Tucson Festival of Books

Award-Winning Books for K-8 Readers


This session will highlight award-winning books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry for children in grades K-8. The books will be presented by the NCBLA committee who selected these books due to their appealing format, enduring quality, focus on language and invitation for child response. The committee will share about the books and instructional strategies. The 2025 award list of books will be announced.


Panelists
Patrick Andrus

Patrick Andrus is a fourth-grade teacher in the Eden Prairie School District in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, who has served on children's literature award committees. He enjoys running a book club for his students and sharing new titles with readers....

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Laura Hudock

Laura Hudock is an associate professor at Framington State University in Massachusetts who teaches literacy and children's literature courses. Her research examines children's literature selected for language arts instruction in elementary schools....

Osha Lynette Smith

Osha Lynette Smith-Davis is a retired public middle-school teacher in Harrisburg, PA. She is currently a professor in the PhD Education Department at Walden University. In addition, she peer-reviews articles for the Journal of Educational Research and Practice....

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Fran Wilson

Fran Wilson is a second-grade teacher at Madeira City Schools in the Cincinnati area.  She has served on several literature award commitees. Fran enjoys sharing book titles with children in her classroom....