Fall 2007 Official Selection

This year One Picture Book, One Community celebrates its fifth anniversary with the selection of Bob and Otto by the late Robert Bruel, illustrated by his son, Nick Bruel.

Happy Bookday!
More than 20,000 copies of Bob and Otto will be distributed to first graders, their teachers, reading specialists and school libraries throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Bob and Otto follows the fates of two friends who occupy separate but overlapping worlds. Bob, a caterpillar, wants to climb trees, while Otto, a worm, enjoys burrowing underground. After reuniting, the two friends are able to accept their differences and celebrate their contribution to nature’s harmony.

Nick Bruel is an artist-illustrator, and an author. He is also the author of the children’s books,
Bad Kitty, Boing!, and Who is Mervin Bubble?.

Download the 5th Anniversary One Picture Book, One Community poster. (PDF 700k)

Download the Bob and Otto Activity Guide. (PDF 850k)

Fall 2006 Official Selection

A Duck in New York City by Connie Kaldor

This year’s selection, A Duck in New York City by Connie Kaldor, is the story of a plucky ducky who wants to perform his “ducky dance” on Broadway. This feathered go-getter flies to New York City and overcomes challenges with the help of his “brave little heart“ and the friends who always tell him, “Yes you can.”

Connie Kaldor, a writer and performer, is a Juno Award-winning singer who has had success on the folk music scene for the past two decades. A Duck in New York City won a Juno Award for “Children’s Album of the Year” as well as a U.S. Parents’ Choice Gold Award

Meet Connie Kaldor at Miami Book Fair International
on Saturday, November 18, 2006 in Children’s Alley!

Connie Kaldor will visit with first graders in Miami-Dade county schools on Thursday, November 16, and will visit Broward county schools on Friday, November 17. On Saturday, November 18, Connie will be on stage at Miami Book Fair International, and will also meet with winners of a writing contest based on A Duck in New York City.

Fall 2005 Official Selection

Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton Taulbert

This year's One Picture Book, One Community selection Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton Taulbert is the story of Little Cliff and the friends he makes when he sets out to buy the butter his grandma needs to make her candied sweet potatoes. Though he's warned not to stop along the way, he's too polite not to greet each and every neighbor as he passes their porches, taking the ingredients they offer when they hear about the dish grandma is cooking. Of course, the "porch people" are going to want a taste of those sweet potatoes too. Little Cliff is illustrated by E. B. Lewis, whose watercolors evoke the Southern neighborhood where Taulbert grew up in the 1950s.

 

Meet author Clifton Taulbert at Miami Book Fair International
on Saturday, November 19, 2005!

Taulbert will meet with third graders in Miami-Dade County schools on Thursday, November 17, and will visit selected Broward County schools on Friday, November 18. On Saturday, November 19, he will visit Miami Book Fair International and meet with winners of a writing contest based on Little Cliff (this session will be open to everyone, parents and children).

For the third year, thousands of books will be given to third graders and their teachers, reading specialists and school libraries in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Reading is fun! Share it with everyone!

Don't miss the official launch of the 2005 One Picture Book, One Community season, Friday, September 30, 2005 at the Miami Dade College, North Campus.

Visit your local bookstore and pick a copy of
Little Cliff and the Porch People