Transcript Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Maud Hart Lovelace Award
2014-2015 Division I
Nominees
Sponsored by Minnesota Youth Reading Awards
Who is Maud Hart Lovelace?
Maud Hart Lovelace was born in 1892 around
Mankato, Minnesota. She became a famous
children’s author with her Betsy-Tacy series.
They are a well-known example of children’s
historical fiction. This is why our state chapter
book award is named in her honor.
How the
students
get to
vote:
Students in grades 3, 4 or 5 who read 3 or more of the 12
nominated titles are eligible to vote for their favorite!
The 2014-2015 nominees are...
Aliens on
Vacation
by Clete Smith
Scrub arrives at his grandmother's Washington bed-and-breakfast only to
discover she has opened the doors to aliens that arrive through off-Earth
portals. He must decide what to do when the local sheriff, already suspicious
of Granny, notices some of the kids Scrub is chaperoning at a campout glow in
the dark.
As
Simple
As It
Seems
by Sarah Weeks
Eleven-year-old Verbena Polter gets through a difficult summer of turbulent
emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with an odd new
friend who believes she is the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before.
Belly Up
by Stuart Gibbs
Twelve-year-old Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Fitzroy has murder on his hands
and trouble on his tail. He believes that Henry, the hippopotamus at the brandnew FunJungle, was the victim. The zoo's top brass claim the hippo went belly
up the natural way, but Teddy and his feisty friend Summer McCraken have
other ideas.
Benjamin
Franklinstein
Lives!
by Matthew
McElligott
While working on a science fair project, a Philadelphia school boy discovers
both a secret laboratory in his basement and Benjamin Franklin, who comes to
life after receiving a jolt of electricity.
Breadcrumbs
by Anne Ursu
Hazel and Jack are best friends until an accident with a magical mirror and a
run-in with a villainous queen find Hazel on her own, entering an enchanted
wood in the hopes of saving Jack's life. This story is based on the fairy tale,
The Ice Queen, the same as the Disney movie Frozen.
Ghost
Dog
Secrets
by Peg Kehret
Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an injured dog that is chained outdoors
in frigid weather, calls animal control then takes matters into his own hands,
aided by his best friend and a ghost collie that leads Rusty to an even deeper
secret.
Guinea
Dog
by Patrick
Jennings
When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always
wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly
like a dog.
Kindred
Souls
by Patricia
MacLachlan
Jake's grandfather Billy is eighty-eight and sick. When Billy tells Jake he is
going to instruct him on how to build a sod house Jake doesn't know if he
wants to do it, but it is the one desire of his grandfather's heart.
Liar &
Spy
by Rebecca
Stead
Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to
start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at
school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of
their building.
My Life
as a
Book
by Janet
Tashjian
Dubbed a "reluctant reader" by his teacher, twelve-year-old Derek spends
summer vacation learning important lessons even though he does not
complete his summer reading list.
Sylvia &
Aki
by Winifred
Conkling
At the start of World War II, Japanese-American third-grader Aki and her
family are sent to an internment camp in Poston, Arizona, while MexicanAmerican third-grader Sylvia's family leases their Orange County, California,
farm and begins a fight to stop school segregation.
Waiting
for the
Magic
by Patricia
MacLachlan
People may drift apart, but love can hold them together. Sometimes we find
that love through magic - sometimes that magic is all around us. This is a story
about all of these things, but it's also a story about how four dogs and one cat
help one boy and his sister save their family.
Voting
Voting takes place near the end of March.
Winner is announced on April 25th (Maud
Hart Lovelace’s Birthday).
MMS Maud Hart Competition
Participate!
Level 1 - Read 3 books, and attend pizza party.
Level 2 – Read 4-7 books, attend pizza party and win a
small prize.
Level 3 – Read 8-11 books, join pizza party, and earn a
medium prize.
Level 4 – Read all 12 books, join pizza party and win a
special grand prize.
MMS Contest begins Monday, September
22nd, 2014 and closes Monday, March 2nd,
2015.
MMS Maud Hart Competition
Once you finish a book, you must take the
AR test, achieve 80% or better, print the test
record sheet, and bring it to the media center
where it will be recorded by Mrs. Swan, Mrs.
Bloch, or myself.
Bookmark available when contest starts.
Stay tuned for updates on the special grand
prize, and other MHLopportunities during the
school year.