DCF & GSF AWARDS GO TO TWO GREAT BOOKS!!! 2010-2011 WINNERS Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award VT CHILDREN READ AND VOTED IN 2011 Great Stone Face Award VT CHILDREN READ AND VOTED IN 2011 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass Murder at Midnight by Avi Leo and Amanda were born on the same day and became best friends. On their first birthday, they learned to walk. On their fifth, they planted seeds in handmade pots. On their tenth, they learned there are some words you can never take back. Amanda's eleventh birthday should have been a happy occasion. Instead she's dressed in an itchy costume her mother picked out, and across town, her ex-best friend Leo is celebrating their joint birthday with a huge bash including a hypnotist, a football star, a giant iguana, and a rock band. SO not fair! Amanda can't wait for the day AFTER her birthday so she can stop thinking about the fight that led to her and Leo having separate parties for the first time in their lives. There's just one problem. The next day is her birthday all over again. From Wendy Mass Fabrizio, an orphaned, street-smart servant boy who lives in Renaissance Italy, where everyone except his master, Mangus the Magician, is busy plotting to attain power.  Mangus knows that people are awed and frightened by his skill as an illusionist, but Frabrizio, who doesn't understand the difference between magic and sleight of hand, gets his master arrested when he answers, “Oh yes, my master performs magic!” It takes a printer s devil, Maria, the newly invented printing press, a casket with a secret compartment, and Fabrizio’s street-smarts to save his master and find out who really is plotting against the king. From NH Librarians 2011-2012 GREAT STONE FACE BOOKS FOR NH STUDENTS Link to Annotated Great Stone Face List for 2011-2012 The Great Stone Face Book Award is sponsored by the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire (CHILIS)and is given each year to an author whose book receives the most votes from fourth through sixth graders throughout the state. Each year a committee chooses 25 recently published titles, which children then use as a guide for voting. The vote takes place every April during National Library Week, and the winner is announced in May. The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to allow children to honor their favorite author. All information came from the Dover Public Library website. Check out the illustrated covers of all the books, with annotations on this site. 2011-2012 GSF BOOKS NH Students Vote in the Spring! 2011-2012 DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER BOOKS FOR VT STUDENTS Link to Annotated Dorothy Canfield Fisher Books for 2011-12 2011-2012 DCF BOOKS VT Students Vote in the Spring! The Dorothy Canfield Children's Book Award was first given in 1957. It is co-sponsored by the Vermont State PTA and the Vermont Department of Libraries. These books, to be read during the school year, comprise the master list for the award. Students vote each spring for their favorite book. All information below came from the DCF website.