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The awards program from the 2013 Best Books.
A
Hi
I'm
Jerry
hide
you
services
librarian
at
the
Ames
Public
Library.
Welcome
to
well
read
a
program
about
a
little
bit
of
this
and
a
little
bit
of
that
at
your
aims:
Public
Library!
This
is
a
second
part
of
our
best
books
of
2013.
Only
this
time
it
isn't
best
books
of
what
we
at
the
Ames
Public
Library
thought,
but
what
the
well
some
would
call
them.
A
Experts
in
the
field,
some
would
call
them
people
who
don't
know
what
they're
talking
about
and
some
would
call
them
great
guidance
for
purchasing
and
for
for
reading
and
sharing
with
your
family
and
your
children.
So
whatever
your
definition
of
what
award
winning
titles
or
award-winning
committees
that
choose
the
award,
winning
titles
are
we're
here
to
talk
about
those
today
and
I'm
here
with
anastasia
who's,
an
another
youth
services
librarian
at
the
Ames
public
library,
you'll,
see
her
quite
often
and
I.
A
Imagine
some
of
you
have
had
your
her
expertise
in
helping
you
choose
a
book,
but
today
she's
my
expert
in
the
field
of
our
word:
winning
books.
So
welcome
Anastasia
and
are
you
we
ready
to
take
a
look
at
some
award-winning
books
and
then
let's
have
a
little
conversation
well
about
what
ones
that
we
thought
were
going
to
win
as
well.
So
we're
going
to
start
the
one
that
always
is
dear
and
near
to
me.
A
A
B
This
book
I
really
appreciated
how
it
gave
you
a
sense
of
what
the
world
was
like
in
the
early
1900s
I
believe
I
didn't
check
the
date
when
the
trans-canada
no
railroad
was
completed.
This
is
a
story
of
a
family
taking
a
journey
across
the
country
for
the
very
first
time,
and
I
really
liked
imagining
what
the
world
was
like
at
that
time
what
our
country
was
like
at
that
time.
B
There
is
a
page
that
shows
the
Great
Plains
that
are
pretty
one
might
say,
open
or
possibly
empty,
and
brian
floca
mentioned
that
this
was
something
that
people
often
wrote
home
about.
There
was
no
mountains,
there
was
no
trees,
it
was
so
empty
and
I
did
actually
drive
this
stretch
at
Christmas
and
it
is
still
a
lot
that
way
so
I
appreciated
the
big
open
vistas
and
how
the
oversized
book
really
brought
that
out.
Yeah.
A
Well-
and
it's
got
some
really
interesting
techniques-
he's
put
a
lot
of
story
and
interesting
facts
and,
like
he
said,
the
illustrations
are
just
fabulous
as
well,
because
he
combines
that
typeface
over
there.
Yeah
in
the
in
panel
in
covers
are
wonderful,
wonderful
information.
We
start
at
Omaha
Nebraska,
which
I
mean.
B
B
B
A
B
B
B
A
Well
deserved
award
I
think,
although
we
know
that
there's
also
been
some
controversy
about,
you
know
how
the
representation
of
it
being
multi,
cultural
and
representing
the
true
historical
parts
of
our
our
history
and
of
all
cultures.
So
but
locomotive
I
think
can't
disagree
with
that
one.
As
far
as
I
I'm
concerned.
B
B
A
B
I
think
definitely
the
power
of
imagination
is
what
comes
through
in
this
book
and
really
a
lot
of
books.
Is
that
you
can?
You
can
be
anywhere,
you
want
to
be,
and
the
author
talks
about
how
he
often
like
to
imagine
things
and,
and
some
of
it
came
out
of
his
travels
and
so
I
think
our
you
know.
Our
daily
experiences
affect
what
we
imagined
to
and
and
then
that
she
finds
some
companionship
at
the
end
regularly.
A
B
B
A
B
Mr.
wuffles
is
very
creative,
the
cat
is
playing
with
his
toys
and
it
turns
out
that
this
small
flying
saucer
has
actually
aliens
very,
very
tiny
aliens
in
it.
But
what
to
me
it
made
me
think
about.
Is
we
really
don't
know
what
goes
on
behind
our
walls
under
the
baseboard?
We're
the
mice
run
around?
There
could
be
little
aliens
for
all.
We
know
we're.
B
B
B
B
A
B
B
A
We
have
the
Flamingo
and
the
little
girl
that's
trying
to
dance
as
well,
and
the
wonderful
characters
characteristics
of
the
pay.
You
know
how
she
uses
the
page
and
the
flaps
and
making
things
happen,
and
it
remind
I
mean
when
I
read
about
the
illustrator
and
they
talked
about
her
being
a
cartoonist
right.
B
B
A
A
B
B
A
B
B
A
B
We
could
shove
it
in
the
picture
books
or
the
juvenile
nonfiction,
the
watermelon
seed.
It
was
chosen
as
the
winner
for
the
guys
lo
Award,
for
Excellence
in
beginning
reading,
but
we
have
chosen
to
put
it
in
the
picture
books
because
it's
just
an
excellent
read
together
book,
but
the
simplicity
of
the
vocabulary
and
the
story
make
it
excellent
for
beginning
readers
as
well,
and
the
the
joy
and
confusion
and
frustration
on
the
alligator
space
as
he
tries
to
figure
out.
B
B
B
A
B
A
A
B
A
B
A
That's
true
right
and
I
think
balls
like
44
times
or
something
that's
in
okay.
So,
but
he
goes
into
this
dream
sequence
as
well
and
where
the
balls
all
over-
and
he
has
a
on
the
next
page,
there's
a
birthday
cake-
that's
got
balls
on
it,
and
so
he
it's
it's
just
a
fabulous
and
he
he
gets
to
do
all
these
things
that
humans
get
to
do
with
balls
and
but
look
at
the
expressions
on
his.
B
A
B
B
So
this
is
one
that
I'm.
Actually,
when
you
are
a
librarian,
you
can
recommend
the
books
to
the
committee,
which
I
didn't
really
realize
before
this
year
and
so
I
had
recommended
to
the
committee.
So
that
I
think
partly
was
why
I
was
so
hard
attached
to
it.
But
you
know
I
know
they
considered
it,
and
there
is
always
a
lot
of
wonderful
books
published.
B
B
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
B
This
book
is
unique
in
that
it
is
not
just
what
we
would
call
a
straight-up
novel,
there's
interspersed
graphic
novel
panels
as
well
as
some
different
illustrations,
and
it
happens
to
be
about
a
squirrel
who
got
vacuumed
up
and
then
resuscitated
with
CPR
and
then
through
that
whole
process
obtained
some
amazing
super
powers
right.
So
it's
definitely
a
creative
topic
or.
B
A
B
A
B
Part,
it
is
always
interesting
when
either
there's
a
we
tend
to
think
of
any
way.
I
do
a
fantasy
world.
That's
completely
separate,
like
maybe
harry
potter,
right
now,
like
it's
a
completely
separate
world
every
now,
and
then
they
come
to
our
world.
But
it's
a
completely
separate
world
or
it's
like
realistic,
like
knock-knock.
If
we
talk
about
that,
that's
realistic-
and
this
is
somewhere
in
between
it's
like
our
world
with
vacuums,
but
then
also
poetry,
writing,
squirrels,
right.
A
B
B
A
B
A
B
B
B
A
B
B
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
B
B
B
B
So
it's
an
interesting
way
of
telling
a
love
story,
a
story
about
you
know
what
what
happens
in
the
world
and
how
are
we
connected
to
the
rest
of
the
world
very
beautiful
and
poetic,
not
something
that
any
of
us
were
really
excited
to
pick
up.
So
it's
always
interesting
to
see
what
the
awards
committee
find
is
interesting.
B
A
B
B
A
Think
there's
been
some
very
much.
Some
themes
like
you
know,
the
world
war
two
and
and
one
in
in
all
of
the
the
Scopes
of
the
nonfiction
and
fiction,
has
been
very
interesting
this
year.
So
I
would
invite
you
to
take
a
look
at
courage,
has
no
color
and
imprisoned
the
branded
by
triangle.
I
is
a
very
interesting
part
of
all
that
type
of
history
that
we
might
not
be
aware
of,
and
it's
always
good
to
broaden
ourselves.
A
B
A
Is
fabulous
as
well
and
then
we
start
out
the
book
yeah.
We
have
to
think
about
that
print
print
awareness
as
to
which
way
we're
going
to
hold
that
book
and
but
the
illustrations
are
a
paper
made
paper,
collage
type
of
illustrations.
You
know
helping
with
the
text,
but
the
text
is
fabulous
as
well.
It
kind
of
takes
us
through
the
history
of
these
wonderful
birds
in
Puerto,
Rico,
and
you
know
who
inhabited
that
area
and
how
these
birds
have
went
from
being
flourishing
in
this
area
to
not
being
flirt.
B
This
is
knock
knock
by
daniel
BTW
and
this
one,
the
Coretta
Scott
King
illustrator
award.
So
in
addition
to
awards
for
certain
age
groups,
there
are
awards
for
books
that
speak
to
the
experience
of
a
certain
race,
and
so
this
is
for
African,
American
illustrators
and
there's
a
separate,
illustrator
and
separate
writer
award
and
there's
also
one
for
the
Hispanic
authors
and
illustrators.
And
so
that's
been
really
neat
to
see.
B
But
then
one
day
his
dad
doesn't
come
to
the
door,
and
so
the
rest
of
the
book
is
him
dealing
with
the
loss
of
his
father
and
it
never
says
why
his
dad
doesn't
come
back
and
the
illustrations
do
a
great
job
of
showing
how
his
whole
city
block
is
and
how
everyone
has.
This
experience
of
missing
someone
and
you
can
see
in
each
building
there
is
the
face
of
a
child.
B
That's
missing
someone
and
the
experience
of
missing
someone
is
really,
unfortunately,
common
to
a
lot
of
different
people,
no
matter
their
race
or
their
station
or
their
class
or
anything
in
life.
So
I
appreciated
that,
and
the
illustrations
in
this
book
are
so
amazing.
I
would
have
chosen
this
for
the
call
to
cut.
I
think,
if
I
had
my
way,
there's
the
there's
elephants
that
march
through
some
of
the
pages
just
to
symbolize
that
remembrance
and
he
does
collages
and
photographs
that
are
then
incorporated
into
the
collages.
A
Would
be
very
cool
to
have
seen
that
or
to
see
that
as
well,
because
yeah
it
could
be
a
wonderful
piece
to
to
act
out.
In
addition
to
the
illustrations,
I
mean
the
Bryan
Collier
did
a
wonderful
job
of
bringing
that
story
to
life
in
in
illustrations,
but
Daniel
babies
story
itself.
As
would
I
would
love
to
see
the
performance
that
would
be
yeah.
B
B
A
And
then
he
does
get
to
meet
dad
in
the
end
one
day
he
comes
to
his
door
and
he
gets
to
gets
to
see
him
and
then
I
do
also
appreciate
the
author's
note
and
illustrators
know
it
helps
bring
out
some
of
the
information
that
you
kind
of
glanced
over
as
I
was
telling
you
before.
He
has
a
rainbow
on
his
wall
decoration
and
then,
when
dad
isn't
there
anymore,
his
rainbow
has
fallen,
and
you
know
I
I,
remember
looking
at
that
in
looking
at
the
illustration,
but
it
was
purposely
done
and
then.
B
A
What
makes
a
good
quality
book
2
is
the
reasons
behind
and
why
they
do
what
they
do.
So
I
think
this
is
a
really
good
one
to
end
on,
because
it
is
I
know
it's
very
moving
and
it's
very
dramatic,
but
it
also
kind
of
reaffirms
that
thought
process
of
you
know
it's
a
right
book
for
the
right
child
at
the
right
time.
A
This
isn't
necessarily
one
that
you
would
just
pick
up
and
read
for
pleasure
because
there's
lots
of
not
that
you
know
yet
you
you
would
benefit
from
it
if
you
did,
but
that
isn't
necessarily
what
you
would
do,
but
it
would
fit.
You
know
if
a
child
is
doing
or
experiencing
things
that
they
don't
understand
and
the
absence
of
whether
it's
death
or
whatever
the
reason
is.
B
B
A
And
is
able
to
go
from
there
and
hopefully
better
than
their
lives
and
identify
with
that.
So
whether
it's
an
award
winner
or
not,
every
book
speaks
to
someone
and
every
story
speaks
to
someone,
and
hopefully
you
as
a
reader,
can
find
those
books
for
yourself
and
maybe
use
our
winners
as
a
guide
or
use
the
librarians
at
the
library
to
help
you
find
that
because
they
are
wonderful
helpers
in
in
that
process.
So
please
come
and
in
and
visit
us
and
visit
our
website
and
visit
our
blog
as
well
and
until
then
happy
reading.