 

 

 
 
 


 

The Florida Reading Association invites Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade students to participate in voting for the Florida Children's Book Award. Nominations for books to be considered for the school year are due by December 15. The books nominated must have been copyrighted within the last five years and be currently in print. A nomination form can be found under the Recommend a Book link.

Once students have read or heard the nominated books, their votes can be tallied and submitted to the Children's Book Award Chairman though the online form. Ballots must be received no later than April 15. Results will be announced on the FRA web site and in the FRA newsletter. The winning book will be honored at the FRA Conference in October.

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