Have you seen the Caldecott Collection in the corner of the Library? The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats happens to be a Caldecott winner, which might be a very fitting book to read with the upcoming weather!
The Caldecott Award is given each year to the most distinguished American picture book published by an American Publisher in the previous year.
The 2011 Caldecott Award winner was announced this morning, and the winner is…drumroll, please…
The Caldecott Award is given each year to the most distinguished American picture book published by an American Publisher in the previous year.
The 2011 Caldecott Award winner was announced this morning, and the winner is…drumroll, please…
A Sick Day for Amos McGee written by Philip C. Stead and illustrated by Erin E. Stead. This is a charming story of a man who takes care of others every day, but one day, he is sick and needs others to take care of him.
The Caldecott Honor books included
Dave the Potter written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Miss Julie and Miss Elizabeth participated in a Mock Caldecott program where we read all of the books that were eligible to receive the Caldecott Award and the following books are some of our personal favorites.
Miss Elizabeth
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Alexander
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker
My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete
Please Take me for a Walk by Susan Gal
Tiger and Turtle by James Rumford
Miss Julie
Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli
Gumption! by Elise Broach
Beaver is lost by Elisha Cooper
Willoughby and the Moon by Greg Foley
Art and Max by David Wiesner
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