The Chickadee Award

2020-2021 Chicadee Booklet

The Chickadee Award began in 2005 and is named after Maine’s state bird. It is modeled after other successful state children’s choice picture book awards and is intended to complement the Maine Student Book Award program that involves children in grades four through eight.

Bangor High School Student Council members read and recorded a selection of the 2020-2021 nominee picture books for the annual Chickadee Awards. This project was completed for Bangor School Department elementary children learning remotely so that they might hear and enjoy the read alouds from home.

Beware of the Crocodile by Martin Jenkins Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura

Read by Rae Barron

The Cool Bean by Jory John & Pete Oswald

Read by Abby MacDonald

The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow Illustrated by Steven Salerno

Read by McKayla Kendall

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett

Read by Anna MacDonald

The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens

and Susan Stevens Crummel

Read by Kosi Ifeji

I am Not a Fish by Peter Raymundo

Read by Lane Barron

Ninita’s Big World by Sarah Glenn Marsh Illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Read by Ogechi Obi

The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali, Art by Hatem Aly

Read by Nuthi Ganesh