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The purpose of the Show-Me Readers Award is to promote literature, literacy and reading in Missouri elementary school grades 1-3, and to recognizauthors and illustrators of books that are favorites of Missouri children in these grades. Each year, Missouri schoolchildren vote for their favorite book from a list of nominated titles. The Show-Me 1-2-3 Readers Award is awarded to the author of this book by the Missouri Association of School Librarians. |
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Mrs. Lynde and Mrs. Williams will read some of the titles to the 3rd grade classes but students will need to read the rest independently. |
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2010-2011 Show-Me 1-2-3 Readers Award Winner was... |
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Two Bobbies A True Story of Hurrican Katrina, Friendship and Survival by Kirby and Mary Nethery Larson |
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Based on a true story, Two Bobbies takes place in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when many pets were lost or abandoned. A dog and cat wander together through the devastated city and miraculously survive hunger, floods and other dangers. When they are finally taken to an animal shelter, the volunteers discover that the cat is blind and could not have survived without the dog's help
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2011 -2012 Show-Me 1-2-3 Readers Award Nominees are... |
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Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Netherly |
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The story of a wild dog who befriended Marine Major Brian Dennis in Iraq, and, when they were separated, trekked seventy miles through the desert winter to rejoin his friend. |
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Desert Rose and her Highfalutin Hog by Alison Jackson |
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Upon finding a large gold nugget on her pig farm, Desert Rose sets out to buy the biggest, fattest hog in Texas to enter in the state fair, but first she must get the hog to Laredo and every animal she asks for help is just as "ornery" as the hog. |
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Finding Lincoln by Ann Malaspina |
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In segregated 1950s Alabama, Louis cannot use the public library to research a class assignment, but one of the librarians lets him in after hours and helps him find the book that he needs. Includes an author's note with historical information about library segregation in the South. |
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Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! By Vicki Myron and Bret Witter |
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Tells the story of Dewey Readmore Books, a kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box and nursed back to health by a librarian, who discovers that (like his librarian friends) helping people big and small is what he is meant to do. |
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Stars Above Us By Geoffrey Norman |
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A little girl's father helps her get over her fear of the dark before he goes off to war, and she uses the stars they painted on her ceiling to remind her of him while he is away.ars they |
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Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson |
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As a testament to his courage, Jackie Robinson's daughter shares memories of him, from his baseball career to the day he tests the ice for her, her brothers, and their friends. |
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Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class by Eileen Spinelle |
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For "Peace Week," the animals in Miss Fox's class find ways to be peaceful instead of squabbling with each other. |
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Twist of Fate: the Miracle Colt and his Friends by Chris Stuckenschneider |
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A horse tale from the heartland of Missouri that will touch hearts everywhere. |
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Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny by By Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen |
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"A nature and animal rescue story that finds a lamb, rejected by its mother, and an orphaned fawn being cared for by a farm family as siblings on Hazel Ridge Farm. The next spring, the animals separate, one back into the wild and other a domestic animal"--Provided by publisher. |
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Minnow and Rose: An Oregon Trail Story by Judy Young |
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Traveling west with her pioneer family in a wagon train, Rose meets Minnow, who lives in a native American village along the banks of a river. |
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