Early Years Nominees
Form Voting for 2021-2022 Early Years Book Award is opened from April 25 to May 13. If you have any issues accessing books, please contact Ms. Hien (librarya@stpaulhanoi.com)
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Form Voting for 2021-2022 Early Years Book Award is opened from April 25 to May 13. If you have any issues accessing books, please contact Ms. Hien (librarya@stpaulhanoi.com)
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Gold Star Awards Book Review from 1st Graders
The 1st graders have made some awesome book reviews using opinion writing to promote the Vietnam Gold Star Book Awards! Other students will be listening to their reviews in the library as they decide which book to vote for.
Call Number: JF HIG
Author: Ryan T. Higgins
ISBN: 9781368059596
Publication Date: 2020
Reading level: 2.8
Read-aloud "We will rock our classmate" on Youtube
Summary: As the only T. rex in her school, Penelope is often overlooked but when she loses her confidence after signing up for the school talent show, her father and some friends help her find her courage.
Call Number: JF HIG
Author: Richard T. Morris; LeUyen Pham (illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316464475
Publication Date: 2019
Reading level: 1.9
Read-aloud "Bear came along" on Youtube
Summary: An assortment of animals living separate lives discovers they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.
This hilarious picture book and heartfelt message celebrate the joy and fun that's in store when you embark together on a ride of a lifetime.
The Rabbit Listened
Author: Cori Doerrfeld
ISBN: 9780735229358
Publication Date: 2018
Reading level: 1.6
Read-aloud "The Rabbit listened" on Youtube
Summary: A moving and universal picture book about empathy and kindness, sure to soothe heartaches big and small.
When something sad happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they have the answer. The chicken wants to talk it out, but Taylor doesn't feel like chatting. The bear thinks Taylor should get angry, but that's not quite right either. One by one, the animals try to tell Taylor how to act, and one by one they fail to offer comfort. Then the rabbit arrives. All the rabbit does is listen . . . which is just what Taylor needs.
Call Number: JF LEA
Author: Michael Leannah, Megan Elizabeth Baratta.
ISBN: 9780884487272
Publication Date: 2021
Reading level: 2.4
(read before 3 pm)
Read-aloud "Most days" on Youtube
Summary: This is a picture book about paying attention to what's around us. About enjoying the extraordinary unfoldings of an ordinary day. Moving from morning to night, the narrator becomes by turns a boy or girl of ever-changing ethnicity and ability, inhabiting city, country, or suburb. They are all children everywhere, opening their eyes to the gift of time.
Ebook "Most days" watch directly
Call Number: JF SCO
Author: Jordan Scott; Sydney Smith (illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823445592
Publication Date: 2020
Reading Level 3.1
Read-aloud "I talk like a River" on Youtube
Summary: When a child has a "bad speech day" at school, his father gives him a new perspective on his stuttering.