The COCBA Committee is pleased to announce the 8 nominees for the 2018-2019 Charter Oak Book Award program. Many hours of reading and evaluating goes into this decision.  We look for books that include all the artistic design elements of teaching the Whole Book Approach. We choose books that connect to K-3 students, and titles that might not be as well known yet!  Our goal is to shine a spotlight on some authors you may not be as well aware of... as well as the ones who already get tons of attention.  I think you'll enjoy these nominees! And more importantly, your students and families will too!

Please join so you can receive all email updates, lesson ideas, parent supplements, etc.

In addition, a Padlet Wall will be our official sharing place for ideas, resources, etc.  It's formatted in the "Shelf" format, so be sure to scroll both sideways and up and down.  All can contribute to it.  Many resources get posted in the spring months since that is when the majority of the schools focus on the awards program.

Lastly, I am reaching out to all the authors regarding school visits, so please wait before contacting them.  I will send out an email only to the schools who register to participate on author visit info.

Personally, I could not be more excited about kicking off the 8th COCBA program!

Any questions, please reach out.

Thanks,

COCBA Committee
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