2012 Beehive Award Winning Books

Many students have been asking if we will have the Beehive Book Club again this year.  Yes we will!  The Beehive Book Club Kickoff will be around the end of October.  We have copies of the Beehive Nominees for 2012-13 in the library and students are already checking them out and reading them.  For a full list of the new Beehive Nominees go to www.clau.org.  The Beehive award winning books for 2012 are excellent reads as well. 

The Beehive Award Winning Books for 2012
The Winning Fiction Book:  Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. Destiny Quest
 
Out of My Mind is one of my most favorite children's books. Sharon Draper, author of Out of My Mind is a great influence nationally and internationally on teaching and writing.  She is worth "googling."

The Winning Informational Book: The Candy Bomber, The Story of the Berlin Airlift by Michael O. Tunnell
Describes the efforts of US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen to aid the children in Russian-blockaded West Berlin by dropping packages filled with candy from the air. Features personal photographs, along with letters and drawings. Destiny Quest

Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen is from Utah!

The Winning Picture Book:  Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek, and more. Destiny Quest

The students love reading this book!

The Winning Poetry Book: The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli
Eleven-year-old Belinda "Bindi" Winkler and her family find their way through tough times with the love and support of the community that grows around their newly opened restaurant, "The Dancing Pancake." Destiny Quest