The CLEL Bell Awards are a new national award designed to recognize
picture books that provide excellent support of early literacy development in
young children.
On the shortlists are 25 titles: five books in each of five
categories representing an early literacy practice: Read, Write, Sing, Talk,
and Play. Research has shown that engaging children in these practices builds
language skills and prepares children to become successful readers.
Winning titles, one from each category, will be announced on
February 5, 2015.
The shortlists are:
Read:
- The Book with No Pictures, by B. J. Novak
- Books Always Everwhere, by Jane Blatt, illustrated by Sarah
Massini
- Don’t Turn the Page! by Rachelle Burk, illustrated by Julie Downing Leo Loves Baby Time, by Anna McQuinn; illustrated by Ruth Hearson
- Yoko Finds
Her Way, by Rosemary Wells
Write:
- Andrew Draws, by David McPhail
- The Crayon: A Colorful Tale about Friendship, by Simon Rickerty
- If I Wrote a Book About You, by Stephany Aulenback, illustrated by
Denise Holmes
- Lost for Words, by Natalie Russell;
- TouchThinkLearn: Numbers, by Xavier Deneux
Sing:
- I Got the Rhythm, by Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrated by
Frank Morrison
- I Love My Hat, by Douglas Florian, illustrated by Paige Keiser;
- The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House, by Eric Litwin, illustrated by
Scott Magoon;
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, by Caroline Jayne Church;
- The Wheels on the Bus, sung by the Amador family, illustrated by
Melanie Williamson
Talk:
- Daddy's Zigzagging Bedtime Story, by Alan Lawrence Sitomer,
illustrated by Abby Carter
- Froodle, by Antoinette Portis
- Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
- Miss You Like Crazy, by Pamela Hall, illustrated by Jennifer A.
Bell Who's In the Tree? And Other Lift-the-Flap Surprises, by Craig
Shuttlewood
Play:
- The Eyes Game, by Herve Tullet
- Movi la mano / I Moved My Hand, by Jorje Lujan and Mandana Sadat
- Tea with Grandpa, by Barney Saltzberg
- Time Together: Me and Dad, by Maria Catherine, illustrated by
Pascal Campion
- Where's Lenny? by Ken Wilson-Max
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To be eligible for the 2015 Bell Awards, a book must have been
published for the first time in the United States between November 16, 2013 and
November 15, 2014.
For more information, visit the CLEL Bell Awards webpages. Labels: book awards, early literacy