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From: Tessa Michaelson <tmichaelson>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:23:52 -0600
I experienced a moment of great joy when "Wolfsnail" was announced as an Geisel honor book. I have been a big fan of this slow-paced hunter since I came across it last summer. The design layout is simple yet fresh--clear photos and basic sentences tell a backyard nature story. A backyard nature story about a cannibalistic snail! Who knew?! This story oozes with real-life gross-out qualities. No longer will you look at an unassuming snail without remembering the wolfsnail's tooth-lined tongue and how it is used. I know plenty of beginning readers who will devour this book
Tessa
Kathleen T. Horning wrote:
> I'd like to thank everyone who participated in our lively discussion of
> the Batchelder Award this year. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and I
> trust that interest in this award, and in international books for
> children, will continue to grow. If you have any last minute comments
> about the Batchelder Award, please feel free to make them today.
>
> In the meantime, I will now turn out collective attention toward one of
> the newest awards, the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most
> distinguished book for beginning readers. Youc an find more infomration
> about the Geisel Award here:
> http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/index.cfm
>
> The winner of the 2009 Award is:
> "Are You Ready to Play Outside?" written and illustrated by Mo Willems
> (Hyperion)
>
> Honor Books:
> "Chicken Said 'Cluck!'" by Judyann Ackerman Grant; illustrated by Sue
> Truesdell (HarperCollins)
> "One Boy" written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Neal
> Porter/Roaring Brook)
> "Stinky" written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis (Raw Junior/TOON Books)
> "Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator" by Sarah C. Campbell; photographs by
> Sarah C. Campbell and Richard Campbell (Boyds Mills)
>
> This year's selections provide a good demonstration of the types of
> books that can be recognized as excellent for beginning readers, from
> the traditional "I Can Read" format to picture books to comic book style
> to easy nonfiction. Please share your thoughts on these books and on the
> Geisel Award in general. Now that the award has been around a few
> years, do you find it helpful in selecting books to suggest to beginning
> readers?
>
> KT
>
>
>
>
>
>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:23:52 -0600
I experienced a moment of great joy when "Wolfsnail" was announced as an Geisel honor book. I have been a big fan of this slow-paced hunter since I came across it last summer. The design layout is simple yet fresh--clear photos and basic sentences tell a backyard nature story. A backyard nature story about a cannibalistic snail! Who knew?! This story oozes with real-life gross-out qualities. No longer will you look at an unassuming snail without remembering the wolfsnail's tooth-lined tongue and how it is used. I know plenty of beginning readers who will devour this book
Tessa
Kathleen T. Horning wrote:
> I'd like to thank everyone who participated in our lively discussion of
> the Batchelder Award this year. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and I
> trust that interest in this award, and in international books for
> children, will continue to grow. If you have any last minute comments
> about the Batchelder Award, please feel free to make them today.
>
> In the meantime, I will now turn out collective attention toward one of
> the newest awards, the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most
> distinguished book for beginning readers. Youc an find more infomration
> about the Geisel Award here:
> http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/index.cfm
>
> The winner of the 2009 Award is:
> "Are You Ready to Play Outside?" written and illustrated by Mo Willems
> (Hyperion)
>
> Honor Books:
> "Chicken Said 'Cluck!'" by Judyann Ackerman Grant; illustrated by Sue
> Truesdell (HarperCollins)
> "One Boy" written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Neal
> Porter/Roaring Brook)
> "Stinky" written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis (Raw Junior/TOON Books)
> "Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator" by Sarah C. Campbell; photographs by
> Sarah C. Campbell and Richard Campbell (Boyds Mills)
>
> This year's selections provide a good demonstration of the types of
> books that can be recognized as excellent for beginning readers, from
> the traditional "I Can Read" format to picture books to comic book style
> to easy nonfiction. Please share your thoughts on these books and on the
> Geisel Award in general. Now that the award has been around a few
> years, do you find it helpful in selecting books to suggest to beginning
> readers?
>
> KT
>
>
>
>
>
>
-- Tessa Michaelson, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 608-890-1332 Podcast: 712-318-9988 FAX: 608-262-4933 tmichaelson at education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/podcasts/podcasts.aspReceived on Wed 25 Feb 2009 02:23:52 PM CST
