Ladybug Season Begins

Ladybug Picture Book Award votes are due in 12 weeks (by 4:30pm on Friday, December 11, 2015). That means you should start reading next week (September 21st) if you want to cover one book each week (skipping Thanksgiving week) and have a week for the voting. 

Voting materials for 2015 are at http://ladybug.nhbookcenter.org/  There is a picture ballot suitable for kids to use when voting (or you can have them vote whatever way works for you); a link to the online tally sheet  and a paper tally sheet you must use if you will be sending in votes rather than using the online tally sheet.

 The 2015 nominees for the Ladybug Picture Book Award are:

• Sleepover with Beatrice & Bear by Monica Carnesi (Nancy Paulsen Books)
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers (Philomel Books)
• This Orq (He Cave Boy) by David Elliott and Lori Nichols (Boyds Mills Press)
• Flight School by Lita Judge (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
• As an Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas (Nancy Paulsen Books)
• The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig and Patrice Barton (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Maple by Lori Nichols (Nancy Paulsen Books)
• Blizzard by John Rocco (Disney/Hyperion)
• Three Bears in a Boat by David Soman (Dial Books for Young Readers)
• Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward and Steve Jenkins (Beach Lane Books)