From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:31:25 -0600

Today we begin our discussion of the 2009 Caldecott Award* winner and honor books:

Winner:

 The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes. Written by Susan Marie Swanson. Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

Honor Books:

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever illustrated and written by Marla Frazee. Harcourt, 2008.

How I Learned Geography illustrated and written by Uri Shulevitz. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Written by Jen Bryant. Eerdmans, 2008.

  One of the things that struck me about these four titles is the widely varying illustrative styles they use. I am always pleased when award choices can begin to showcase the immense breadth and depth of the creativity reflected in work for children and teens, and I think this years award winners and honor books, including the Caldecott, do just that.

Beyond that, I also am so happy that the narrative in each of these books is so very fine.

What are your thoughts about any or all of the 2009 Caldecott books?


Megan

*You can find out more about the Caldecott Award on the ALA/ALSC web site at:

http://staging.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/aboutcaldecott/aboutcaldecott.cfm



 

-- 
Megan Schliesman, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
608/262-9503
schliesman at education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/

Received on Wed 04 Feb 2009 10:31:25 AM CST