2011 Nēnē Award Nominees List

All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn 2008 (ghost story, historical fiction)

• Author's Autobiographical Essay and Author Name Pronunciation Guide
• Author's Frequently Asked Questions
• Vermont Ghost Stories and "Vermont Legends, Myths, Hauntings and Ghost Stories"
• Haunted Lodgings across the United States
• American Folklore, Legends of America, and HSPLS web links to Hawaii Ghost Stories & Myths
• Kidzworld "April Fools' Practical Jokes and Pranks" and how to create a ghostly image and an illusion

The Black Book of Secrets  Tales from the Sinister City #1 by F. E. Higgins 2007 (gothic)

• Write Away author interview and brief bio
• ATPE Book Club Questions in pdf
• Article "How Pawnshops Work" from HowStuffWorks.com
• Kids Health topic "Keeping yourself safe" Secrets- safe or unsafe?
• McGruff Advice "Can you keep a secret?"
• U.S. National Debt Clock and PBS unit "I.O.U.--An Introduction To The National Debt"
• ED.gov "Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen" with links to activities
• Character Counts! Lesson Plan Bank with lessons such as "Dishonesty: Clues and Consequences" and the "Big Book of Judgment"
• University of Illinois Extension activity "Decisions, decisions!"

The Cabinet of Wonders Kronos Chronicles #1 by Marie Rutkoski 2008 (Fantasy, alternate history)

• Kronos Chronicles trailer, Author interviews Astrophil, the Tin Spider in pdf, and audio excerpt
• Answers.com "Bohemia;" Britannica.com "Bohemia;" World Wide Words "Bohemian" and BoxBogie "Bohemian and Gypsy History"
• Prague.cz "The medieval Astronomical Clock in Prague," 5minLife Videopedia "Visit Prague's Astronomical Clock in the Czech Republic" google gallery of Orloj images and Prague.net article
• Matt Bunting's Hexapod, and Fox News article; Wired.com "Robo Spiders Are Multilegged Mechanical Marvels;" HowStuffWorks dinosaur pet robot "How Pleo Works" video and HSW Express article

Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury 2009 (Hawai'i, humor, realistic)

• Kidsday talks with author Graham Salisbury -- transcript of interview
• Publisher's Weekly "Q & A with Graham Salisbury"
• Honolulu Advertiser Photos of Salisbury at Kailua Elementary
• Hawa'ii State Info on Kailua and Hawai'i Chamber of Commerce Kailua Town History
• Kailua Beach Park: Honolulu.gov and Hawaiiweb.com sites
• Hawai'i Reporter "Growing Up in Hawaii" series and the site "Obama's Hawaii Neighborhood"

Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata 2007 (Historical fiction, war, animals)

• Scholastic Video Book Trailer and Quia Multiple-Choice Quiz
• BookPage interview 'Kira-Kira' author shares the story of a soldier's best friend
• NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD ACTIVITIES -go to page 30
• Simon&Schuster Reading Group Guide and author's site Reading Guide in pdf
• "War Dogs in Vietnam;" "Dogs of War: Vietnam 1960-1975;" "Scouts Dogs;" "Military Working Dog History;" "MWD Training" and "War Dog FAQ"
• AwesomeStories "Vietnam War" and video clips
• AKC MEET THE BREEDS®: German Shepherd Dog with links

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban 2007 (Realistic, family, friendship, music)

• Scholastic Video Book Trailer and Summary; Urban Interview and School Library Journal Review
• Fliiby "The Hammond Organ Rock Keyboard;" eHow "How to play rock'n'roll organ;" BBC "Play it Again: Organ" and
• Carnigie Hall Tracks and PodCast; FanCast Moscow clip and 1977 20/20 interview
• Neil Diamond Forever in Blue Jeans and other audio tracks
• Teens Health "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" and "Anxiety Disorders"
• FamilyDoctor.org Anxiety Disorders Overview video and article

Diamond Willow by Helen Frost 2008 (Family, animals, poetry, magic realism)

• TeachingBooks.net "Poetry Friday: Shapes & secret messages" with audio clip
• NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD ACTIVITIES -go to page 28 with great links such as Scholastic.com Iditarod -Race Across Alaska
• "Poetry Makers - Helen Frost" Interview
• ANKN Brief Description of Alaskan Athabascan Culture (APPENDIX A); Anchorage Museum "ATHABASCAN INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE" and Alaska's Digital Archives
• State of Alaska Student Information and Maps/Regions

Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson 2005 (fantasy, China)

• Dragonkeeper Series Website
• Times Online "Carole Wilkinson - creator of the last dragon in China"
• ThinkQuest "Dragons in Chinese Culture" and American Museum "Imperial Dragon"
• Ancient China for Kids with brief info on Han dynasty and a dragon powerpoint presentation
• Kidipede History for Kids --click on China
• PBS Nature The Dragon Chronicles

Elephant Run by Roland Smith 2007 (Historical, adventure, Burma, war)

• Scholastic "Author of the Month" with video clip, lesson plans and student materials
• Scholastic Video Book Trailer and "From the Zoo to Kenya: My Journey as a Writer"
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with ancedote
• BBC article "The Burma Campaign 1941 - 1945"

Ellie McDoodle, New Kid in School  by Ruth McNally Barshaw 2008 (School, family, diary, cartoons)

• BooksForKidsBlog Review: Drawing On Her Strengths
• Teacher's Guide created by Natalie Dias Lorenzi with Word Study, Discussion Starters, Predict and Culminating Projects for the chapters
• KidsHealth "What Kids Who are Moving Should Do;" PBS "When Your Family Moves: Can You Deal?" and GoogleBooks "The Moving Book: A Kids' Survivial Guide"
• HowStuffWorks "How-to" Drawing ideas; KidsFront "Learn drawing for kids;" GoogleBooks "Cartooning for the Beginner" and "Cartooning for Kids"

The Floating Circus by Tracie Zimmer 2008 (Historical, Mississippi River)

• Bildungsroman Interview: Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
• washingtontimes.com "When the circus was big time;" Riverboat Dave's Showboats and Floating Circuses" with photos and links; and The Circus in America 1825-1871
• Mississippi River Facts & Fun; Timeline 1500-2010; and River maps
• NOTC Orphan Train History and Links; PBS American Experience: Orphan Trains
• Louisianna State Museum "Antebellum Louisiana: Disease,Death, and Mourning" and Kidipede "Yellow Fever"
• Ringling Brothers Animal Care FAQ and Humane Society "Entertainment at animals' expense"
• PBS Slavery and the Making of America; Kidipede African-American Slavery; and Social Studies for Kids Links

Happenstance Found The Books of Umber #1 by P. W. Catanese 2009 (Fantasy)

• WritersCast author interview podcast
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote
• Scholastic "Parent Guide to Book Genres: Fantasy" and SF site "Science Fiction & Fantasy:
  A Genre With Many Faces"
• "20 Ways of Looking at the Book" and "91 Ways to Respond to Literature"

How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor 2007 (Realistic, family, homelessness, animals)

• Scholastic Book Trailer and Author Name Pronunciation Guide
• Macmillan Biography and Discussion Guide and Scholastic Literature Guide in pdf
• HUD.gov "Help the Homeless" and change.org End Homelessness
• Homelessness: NY Times, CNN, Hawaii Reporter, Wall Street Journal, BBC News
• Honolulu Star Bulletin "Where's Home?" series, "Homeless in Paradise," and "A Family Torn Apart"
• Honolulu Advertiser "Three paychecks away from homelessness," "Homeless children face unique barriers" and "Isles rank third in aid to homeless kids"

Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 2007 (Historical, mystery, orphans, automatons)

• Scholastic Explore Hugo Cabret , video Interview, Biography and BookFocus article
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote
• Library Sparks Lessons and Teaching Literature Index
• NY Times article "Reads Like a Book, Looks Like a Film"
• "More than Words: Typo/graphic interventions in literary writing" Blog Spot
• KidsRead.com biography and author talk and Author Name Pronunciation
• Clock links: Horology-Stuff, HowStuffWorks, "Skull Automaton Clock"
• Automata Clips: one, two, three, four and the Toyota robots
• About Georges Méliès: EarlyCinema.com with bio and FilmsdeFrance.com with clips

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies 2007 (Sibling rivalry, entrepreneurship)

• The Lemonade War Website with Curriculum Connections, Biography, weekly brain teaser, Kids moneymaking biz, lemon treat recipe and more!
• Houghton Mifflin Discussion Guide and Activities
• School Library Journal "Review of the Day" Part 1 and Part 2
• eMints links to Economics: Basic Concepts with the downloadable Lemonade Stand simulation and Math: Counting Money
• Thinkfinity "Lemonade Stand" links to lessons and websites

The Million Dollar Putt  by Dan Gutman 2006 (Realistic, humor, sports, Hawai'i)

• Scholastic author Biography and Online Interview
• WBZ article "Clinic Helping The Blind Perfect Their Golf Swing" with great news video; International Blind Golf Association "About Blind Golf" and US Blind Golf Association Video Introduction
• Foundation Fighting Blindness "Retinitis Pigmentosa" and MedlinePlus "Retinitis Pigmentos"
• About.com "Overcoming Performance Anxiety with Sports Psychology," TeensHealth "5 Ways to Beat Pre-performance Nerves" and Musical-theater-kids "Stage Fright Help Tips For Teens & Kids"
• NFB "Questions Kids Ask about Blindness;" KidsHealth "Blindness;" BAM "Resources Relating to Blindness Awareness and Visual Impairment" links; and Library of Congress Disability Awareness links

The Mozart Question  by Michael Morpurgo 2008 (Historical, Venice, Holocaust, music)

• ContemporaryWriters author Biography and Critical Perspective
• eThemes Holocaust with links to interviews, timeline, clips, Museums, and teaching resources.
• Holocaust Museum Houston: Why teach the Holocaust? with links to Teacher Programs and Resources and United States Holocaust Museum "Highlights from the collection" music tour
• Info on Terazín Concentraton Camp with link to poem "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" and the Butterfly Project Lesson Plan
• Music and the Holocaust: Theresienstadt; "Music in Terezín 1941-1944" and Music of the Shoah with info on composers
• DSOKids "Violin, Instrument;" ArtsAlive "The String Section;" and links to Games & Activities

Mudshark by Gary Paulsen 2009 (Mystery, humor, school)

• Children's Literature Q & A "Talking to Gary Paulsen"
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote
• Kids Love a Mystery website and links
• wikiHow "How to Develop the 'Sherlock Holmes' Intuition"
• ReadWriteThink Lessons "Expository Escapade—Detective’s Handbook" and "Investigating Genre: The Case of the Classic Detective Story"

The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch 2007 (Mystery, adventure)

• "Can You Make Sense of the Secret" interactive website and the Name of the Book is Secret UK site
• America's CryptoKids NSA Kids site, printable cryptograms for kids, and Google books "The Cryptoclub" and other book previews
• eTheme links "Magic: Tricks and Illusions" and "Magicians" and Google books "Kids' Magic Secrets" and other book previews

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society Book #1 by Michael Buckley 2009 (Science fiction, humor, adventure)

• Official NERDS website and MichaelBuckley Online NERDS Video Preview
• Scholastic Book Trailer
• FBI Kids Page, CIA Kids Page, US Secret Service FAQ by Kids, NSA CryptoKids, International Spy Muesum in D.C. and Time for Kids "Why Spy"
• Website "Top Secrets for 21st Century Spy Kids" with links; wikiHow "How to be a Spy Kid" and Gadget Playground "Spy Tips, Techniques, and Counter Measures"
• HowStuffWorks "Spy Gadgets" and "How Spies Work"
• NY Times "‘Nerd’ and ‘Geek’ Should Be Banned" and Science Daily "Geeks May Be Chic, But Negative Nerd Stereotype Still Exists"

Nick of Time Nick McIver #1 by Ted Bell 2008 (Historical fiction, adventure, war, science fiction)

• Official Nick McIver Time Adventure website and Road Less Traveled Review
• Macmillan links to audio excerpt and Glenn Beck radio review and TV interview with Author
• Info about Isle of Sark and Britlink Channel Islands
• BBC World War II Primary History
• eThemes links "Science: Time Travel," "Pirates" and World War II for Elementary Students
• see NERDS links above for more about Spies/Espionage

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman 2009 (Norse myth, fantasy)

• Mr. Bobo's Remarkable Mouse Circus -the Official Neil Gaiman website for Young Readers with Video Book Trailer
• HarperCollins links to author's and illustrator's biography and websites
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin 2007 (Mystery, puzzles)

• Offical Puzzling World of Winston Breen website (check out his puzzle blog), video book trailer, and Shelf Elf Author Interview
• WebCrawler list of links "free scavenger hunt for kids"
• Kaboose Puzzles links; Best of the Web Puzzles links; and Discovery Education "Brain Boosters"
• Mystery.net Lesson Plans in Reading and Solving Mysteries; Scholastic Genre Characteristics Chart in pdf; MysteryNet's Kid's Mysteries to solve; and ReadWriteThink "What's in a Mystery? Exploring and Identifying Mystery Elements" and links to other mystery genre lessons

The Roar by Emma Clayton 2009 (Science fiction, adventure)

• Barnes & Noble Video Book Trailer and BookBlog author Interview
• Scholastic Booktalk and Ink Spot Blog 26
• National Geographic "Plague" with links to related articles, CDC Plague Home Page and Discovery Health "How Plague Works"
• ReadWriteThink podcast on Distopian Literature and Reference.com "Dystopia"
• Animal Planet videos Top 10 Most Shocking Animal Attacks and FactMonster "Fascinating but Deadly"

The Seven Keys of Balabad  by Paul Haven 2009 (Adventure, suspense)

• Keane audio Booktalk
• PBS Islam: Empire to Faith lessons and Frontline: Muslims; Islam for Children with link to Mosques and BBC Religions: Islam
• Carpet Museum of Iran and ArtNet "TREASURES OF HAJJI BABA"
• About.com Middle East Basics ; Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Middle East Maps and BBC News: Middle East with Country profile links at bottom of page

Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde 2008 (Fantasy, witches, spooky)

• Video Book Trailer by Sarah Loch
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote

Swindle by Gordon Korman 2008 (Adventure, crime)

• Scholastic Booktalk, Book Trailer and Video Interviews of the author
• BookVideos.tv video with Korman speaking about his writing career and his book
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide; Dictionary definitions of swindle and fraud
• Lelands auction catalogue and Forbes Top Ten Baseball Cards
• Ehtics Scoreboard "Ethics Fallacies, Myths, Distortions and Rationalizations"
• PBS Dishonesty Lesson Plan and FBI Common Fraud Schemes
• Federal Trade Commission Lesson: False or Misleading Ads and "It Looks Good...But is it True?" in pdf; FBI Kids' Page; Consumer Information Links

Villain's Lair Gecko & Sticky #1 by Wendelin Van Draanen 2009 (Humor, adventure, animals)

• MetaCafe Book Trailer; also at Kids@Random
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote
• Mexicolore.com Aztecs site with links and photo of a gold ingot
• FactMonster Fast Facts and quiz on Aztec Empire; HowStuffWorks "The Rise and Fall of the Aztec;" National Geographic "What Killed the Aztecs" video and "Cluedoku Aztec Icons" game
• HowStuffWorks "Gecko" article and 5 video clips such as "Sticky Gecko"

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead 2009 (Mystery, science fiction, family)

• SLJ "Upper West Side Story" and NewYorkKids TimeOut Rebecca Stead interview article
• Vimeo Book Trailer and vodpod YouTube version
• YouTube "Rebecca Stead discusses Newbery winner WHEN YOU REACH ME" and "Rebecca Stead Interview"
• RetroGameShows Pyramid history and clips and YouTube $20,000 Pyramid clips 1, 2, and 3
• Author Name Pronunciation Guide with short anecdote
• LitLovers LitGuides Discussion questions and Horn Book Review
• KidsHealth "Do You Know How to be Street Smart?" and "Living with a Single Parent"
• ThePeopleHistory of the 1970's and the 1980's
• PBS NOVA "Think Like Einstein" and "Einstein's Big Idea;" HowStuffWorks "How Time Travel Will Work;" National Geographic "Time Machine" video; AIP "Image and Impact; and "Einstein Archives Online"
• New Yorker "Fresh Hell: What’s behind the boom in dystopian fiction for young readers?"
  

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