December and January's book is The Uglified Ducky by Willie Claflin.
It has a CD so I don't read it to the students I run the CD and change the pages with the CD. Many of the students actually laugh during the reading. It is really a cute story. It's a variation of the Ugly Duckling only instead of a swan living with ducks it's a moose. I'm betting this one will be the winner. It's a great story and has great pictures and the CD doesn't hurt it's chances either.
The reader of the story is the author Willie Claflin in the voice of Maynard Moose. The author is actually a storyteller. We have one of his CDs in the library (no book) and I laughed out loud when I heard some of his Moose Tales. He mixes and modernizes fairy tales. Its really very entertaining.
Voting is the last week of January as the "polls" close on the 31st. We will find out early in Feb. which book will be the winner. The author of the winning book will receive an award at the Texas Library Association convention in April. This year the convention is in Austin.
