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=Arkansas Diamond Primary Book = ** 2010-2011 Reading List **

The Arkansas Diamond Award was established in 1998 to honor an exceptional piece of children’s literature. This award is sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Education in partnership with the Arkansas Elementary School Council. Each fall a reading list of approximately 10-20 books in levels Kindergarten through third grade is released. Students are encouraged to read these books and vote for their favorite. The winner of the award is announced in May.

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[|O'Brien, Tony & Sullivan, Mike] **Price:** $19.81 || Gr. PS-3. Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears. || Egan, Tim. . Houghton Mifflin, 2007. || Gr. PS-2.Dodsworth does as little work as he can, collecting items from a junkyard and placing them in his thrift store for sale, until he happens upon a pink refrigerator that spurs him to do much more with his life. || Harrington, Janice N. Illus. by Shelley Jackson. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. || Gr. PS-3.A young farm girl tries to catch her favorite chicken, until she learns something about the hen that makes her change her ways. || Levine, Ellen. Illus. by Kadir Nelson. Scholastic, 2007. || Gr. 2-5.True story of a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, who escaped to freedom in 1849 by having himself shipped in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. || Schwartz, David M. and Yael Schy. || Van Leeuwen, Jean. Illus. by Rebecca Bond.Dial, 2007. || Gr. K-3. As her family travels by wagon train to Oregon, a young girl gathers scraps of cloth so that she can make a quilt. ||
 * [[image:http://www.preboundbooks.com/ws/image/cover/32052/m width="171" height="134" caption="Afghan Dreams: Young Voices Of Afghanistan"]] || Afghan Dreams: Young Voices Of Afghanistan
 * [[image:fly.jpg width="86" height="107"]] || **DIARY OF A FLY**. Cronin, Doreen. Illus. by Harry Bliss. HarperCollins, 2007. || Gr. PS-3.A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flyswatters and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. ||
 * [[image:pink.jpg width="84" height="100"]] || **THE PINK REFRIGERATOR.**
 * [[image:chicken.jpg width="94" height="107"]] || **THE CHICKEN-CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR COUNTY**.
 * [[image:henry.jpg width="93" height="117"]] || **HENRY’S FREEDOM BOX**.
 * [[image:seed.jpg width="93" height="112"]] || **HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PUMPKIN?** McNamara, Margaret. Illus. by G. Brian Karas. Random House, 2007. || Gr. K-2. Charlie, the smallest child in his first grade class, is amazed to discover that of the three pumpkins his teacher brings to school, the tiniest one has the most seeds. ||
 * [[image:shoe.jpg width="84" height="99"]] || **THE ORANGE SHOES**. Noble, Trinka Hakes. Illus. by Doris Ettlinger. Sleeping Bear Press, 2007. || Gr. 1-4.Delly Porter enjoys the feel of soft dirt beneath her feet as she walks to and from school, but after a classmate makes her feel ashamed of having no shoes she learns that her parents and others, too, see value in things that do not cost money. ||
 * [[image:ruthie.jpg width="93" height="102"]] || **RUTHIE AND THE (NOT SO) TEENY TINY LIE**. Rankin, Laura. Bloomsbury, 2007. || Gr. PS-2.Ruthie loves tiny things and when she finds a tiny camera on the playground she is very happy, but after she lies and says the camera belongs to her, nothing seems to go right.
 * [[image:wild.jpg width="92" height="75"]] || **WHERE IN THE WILD?: CAMOUFLAGED CREATURES CONCEALED… AND REVEALED**. Illus. by Dwight Kuhn. Tricycle Press, 2007. || Gr. 1-4. Featuring facts about how nature's camouflage serves hunter and hunted alike, a picture book invites young readers to lift the gatefolds and find ten creatures who are hiding in plain sight. ||
 * [[image:hair.jpg width="89" height="95"]] || **HAIR FOR MAMA**. Tinkham, Kelly A. Illus. by Amy June Bates. Dial, 2007. || Gr. K-3. When Marcus's mother has chemotherapy for her cancer and loses her hair, he tries to find new hair for her to make her well again. ||
 * [[image:papa.jpg width="91" height="91"]] || **PAPA AND THE PIONEER QUILT**



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=2008-2009 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Winners =

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