Black-Eyed Susan Books
2023-2024
Black-Eyed Susan
Nominated Books
The Black-Eyed Susan program is a children’s book choice award for the State of Maryland. Since 1992, students all over Maryland read books nominated by the committee and vote for which one is their favorite. There are three categories: picture book, chapter books, and graphic novels. The lists of nominated books by category are below. Voting takes place in the spring -- only students get to vote! Information on how to vote will be posted here in March 2024. Contact Ms. Hardy at anita.b.hardy@mcpsmd.net or Mrs. Rahr at ellen.rahr@mcpsmd.net if you have questions. Happy reading!
Picture Books
You must read at least 8 of of the books to vote for your favorite in the spring. Books are available on Sora or at the public library. You can also listen to the read alouds below. If you want to keep track of the picture books you've read, click on this rating sheet link.
Students will be voting in May for their favorite of the 8 books we have read in media class. If you need to listen to any of the stories again, scroll down to the slide below with all the picture book read alouds. Then you can vote here. You may only vote for one of the 8 books we have read. Votes must be in by 5/25/2024.
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
Everywhere with You by Carlie Sorosiak, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Finding Fire by Logan S. Kline
Home by Tonya Lippert, illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier
Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground by Tera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, A Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Amber Ren
Lunch from Home by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Jing Li
My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien
Nacho’s Nachos: The Story Behind the World’s Favorite Snack by Sandra Nickel, illustrated by Oliver Dominquez
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field by Scott Riley, illustrated by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien
The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and American to Share by Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Alison Jay
There’s a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers
XO, Exoplanet by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Jorge Lacera
Chapter Books
You must read at least 3 of the chapter books to be able to vote for your favorite chapter book in the spring. Books are available on Sora or at the public library.
Graphic Novels
You must read at least 3 of the graphic novels to be able to vote for your favorite graphic novel in the spring. Books are available on Sora or at the public library.