{"id":3668,"date":"2021-06-27T15:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T22:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2021-06-27T15:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T22:31:11","slug":"and-the-winner-is-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2021\/06\/27\/and-the-winner-is-7\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The votes are in from South Slope and BCSD and the 2020 Canadian Picture Book of the Year is&#8230; The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/barnabus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3669\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/barnabus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/barnabus.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/barnabus-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/barnabus-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why did we choose this book? Here are some of the students&#8217; comments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It helps people learn everything is possible and everyone is perfect in their own way&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s about being brave and knowing you can do it if you believe&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In it they are kind and help each other&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It was exciting becuase I didn&#8217;t know what would happen&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I like the funny monster with the big eye&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It goes to my heart&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It allows me to imagine I am in the story, like I&#8217;m watching a 3D movie&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It tells me everyone can be unique. I like people who are different&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I learned that everyone does not have to be the same&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Barnabus Project was also recently awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/ggbooks.ca\/the-barnabus-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Governor General&#8217;s Literary award for Young People&#8217;s Literature- Illustrated Books.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the story again read by the Fan brothers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipk377rsxzc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In second place was My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee (Author), Elaine Chen (Illustrator).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2021\/05\/09\/its-may-already\/gong-gong\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3643\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3643\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/gong-gong-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/gong-gong-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/gong-gong-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It has Chinese words and I speak Chinese&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It reminds me of Grandma&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I remember my Papa and me who also do this&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It made me feel like I was in the book and it made me happy&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In third was The Paper Boat by Thao Lam.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2021\/06\/27\/and-the-winner-is-7\/paper-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3673\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3673 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/paper-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/paper-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/06\/paper-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;It had a happy ending&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I like how the creator did their pictures with collage&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It makes me have a connection of South Korea and North Korea having a war&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I had a connection from my dad&#8217;s city and my mom&#8217;s city&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And tied for fourth was I talk like a River by Jordan Scott and Sidney Smith and The Most Amazing Bird by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, illustrated by Andrew Qappik.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2021\/05\/09\/its-may-already\/talk\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3652\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/talk-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/talk-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/talk-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2021\/05\/09\/its-may-already\/mostamax\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3651\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3651\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2021\/05\/mostamax-150x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone for participating! Looking forward to choosing the 2021 Canadian Picture Book in the next school year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The votes are in from South Slope and BCSD and the 2020 Canadian Picture Book of the Year is&#8230; The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers. Why did we choose this book? Here are some of the students&#8217; comments: &#8220;It helps people learn everything is possible and everyone is perfect in their own way&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2021\/06\/27\/and-the-winner-is-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;And the winner is&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3668"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3675,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions\/3675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}