Yesterday morning was the big announcement of this year’s Newbery and Caldecott children’s book award winners. Drum roll please…
“The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.”
2010 WINNER - When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
2010 HONORS -
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip M. Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by Grace Lin (YIPPEE!! Bought this for my 9 year-old for Christmas!)
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
by Rodman Philbrick
“The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”
2010 WINNER - The Lion & the Mouse
by Jerry Pinkney
2010 HONORS -
All the World
illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!
PS: How well do you know your children’s book awards? If you can’t tell your Theodor Seuss Geisel Award from your Pura Belpré Award, then you can read up on them all here.
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My friend Wishy lent me this Caldecott Honor book and I immediately had to rush out and buy a copy to keep.
The non-wordy story is very simple: the contrast between a typical dog and cat day. Hondo the dog goes to the beach and Fabian the cat stays home with “the baby.” Guess who has the better day!
The soft illustrations are very sweet and soothing. Yet the expressions on the cat and dog faces convey such nuances of emotion that everyone, adult and child alike, will enjoy this book.
(Paperback is eligible for Amazon’s 4-for-3 promotion.)
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As an animal lover and a “sucker” for taking in strays and rejects (how do you think we ended up with eight cats?), I think this is a wonderful story! My kids and I really enjoy reading this over and over again.
This Caldecott Honor Winner is a true story of how a family discovers a stray dog while on a picnic and how that dirty little dog becomes part of their life.
The text is quite simple and minimal. The illustrations are wonderfully sweet and funny yet very effectively convey the emotions of the family members, and even the dog.
I guarantee that you and your kids will love this one, especially if animals are a big part of your life.
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book.
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I just finished reading this book to my son’s class, and I whole-heartedly recommend it!
Anatole is a Parisian mouse who decides it is wrong to be stealing scraps to eat from people’s houses and decides to earn his cheese by being an anonymous cheese taster at the local cheese factory. The story and illustrations are so cute that children today enjoy this book as much as they did in the 1950′s when it was first published.
A Caldecott Honor Book.
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