Black Eyed Susan Reading program
Readers Wanted!
Do you like to read? Do you like parties? Are you looking for new books (ebooks) to read?
Well then, the Black-Eyed Susan Reading Program is for you! Every year, librarians from across the state of Maryland select awesome books for kids and young adults for the BES Program. Briggs Chaney students who read at least three current BES nominated books, and submit a Google form for each one, are invited to our voting party each spring.
Last Spring 2021, we held our voting party virtually and had a lot of fun!
Please visit our mymcps Classroom/Media Center or select this link BES Button to see the nominated titles and other information on how to borrow the BES ebooks and to fill out the Google Form.
Contact Ms. Justice @ Ramona_W_Justice@mcpsmd.org or
Ms.Vega, @ Leslynette_Vega@mcpsmd.org for more information.
2022 Winners:
2021 - 2022 Black-Eyed Susan Award Winners
And the winner is…
The votes have been counted and over 62,000 students from across the state have selected their favorite books as part of the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award program. The student selections are:
Picture Book – The Barnabus Project by Terry, Eric & Devin Fan
Grades 4-6 – City Spies by James Ponti
Graphic Novels Grades 4-6 – Twins by Varian Johnson, illustrated by Shannon Wright
Grades 6-9 – Wink by Rob Harrell
Graphic Novels Grades 6-9 – The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
High School – A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
***All the above titles are available on the Sora App for ebook format or in the Media Center for print format***
2021-2022 BES Program Directions:
To participate, read a total of three or more of the current BES nominated books listed in the links below and fill out the Google Form for each one.
When we see you've got three Forms completed, We will send you an invitation to the party in April!
click the picture below to go to Destiny Discovery Catalog to see the nominees for this school 2021-22.
CLICK BELOW TO SEE COLLECTION!
