BookBag Newsletter
South Dakota State Library
Braille and Talking Book Library
Fall/ Winter 2006, Volume 1, Issue 3
Editor: Karen Duenwald
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South Dakota Children's Book Awards
We welcome all readers in grades K-6 to become involved in the upcoming Prairie Bud/Prairie Pasque Book Award Contest. The guidelines for the contest and the recorded and braille versions of the chosen books which are available at the Braille & Talking Book Library are listed in this special edition of Kid's News. Thank you for participating!

Purpose: To encourage children to become enthusiastic, discriminating readers.

Participating Organizations: South Dakota Library Association (SDLA); Public Library & Trustee Section of SDLA; School Library & Media Section of SDLA; South Dakota Reading Council; South Dakota State Library; South Dakota Elementary School Principals.

Who Can Vote: Any South Dakota student in grades K-3 (for Prairie Bud) and any South Dakota student in grades 4-6 (for Prairie Pasque). To vote, a child must have read or heard at least 5 of the contest books. Each child may vote only once.

Time Period: The book award competition will commence during Children's Book Week in November. Children will read the contest books during November, December, January, February and part of March. Voting will take place the second week in March.

Winner: The book award winner will be announced in April during National Library Week. The author of either the Prairie Bud or Prairie Pasque winning book will be invited to the SDLA convention the following fall.


South Dakota Children's Book Awards, 2006-2007 Nominees
Prairie Bud Award for Grades K-3 Recorded Titles
  • SD003996 Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery by Adler, David

  • SD003972 Stanley's Party by Bailey, Linda

  • SD003980 Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein by Brown, Don

  • SD003971 Superdog: The Heart of a Hero by Buehner, Caralyn

  • SD003968 Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel by Connor, Leslie

  • SD004001 Birthday Pony by Haas, Jessie

  • SD003999 Henry and the Kite Dragon by Hall, Bruce

  • Not available Actual Size by Jenkins, Steve

  • SD003966 Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Look, Lenore

  • SD003993 Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by McGhee, Alison

  • SD003967 Only One Club by Naliboff, Jane

  • SD004000 Karate Hour by Nevius, Carol

  • SD003992 I Wanna Iguana by Orloff, Karen

  • SD003998 Why Epossumondas has no Hair on his Tail by Salley, Coleen

  • SD003999 What Time is It, Mr. Crocodile? by Sierra, Judy


Prairie Pasque Award for Grades 4-6 Recorded Titles
  • SD003987 Never Mind! A Twin Novel by Avi

  • SD003989 Last Holiday Concert by Clements, Andrew

  • SD003978 Beekman's Big Deal by De Guzman, Michael

  • Not Available Technically, It's Not My Fault by Grandits, John

  • SD003991 Get Rich Quick Club by Gutman, Dan

  • SD003986 Old Willis Place: a Ghost Story by Hahn, Mary Downing

  • SD003985 Truth about Sparrows by Hale, Marian

  • SD003977 Cats in Krasinski Square by Hesse, Karen

  • SD003973 Merlin and the Making of a King by Hodges, Margaret

  • SD003990 Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing by Janecko, Paul

  • SD003987 Abduction! by Kehret, Peg

  • SD003975 Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels by Nolan, Lucy

  • SD003983 Shredderman: Secret Identity by Van Draanen, Wendelin

  • SD003988 Cabin on Trouble Creek by Van Leeuwen, Jean

  • SD003974 Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by Wise, William


Prairie Bud Award for Grades K-3 Braille Titles
  • SBR01274 Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery by Adler, David

  • SBR01251 Stanley's Party by Bailey, Linda

  • SBR01255 Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein by Brown, Don

  • SBR01250 Superdog: The Heart of a Hero by Buehner, Caralyn

  • SBR01247 Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel by Connor, Leslie

  • SBR1282 Birthday Pony by Haas, Jessie

  • SBR01273 Henry and the Kite Dragon by Hall, Bruce

  • Not available Actual Size by Jenkins, Steve

  • SBR01245 Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Look, Lenore

  • SBR01271 Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by McGhee, Alison

  • SBR01246 Only One Club by Naliboff, Jane

  • SBR01278 Karate Hour by Nevius, Carol

  • SBR01270 I Wanna Iguana by Orloff, Karen

  • SBR01276 Why Epossumondas has no Hair on his by Salley, Coleen

  • SBR01277 What Time is It, Mr. Crocodile? by Sierra, Judy


Prairie Pasque Award for Grades 4-6 Braille Titles
  • SBR01266 Never Mind! A Twin Novel by Avi

  • SBR01267 Last Holiday Concert by Clements, Andrew

  • SBR01254 Beekman's Big Deal by De Guzman, Michael

  • Not available Technically, It's Not My Fault by Grandits, John

  • SBR01269 Get Rich Quick Club by Gutman, Dan

  • SBR01262 Old Willis Place: a Ghost Story by Hahn, Mary Downing

  • SBR01260 Truth about Sparrows by Hale, Marian

  • SBR01253 Cats in Krasinski Square by Hesse, Karen

  • SBR01263 Merlin and the Making of a King by Hodges, Margaret

  • SBR01272 Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing by Janecko, Paul

  • SBR01259 Abduction! by Kehret, Peg

  • SBR01265 Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels by Nolan, Lucy

  • SBR01258 Shredderman: Secret Identity by Van Draanen, Wendelin

  • SBR01268 Cabin on Trouble Creek by Van Leeuwen, Jean

  • SBR01264 Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by Wise, William


Voting Instructions & On-line Ballot
In order to be eligible to vote, all participating students must read or have read to them at least five titles from the masterlists. A student may only vote for a book that he/she has read or heard read. Individual students reading the alternative format books may give their votes to that student's school librarian or my call the Braille and Talking Book Library at 1-800-423-6665 and report their votes.

The Prairie Bud & Pasque masterlist and ballot will be mailed to schools and public libraries in October 2006 following the SDLA annual conference. The reading contest officially begins during Children's Book Week in November 2006. Masterlists and ballots will be mailed again in February 2007 to remind participants to vote.

Voting takes place at participating schools in early March 2007. The coordinating teacher or librarian may use their masterlist to record vote tallies received for each title. The school or library's completed masterlist, containing a tally of all the votes cast for each title, should be sent (postmarked no later than March 15, 2007) to:
SDLA Prairie Pasque Award Attn: Jasmine Rousey South Dakota State Library 800 Governors Drive Pierre, S.D. 57501-2294
The Book award committee will compile the vote tallies from all participating schools and the winners will be announced during National Library Week, April 2007.


RFB&D's 2007 National Achievement Awards
Applications are now available for RFB&D's 2007 National Achievement Awards (NAAs) - our annual program for college seniors with visual impairments and high school seniors with learning disabilities.

Since 1959, RFB&D has recognized college seniors who are blind or visually impaired for their extraordinary leadership, scholarship, enterprise and service to others. In 1990, the awards were named the Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards (SAAs) to reflect the generosity of their late founder, who endowed the program with a gift of $1 million. The SAAs are presented to nine seniors at four-year US colleges or universities who are blind or visually impaired.

The Marion Huber Learning Through Listening® (LTL®) awards are presented to six high school seniors with learning disabilities. The LTL awards are the first national awards presented to high school seniors with learning disabilities to recognize extraordinary leadership, scholarship, enterprise and service to others. These awards were established in 1990 to continue in perpetuity through the generosity of the late Marion Huber, a longtime RFB&D donor.

Awards totaling more than $50,000 are available. Previous winners have been honored at the White House. Learn more about last year's SAA winners at www.rfbd.org/NAASAA2005.htm; the stories of last year's LTL recipients can be found at www.rfbd.org/NAALTL2005.htm.

Applicants need to have been active RFB&D members for at least one year, up to and including the period of March 1, 2006 - March 1, 2007, and have borrowed at least one RFB&D book during that time (individually or through a school).

The deadline for the 2007 awards is March 1, 2007.

For information on the additional eligibility criteria for each award or to download an award application, visit our accessible website at www.rfbd.org/applications_awards.htm or call toll-free 866-RFBD-585 (866-732-3585).

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