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From: Elaine Dimopoulos <edimopoulos>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:31:22 -0500
Correction: I meant IN A BLUE ROOM (illus. Tricia Tusa) on our vote-getter list. Apologies!
Elaine
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Elaine Dimopoulos
<edimopoulos at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>IN A BLUE ROOM, 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
> 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 12:31:22 PM CST
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:31:22 -0500
Correction: I meant IN A BLUE ROOM (illus. Tricia Tusa) on our vote-getter list. Apologies!
Elaine
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Elaine Dimopoulos
<edimopoulos at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>IN A BLUE ROOM, 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
> 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
>>
>
Received on Tue 16 Dec 2008 12:31:22 PM CST
