Black- Eyed Susan Award winners!

June 28, 3:31 PMBaltimore Children's Writing ExaminerJennifer Bond Reed

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Did you know that over 70,000 students across Maryland voted for their favorite books for the Black Eyed Susan Award? This year’s winners are for 2008-2009:

Picture Book – Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
Grades 4-6 – No Talking by Andrew Clements
Grades 6-9 – I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
High School – Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award is a children's choice award for the state of Maryland. Each year since 1992, the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award has been given to authors and/or illustrators of outstanding books chosen for the award by Maryland students. The award seeks to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature.

For more information visit the MASL website at http://www.maslmd.org/awards_what.php

Check out this link for the 2009-2010 nominees. http://www.maslmd.org/awards_nominees.php

If your school wants to participate visit this link: http://www.maslmd.org/awards_guide.php