Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan

Maryland's children's choice award is the Maryland Black Eyed-Susan Book Award.  It is sponsored annually by MASL (Maryland Association of School Librarians).  We've been participating for several years now and I'm continually impressed by the boys and their thoughts and insights.  We had almost 40 3rd-5th grade boys participate this year.  The guys have been reading from the list of nominated books since November.  Today was our voting lunch.  We gathered, ate pizza, spoke for books we felt strongly about, and then the boys voted for their favorite.  The winner at my school -- by one vote -- is The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mar Barnett.  The statewide winner will be announced in the beginning of May.  Watch and listen to author Mac Barnett talk about his book.