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From: Elaine Dimopoulos <edimopoulos>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:16:34 -0500
We held our mock Caldecott last night! The winners:
THE LITTLE YELLOW LEAF, Carin Berger (medal) ABE'S HONEST WORDS, Kadir Nelson (honor) WE ARE THE SHIP, Kadir Nelson (honor--tied with above) A RIVER OF WORDS, Melissa Sweet (honor)
Others titles that received votes: THAT BOOK WOMAN, David Small MY FRIEND THE STARFINDER, Stephen Gammell THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, Beth Krommes AMANDINA, Sergio Ruzzier FRED STAYS WITH ME, Tricia Tusa
We are a group of graduates of the Simmons College master's program in children's literature. It was a feisty discussion! We were sad that so many wonderful picture books were ineligible this year because their illustrators were not U.S. citizens or residents. We believe this criterion ought to be revisited--along with the rule that asks the judges to focus on artwork only (since we believe the text and the artwork of a picture book to be integrally connected). Finally, we felt there were many books this year that deserved a Caldecott honor award but few that rose to the top and emerged as true medal contenders. WE ARE THE SHIP was defended vehemently by some as worthy of the gold, but others disagreed.
Elaine Dimopoulos www.elainedimopoulos.com
Our complete list of contenders:
THERE'S A WOLF AT THE DOOR by Zoe B. Alley, illustrated by R.W. Alley IN A BLUE ROOM by Jim Averbeck, illustrated by Tricia Tusa THE LITTLE YELLOW LEAF by Carin Berger A RIVER OF WORDS by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet FRED STAYS WITH ME! by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Tricia Tusa TWENTY HEARTBEATS by Dennis Haseley, illustrated by Ed Young THAT BOOK WOMAN by Heather Henson, illustrated by David Small TRAINSTOP by Barbara Lehman BATS AT THE LIBRARY by Brian Lies MY FRIEND THE STARFINDER by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Stephen Gammell WE ARE THE SHIP by Kadir Nelson WONDER BEAR by Tao Nyeu ABE'S HONEST WORDS by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Kadir Nelson LADY LIBERTY: A BIOGRAPHY by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares WABI SABI by Mark Reibstein, illustrated by Ed Young METAL MAN by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Paul Hoppe SILENT MUSIC by James Rumford AMANDINA by Sergio Ruzzier DINOSAUR VS. BEDTIME by Bob Shea THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes SKIM by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki THE APPLE PIE THAT PAPA BAKED by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Jonathan Bean
The following were removed from our original list after a first round of eliminations:
ABC3D by Marion Bataille (ineligible because illustrator is not a U.S. citizen) A VISITOR FOR BEAR by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) BIG BAD BUNNY by Franny Billingsley, illustrated by Karas G. Brian THE BLACK BOOK OF COLORS by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Far?a
(ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) TADPOLE REX by Kurt Cyrus A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER by Marla Frazee GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE! by Kazuno Kohara (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) ON THE FARM by David Elliott, illustrated by Holly Meade OLD BEAR by Kevin Henkes A IS FOR ART by Stephen T. Johnson WAVE by Suzy Lee (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) THE CARDBOARD PIANO by Lynne Rae Perkins A KITTEN TALE by Eric Rohmann LITTLE HOOT by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Jen Corace PALE MALE by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Meilo So (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) DOG AND BEAR: TWO'S COMPANY by Laura Vaccaro Seeger] HOW I LEARNED GEOGRAPHY by Uri Shulevitz MADAM PRESIDENT by Lane Smith STEEL TOWN by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Terry Widener
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Kathleen T. Horning
<horning at education.wisc.edu> wrote:
> During this month of talking about our favorite books of the year, if
> you are involved in a mock Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Sibert, Coretta
> Scott King, Pura Belpre, or any other mock award discussion in your
> community, with children, teens, or adults, we invite you to submit the
> results of your discussion, along with a complete list of the books you
> discussed. It's always interesting to see what is rising to the top
> around the country.
>
> KT
>
> --
> Kathleen T. Horning
> Director
> Cooperative Children's Book Center
> 4290 Helen C. White Hall
> 600 N. Park St
> Madison, WI 53706
>
> Phone: 608-263-3721
> FAX: 608-262-4933
>
> horning at education.wisc.edu
> http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
>
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Received on Tue 16 Dec 2008 12:16:34 PM CST
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:16:34 -0500
We held our mock Caldecott last night! The winners:
THE LITTLE YELLOW LEAF, Carin Berger (medal) ABE'S HONEST WORDS, Kadir Nelson (honor) WE ARE THE SHIP, Kadir Nelson (honor--tied with above) A RIVER OF WORDS, Melissa Sweet (honor)
Others titles that received votes: THAT BOOK WOMAN, David Small MY FRIEND THE STARFINDER, Stephen Gammell THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, Beth Krommes AMANDINA, Sergio Ruzzier FRED STAYS WITH ME, Tricia Tusa
We are a group of graduates of the Simmons College master's program in children's literature. It was a feisty discussion! We were sad that so many wonderful picture books were ineligible this year because their illustrators were not U.S. citizens or residents. We believe this criterion ought to be revisited--along with the rule that asks the judges to focus on artwork only (since we believe the text and the artwork of a picture book to be integrally connected). Finally, we felt there were many books this year that deserved a Caldecott honor award but few that rose to the top and emerged as true medal contenders. WE ARE THE SHIP was defended vehemently by some as worthy of the gold, but others disagreed.
Elaine Dimopoulos www.elainedimopoulos.com
Our complete list of contenders:
THERE'S A WOLF AT THE DOOR by Zoe B. Alley, illustrated by R.W. Alley IN A BLUE ROOM by Jim Averbeck, illustrated by Tricia Tusa THE LITTLE YELLOW LEAF by Carin Berger A RIVER OF WORDS by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet FRED STAYS WITH ME! by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Tricia Tusa TWENTY HEARTBEATS by Dennis Haseley, illustrated by Ed Young THAT BOOK WOMAN by Heather Henson, illustrated by David Small TRAINSTOP by Barbara Lehman BATS AT THE LIBRARY by Brian Lies MY FRIEND THE STARFINDER by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Stephen Gammell WE ARE THE SHIP by Kadir Nelson WONDER BEAR by Tao Nyeu ABE'S HONEST WORDS by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Kadir Nelson LADY LIBERTY: A BIOGRAPHY by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares WABI SABI by Mark Reibstein, illustrated by Ed Young METAL MAN by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Paul Hoppe SILENT MUSIC by James Rumford AMANDINA by Sergio Ruzzier DINOSAUR VS. BEDTIME by Bob Shea THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes SKIM by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki THE APPLE PIE THAT PAPA BAKED by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Jonathan Bean
The following were removed from our original list after a first round of eliminations:
ABC3D by Marion Bataille (ineligible because illustrator is not a U.S. citizen) A VISITOR FOR BEAR by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) BIG BAD BUNNY by Franny Billingsley, illustrated by Karas G. Brian THE BLACK BOOK OF COLORS by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Far?a
(ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) TADPOLE REX by Kurt Cyrus A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER by Marla Frazee GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE! by Kazuno Kohara (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) ON THE FARM by David Elliott, illustrated by Holly Meade OLD BEAR by Kevin Henkes A IS FOR ART by Stephen T. Johnson WAVE by Suzy Lee (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) THE CARDBOARD PIANO by Lynne Rae Perkins A KITTEN TALE by Eric Rohmann LITTLE HOOT by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Jen Corace PALE MALE by Janet Schulman, illustrated by Meilo So (ineligible b/c ill. not US cit.) DOG AND BEAR: TWO'S COMPANY by Laura Vaccaro Seeger] HOW I LEARNED GEOGRAPHY by Uri Shulevitz MADAM PRESIDENT by Lane Smith STEEL TOWN by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Terry Widener
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Kathleen T. Horning
<horning at education.wisc.edu> wrote:
> During this month of talking about our favorite books of the year, if
> you are involved in a mock Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Sibert, Coretta
> Scott King, Pura Belpre, or any other mock award discussion in your
> community, with children, teens, or adults, we invite you to submit the
> results of your discussion, along with a complete list of the books you
> discussed. It's always interesting to see what is rising to the top
> around the country.
>
> KT
>
> --
> Kathleen T. Horning
> Director
> Cooperative Children's Book Center
> 4290 Helen C. White Hall
> 600 N. Park St
> Madison, WI 53706
>
> Phone: 608-263-3721
> FAX: 608-262-4933
>
> horning at education.wisc.edu
> http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
>
> _______________________________________________
> CCBC-Net mailing list
> CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe...
> http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net
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