Rebecca Caudill Nominees 2013

The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award is an annual award given to an author. Students across the state in grades 4-8 will choose one of the nominees and vote for the one they consider the most outstanding. The award is in honor of Rebecca Caudill, an author, who resided in Urbana, Illinois and was an author for nearly 50 years.  This is 25th year for this award!

 Prairieview is registered to participate in the award program. Students must read or hear at least 3 of the 20 books to vote. Only students are allowed to vote! Voting takes place between mid February. We will vote in the IMC.

 Here are the 2013 Nominees. You can visit http://www.rcyrba.org/ for more information. This week, the fourth and fifth grade students will be introduced to the 20 nominees. Once I've shared the nominees to all the classes, students are able to check out the books at their book checkout.

Now let's take a look at the books!!!!!!

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins

Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer


Born To Fly by Michael Ferrari


Bounce by Natasha Friend


Countdown by Deborah Wiles


Dark Life by Kat Falls


The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman


How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart


Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai


Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur


Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes


One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams


Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper


Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai


Smile by Raina Telgemeier


The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger



Trash by Andy Mulligan


Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm


The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins


Which book will you read first? Did you notice one of the Caudill nominees is also nominated for the Bluestem award?!?! Remember to read or listen to at least 3 to vote by February. These books will be on reserve for fourth and fifth graders in the IMC.

Happy Reading!
~Mrs. Csorba