MD Black-Eye Susan Book Nominees Number 2 - Once Upon A Book

 

Once Upon A Book

By Grace Lin and Kate Messner

Are you looking for something? Are searching for something? Then step into a book and you'll find it. The beautiful illustrations swirls with the words to make a story about what it means to read!

MD Black-Eye Susan Book Nominees Number 1 - A New Day

 

A New Day

By: Brad Meltzer

Sunday quit. So now what? The rest of the week needed to find another day so a flyer went out (with little pull tabs) and auditions were scheduled. From Caterday to Funday....everyone shared their ideas.

What happens when two tiny words can make someone go from sad or happy! Maybe we all just need to feel appreciated. 

The Christmas Owl

 

The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller

By Ellen Kalish and Gideon Sterer

Every year the perfect tree is found and brought to New York City to placed at Rockefeller Center. But what if that tree doesn't come alone? What if that tree comes with a little visitor? Meet Rockefeller. A little owl with a big holiday story to tell! 

Based on true events!!

Red and Lulu

Red and Lulu

By Matt Tavares

Cardinals, Red and Lulu, love their tree. It's their home and has always been until one day it comes down and drives away with Lulu still inside! Red flies as hard as he can to find Lulu and ends up in a strange city full of lights. There he finds Lulu! Where did Red find his tree? What's going on and what do they do now? Read and Red and Lulu and find out!

 

Dasher

 

Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever

By Matt Tavares

From a carnival where people paid to see reindeer to the beautiful, shiny North Pole, Dasher had the hope it took to take a chance and change her destiny. Sneaking out of the fence after a storm, Dasher knew the penalty if she got caught, but also knew her future if she stayed. With stories of the North Pole told to her by her mom, Dasher ran into the woods with a promise of returning one day for her family.

Dasher is a beautiful book of change and hope and resilience. What will hopefully become a true Christmas classic.

The Broken Ornament

 

The Broken Ornament

By Tony DiTerlizzi

Christmas is fully of tradition and many families have special heirlooms that they put up every year so that loved past are still with them. What happens when those heirlooms are broken and lost forever or is there a way of making a new memory in honor of the old one. Find out what happens when Mom tells you not to touch and you do anyway.

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

 

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

By Eric A. Kimmel

This is one of my ultimate favorites and a Hanukkah classic!! Hershel is a tricky one and sets out to outwit every goblins that keeps the village folks from properly celebrating Hanukkah if his name isn't Hershel of Ostropel! Hershel is a story of never admitting defeat and never giving up and keeping the Hanukkah flame of hope glowing!