For the third consecutive year, the third and fourth grades enjoyed participating in the Cook Prize contest, an annual non-fiction contest run by the Bank Street School of Education. You can borrow the contest finalists from the public library and enjoy them with your children.

Cactus Queen, written by Lori Alexander

The Iguanodon’s Horn, written and illustrated by Sean Rubin

Life after Whale, written and illustrated by Jason Chin

Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect by Marzieh Abbas

In both grades, the winner was Life after Whale, which illustrated how the body of a whale which has died becomes a part of the marine ecosystem and supports different forms of life for years. Many thanks to the teachers and students for their cooperation and votes!