Children's Page 
Katherine Eberline, Children's Librarian 605-697-8603

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 Accelerated Reading Search  - The Brookings Public Schools no longer have a print version of the list of reading tests. Use this link for a complete listing.

Accelerated Reading List for Brookings High School: http://bg009.k12.sd.us/QuizInfo.htm

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South Dakota Book Awards

Did you know that the state of South Dakota has two different reading awards for children’s literature? There is the Prairie Bud Award for students in grades K-3 and the Prairie Pasque Award for students in grades 4-6. The nominees for both these awards were chosen for their quality and potential popularity with children by a panel of educators and librarians. The Prairie Bud and the Prairie Pasque Awards are both “Kid’s Choice” where students read at least 5 of the 15 nominated books in order to be eligible to vote. Voting takes place during the second week of March and the winners of the statewide vote are announced in April during National Library Week. The goal of both of these awards is to encourage students to become enthusiastic, discriminating readers.

The Prairie Bud Award was created in 1998 and each year students in K-3rd grade are eligible to vote for their favorite nominated book. This year’s nominees are:

2010- 2011 Prairie Bud Nominees

Bonnie Becker, A Visitor for Bear

Sarah Campbell, Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator

Michelle Cook, Our Children Can Soar: a Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change

Menena Cottin, Black Book of Colors

Arthur Dorros, Papa and Me

Denise Fleming, Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp

Marla Frazee, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever

Chris Gall, There’s Nothing to Do on Mars

Laura Goering, Whistling Wings

Robie Harris, Mail Harry to the Moon

Barbara Kerley, What to Do about Alice: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove her Father Teddy Crazy!

Janet Lord, Albert the Fix-it Man

Jon Scieszka, Smash! Crash!

Laura Vaccaro Seeger, One Boy

Lori Sunshine, I’m Really Not Tired

Mo Willems, I Will Surprise My Friend

The Prairie Pasque Award was first given in 1987 to Ivy Ruckman for her book, Night of the Twisters. Students in grades 4–6 are eligible to vote for their favorite nominee. This year’s nominated books can be found on the South Dakota State Library's website: Check it out!

2010-2011 Prairie Pasque Award Nominees

Zoë B. Alley, There’s a Wolf at the Door

Don Brown, All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank

James M. Deem, Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past

Betsy Franco, A Curious Collection of Cats: Concrete Poems

Bill Harley, Night of the Spadefoot Toads

Ellen Jackson, Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black Holes

Rosa Jordan, The Last Wild Place

Alice McGill, Way Up and Over Everything

Claudia Mills, How Oliver Olson Changed the World

Marc Tyler Nobleman, Boys of Steel: the Creators of Superman

K. A.Nuzum, The Leanin’ Dog

Linda Sue Park, Keeping Score

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone

David Rabe, Mr. Wellington

Deborah Kogan Ray, Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw

Peggy Thomas, Farmer George Plants a Nation

The books on both of these lists cover a wide rage of styles and genre, including both fiction and non-fiction. The Brookings Public Library has several copies of all of these books, so if your children are looking for something great to read over the holidays, why don’t you come by and check them out!

Birthday Book Club                                                               

The Brookings Public Library is pleased to announce the introduction of our new Birthday Book Program. This is a unique way you can celebrate your child’s birthday in a special way, and at the same time help our library collection to grow. Participation in the program involves a $10 donation per book.

For this donation your child may select a new book from the Birthday Bookshelf located in the library. The inside front cover of the book will have a bookplate inscribed with your child’s name. The birthday child will also have the honor of being the first to check out the new book.

Children have a special appreciation for books they select to add to the library. They enjoy sharing them with family and friends. This is a wonderful way to commemorate a very special occasion and to help our library maintain a high-quality collection.