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OASL is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and anti-oppression in our organization, policies, practices, (Laura Stewart’s photo of her BCCCA displays at both of her libraries at Charles F. Tigard Elementary and Mary Woodward Elementary in the Tigard-Tualatin School District.) Celebrating our 25th Year!This award, sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) is named in honor of Oregon born, children’s author Beverly Cleary. On April 12, we’re celebrating Beverly Cleary’s birthday! In her very full life, she brought enjoyment to countless young readers and their parents. We encourage all families to celebrate her life by reading her books and to participate in the BCCCA contest, which was created in her honor. Today, the BCCCA Committee is proud to announce that 1,689 Kindergarten through 8th grade students from Oregon participated in voting for their favorite 2025-2026 BCCCA title! A huge shout-out of thanks to all the public schools, parochial schools & private schools and public libraries, school library staff, and parents of homeschoolers who promoted and encouraged their readers to participate in voting for their favorite Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award nominee! Drumroll please! The 2025-2026 BCCCA Winner is……
Search for a Giant Squid: Pick Your Path (Science Explorers Book #1) by Amy Seto Forrester and Andy Chou Musser. Take a journey to the ocean's twilight zone in Search for a Giant Squid! An exciting mixture of fiction and nonfiction, this choose-your-own-adventure-style story allows readers to take on the mantle of a teuthologist looking for a giant squid in its natural habitat. Once readers pick their submersible, pilot, and dive site, the adventure begins! Announcing the 2026-2027 BCCCA Nominees…… Dragon on the Loose by Marty Chan. When Hailey and her friend Kyle make a wish on a Chinese lion statue, they accidentally bring a dragon to life. Scared at first, the kids soon realize that Zhu the dragon means them no harm, and they show the dragon around their city. It's all fun and games until Animal Control gets wind of a wild creature on the loose. The kids must find a way to send their new friend back home before she’s taken away. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat (Detective Beans #1) by Li Chen. Graphic Novel Meet Detective Beans, a young cat sleuth dedicated to doing whatever it takes to solve the case. After a night of mystery movies with his best friend, Biscuit, Detective Beans wakes up to find his detective hat is missing. There’s only one thing to do: hit the streets of Cat Town and find that missing hat! Cat Town is full of suspects and each twist and turn in this journey leads to an interesting new encounter — and to solving a much bigger case than Beans could have imagined. My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots and So Much More by Gregory Neri. Non- Fiction Antarctica is a land of extremes—the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. Join the author on his long-dreamed-of voyage to the ice, where he encounters sea angels, mummified seals, space robots, inquisitive penguins, and so much more! Murray the Knight (Murray and Bun! #2) by Adam Stower. Murray is a cat. Murray loves snoozing, fluffy blankets, and peace and quiet. Bun is a bun. Bun loves… EVERYTHING! And together they are unstoppable! Poetry Comics by Grant Snider. Graphic Novel From the cloud-gazing hours of early spring to the lost bicycles of late autumn, Grant Snider’s poetry will take you climbing, floating, swimming, and tumbling through all the year’s ups, downs, and in-betweens. He proves that absolutely everything, momentous or minuscule, is worthy of attention, whether snail shells, building blocks, the lamented late bus, or the rare joy of unscuffed shoes. These poems explore everything you never thought to write a poem about, and they’re so fun to read you’ll want to write one yourself. Not to worry, there’s a poem for that, too! Welcome to the Woofmore (The Woodmore #1) by Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran. Welcome to the Woofmore, where the water bowls are always full and there’s kibble on every pillow! Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, work hard to make every guest feel like a VIP (Very Important Pooch). It’s the grand opening of the hotel, and Rufus and Ms. Coco want everything to be pawfect. Especially for their VIP guest, movie star Greta Garbark. How can Rufus keep the pup-parazzi from hounding Ms. Garbark? The 2026-2027 BCCCA Slide deck with educational links is now available at https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-nominees The 2026-2027 BCCCA Student Paper Ballot will be shared soon here with voting details. Also, spine labels can be found soon on https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-support-materials Official voting for the 2026-2027 BCCCA titles opens next year on March 15, 2027, and closes on April 10, 2027. Keep on Reading! With kind thanks, Libby Hamler-Dupras BCCCA Committee Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone!
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History:The idea behind the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (BCCCA), sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries (then the Oregon Educational Media Association), began in the summer of 2001 when Jann Tankersley invited some OEMA friends to discuss the possibilities of creating a children's choice award. Jann was a long-time OEMA/OASL member and former Library Teacher at Dayton Elementary School. This group of friends decided to name the award after Beverly Cleary, the Oregon- born author, who wrote books for the age group that was being targeted. With Beverly Cleary’s permission, the award was created! Links of interest: Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden Follow in the Footsteps of a Beloved Children's Author Grant Park & Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden Beverly Cleary Days Literary Festival & Play in the Park Events Timeline:The BCCCA Committee meets every Spring after reading all of the nominated books. Titles may be nominated by students, teachers, teacher librarians, public librarians and other interested readers. The chair must be a current member of OASL (formerly OEMA) and be a Teacher-Librarian. The committee is composed of teacher librarians and public librarians, classroom teachers, and others interested in Children's literature. 5-10 books are selected for the yearly nominations list. The list will be made available in the Spring of each year. Book Selection:Rationale: this award is to encourage reading by highlighting good quality literature (fiction and nonfiction) written at an approximately 2nd – 3rd grade reading level, taking into account text, format and the illustrations of the books. This contest will encourage books that students may not otherwise find on their own and are not necessarily the popular best sellers. The BCCCA Committee is taking suggestions for the next award cycle. Nominated books should, of course, be quality literature--fiction or nonfiction books -published 3 years prior to the nomination year, and be at approximately a second - third grade reading level (taking into account vocabulary, graphic support and physical layout of the books). Please send any ideas to Libby Hamler-Dupras, BCCCA Chair - [email protected] |
