From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:07:44 -0600

Thank you to everyone who commented on the Geisel Award and the books recognized this year by the first Geisel Award committee. It will be exciting to see how the award itself, as well as our understanding of what makes outstanding books for beginning readers, develops in the coming years.

Today we shift our attention to the 2006 Caldecott Award winner and honor books.

The winner of the 2006 Caldecott award for the most distinguished illustration in a picture book for children was:

The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka. Written by Norton Juster. Michael di Capua Books / Hyperion, 2005

There were four Caldecott Honor Books:
         Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier. Written by Nikki Giovanni. Henry Holt, 2005

Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J Muth. Scholastic Press, 2005

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written and illustrated by
 Marjorie Priceman. An Anne Schwartz Book / Atheneum, 2005

Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange. Written by Joyce Sidman.
 Houghton Mifflin, 2005

You can read the terms and criteria for the Caldecott Award at http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottterms/caldecottterms.htm


What are your thoughts about the 2006 Caldecott award titles?

Megan


Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706

ph: 608-262-9503 fax: 608-262-4933

schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Wed 08 Feb 2006 09:07:44 AM CST