Current READ Nominations
The following titles have been nominated for the 2021 CLEL Bell Awards
in the category READ.

Help Wanted Must Love Books
by Janet Sumner Johnson, illustrated by Courtney Dawson (Capstone Editions)
Shailey loves bedtime stories. When her dad gets too busy with work to read to her regularly, she decides to fire him and hire a new reader. She interviews familiar fairy tale characters until she finds just the right reader.

A Book for Escargot
by Dashka Sater, illustrated bySydney Hanson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Escargot, the charming French snail is back with book two. He models a love of books and talks with the reader throughout about his favorites. The interactive style encourages the readers to talk about what books they like, while being silly and perhaps coming up with a fun French voice/accent for Escargot!

How to Read to a Grandma or Grandpa
by Jean Reagan, illustrated by Lee Wildish (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc)
This story joyfully explores the concept of kids reading to their grandparents. The grandparents are engaged in the books and love being read to. The book mentions all the places you can find good books to read, the subject matter to be found in books, all the places you can read books, and the fact that you can act out the stories in books.

Library Babies
by Puck, illustrated by Violet Lemay (duopress)
Shows babies enjoying all the amenities of a library: storytime, looking at books, listening to books, playing with the puppet theater, and best of all taking books home!
