I Talk Like A River is the fourth book up for consideration in the OPS Picture Book Awards. Written by Jordan Scott and illustrated by Sydney Smith, this book tells the story of a boy who has a "bad speech day" at school, and the new perspective his father helps him develop about his stutter over a trip to a nearby river. Inspired by Jordan Scott's own experiences, I Talk Like A River is a personal story that gives voice to a young boy's feelings about his stutter through evocative language and lush illustrations.
In the video below, Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith talk about what inspired them as they worked on this Schneider Family Book Award winning project.
I Talk Like A River is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Message, Best Illustrations, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Wednesday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 5th. To check out a copy from the OPS Library visit Destiny Discover or check out a copy from the Oradell Public Library's BCCLS system.
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The next book we would like to spotlight in our OPS Picture Book Awards is In A Jar by Deborah Marcero. This touching tale of two friends focuses on how shared memories can forge lifelong bonds between two people that transcend time and space. In A Jar, which was named one of the best picture books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews and BookPage, is the latest book from Deborah, who has also illustrated books for other authors.
According to Deborah, "Llewellyn and Evelyn are two bunnies who collect moments and memories in jars, and Evelyn has to move away and they figure out a way to share their magical connection and friendship together. This story was very personal for me and it's based on a lot of things that are important to me. I am a collector. I collect stamps and sea shells and stones; I collect letters and little treasures. I have always loved jars. I believe they're eco-friendly, see-through, sentimental. They allow the light to come in.
I have also lived a nomadic life and I'm often the one saying goodbye and moving away, but I have a lot of friends all over the world who kind of hold a special place in my heart and whenever I see them again it's like no time has passed. I wanted to capture that feeling of what it's like to collect and connect to someone in a meaningful way."
In the video below, Deborah discusses her childhood, her journey to becoming an author/illustrator, and the influences that inspired In A Jar.
In A Jar is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Message, Best Illustrations, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Wednesday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 5th.
Marcero, Deborah. "Meet-the-Author Recording with Deborah Marcero." TeachingBooks.net, TeachingBooks LLC, 2021, https://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=18437#.
This week we continue the OPS Picture Book Awards by spotlighting another book that is up for consideration, Your Place In The Universe by Jason Chin. Jason is an author/illustrator of nonfiction picture books who has won numerous accolades for his work including the Sibert Medal and a Caldecott Honor Book award among others.
In Your Place In The Universe, Jason takes a complex subject, the universe, and through the use of engaging text and illustrations makes it accessible and easy to understand for the reader. In the video below, Jason explains the process he uses to illustrate a fact.
Your Place In The Universe is one of the five picture books our OPS students will be reading, analyzing, and considering for three OPS Picture Book Awards: Best Message, Best Illustrations, and Best Overall Picture Book. Voting will take place by homeroom class on Wednesday, March 3rd, and the winning book(s) will be announced on Friday, March 5th. To check out a copy from the OPS Library visit Destiny Discover or check out a copy from the Oradell Public Library's BCCLS system.
We are very excited to kick off the first week of our new OPS Picture Book Awards, an annual event where our OPS reading community will be given the opportunity to recognize some of the best picture books from the previous year. Sure, there are the Caldecott and Newbery Awards, but we thought it would be great for our students, who are avid readers, to get involved in the award season fun themselves!
Better yet, our students will be able to not only select award winners in three categories -- Best Message, Best Illustrations, and Best Overall Picture Book -- but they will also be able enter a contest to design and name all three of the awards! Please visit the Oradell PTA website for more information on how to participate in the award design contest. The winning books will be announced on Friday, March 5th as the culmination of our Read Across America festivities. This year our students will be reading, analyzing, and considering five picture books selected by our award committee, which is made up of myself, our administrators, our supervisor of curriculum, and a member of the PTA. We're pleased to announce that the first book up for consideration is A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett with art by Shawn Harris. If you would like to find out more about the book and the process Mac and Shawn used to create it, please watch the following video. |
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