Red Clover Resources

Congratulations to author Laurie Keller and her book Potato Pants! for winning the 2020 Vermont Red Clover Award!

Here are the voting results by title:

2019-2020 Red Clover Book Award Voting Results   

Title	Book Cover	Number of Votes in Vermont
Potato Pants!		1664
Misunder-stood Shark		1066
The Wall in the Middle of the Book		817
Drawn Together		611
Girl Running		609
Counting on Katherine		460
Hawk Rising		353
Julian is a Mermaid		133
The Day You Begin		102
Friends and Foes		65
Number of Votes		5,880

                     

 

View the video introduction of the previous winners and current nominees of the Red Clover Award. Click here (opens in a new window)

The Red Clover Book Award is designed for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. Each year thousands of Vermont school children read the 10 nominated picture books and vote for their favorite in the spring. The award has been handed out annually since 1997. The award is named after Vermont’s state flower and is given annually to the one book out of ten committee-nominated picture books that receives the most votes from Vermont children in grades K-4. 

 

Mission :

The Red Clover Award Program is a children’s choice picture book award designed to foster awareness, understanding and appreciation of the picture book. The award encourages readers to enjoy, explore and discuss the pictorial, narrative and design elements of the picture book in order to: sharpen critical thinking and communication skills; heighten appreciation of literature and the visual arts; and nurture enthusiasm for reading and promote lifelong learning.

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Listen to Mrs. Scrimgeour read aloud this Red Clover book, The Day You Begin, by Jacqueline Woodson . She reads it aloud at this link (opens in a new window).

Think about these questions and have a conversation with someone in your family:

1. Have you ever walked into a room full of people who seemed different than you? How did you feel? What made you feel that way? Discuss your feelings and how they changed as time passed.

2. What is something that makes you unique? Is it a positive or negative trait? How can you turn this trait into your new beginning?

Listen to Mrs. Scrimgeour read aloud this hilarious Red Clover book Potato Pants by Laurie Keller. She reads it aloud at this link (opens in a new window).

Watch the short book trailer by clicking here (opens in a new window).

  Written by Annette Bay Pimenthal. Illustrated by Micha Archer.

 Written and illustrated by Jon Agee

• Watch the book trailer. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Learn how to pronounce the author's last name. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Visit Jon Agee's website.  Click here (opens in a new window).

         Maria Gianferrari    Illustrated by Brian Floca

• Watch The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's 2019 Red-tailed Hawk Cam Highlights video. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's webpage about Red-tailed Hawks for a live webcam and many videos. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's webpage about Red-tailed Hawks for maps, calls and more. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Visit Maria Gianferrari's website. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Learn how to pronounce the author's name. Click here to listen to her voice recording (opens in a new window).

• Visit Brian Floca's website. Click here (opens in a new window).

• Learn how to pronounce the illustrator's name. Click here to listen to his voice recording (opens in a new window).

• Learn about birds of prey at DK Find Out! Click here to visit their website (opens in a new window).

           Author Jessica Love

• Will.I.Am and his muppet friends celebrate the things that make each person special! This song focuses on emotional challenges and learning to believe in yourself. Click here to listen to Will.I.Am's song on PBS, and click here for the lyrics.

• Are mermaids real? Click here for more information.

• Visit Minh Lê's, the author, website by clicking here.

• Visit Dan Santat's, the illustrator, website by clicking here.

• Click here to learn how to pronounce Minh Lê's name.

• Click here to watch a short video by illustrator Dan Santat where he explains his art process.

• An accompanying Discussion Guide and Q & A with the author and illustrator provides lots of interesting information. Click here to read it.

View the book trailer. Click here. (opens in a new window)

• View photos and watch a video about Katherine Johnson. Click here (opens in a new window)

• Listen to the author pronounce her name. Click here (opens in a new window)

• Listen to the illustrator pronounce her name. Click here (opens in a new window)

• Watch a short video about Katherine Johnson. Click here (opens in a new window)

• View NASA pictures and video from the Apollo 13 mission. Click here (opens in a new window)

View the book trailer and other activities. Click here. (opens in a new window)