TAR: Advice on purchasing old Caldecott titles

["Shelley L. Paul" <sbpaul@MINDSPRING.COM>]

Hi. My new principal wants me to decide ASAP how I plan to spend our book
fair proceeds and has suggested that I start by making sure we have the
complete collection of Caldecott winners. We are a small school, about 150
K-2 kids, about 4200 titles in the MC. My question is, considering
resources are _finite_, why should I purchase many of the oldest Caldecott
winners when, even though I understand their value as _L_iterature, their
four-color artwork and content don't hold my students' attention? Is this
horrible, unforgivable blasphemy on my part? My students are passionate
about non-fiction and I often have to send them off empty-handed when they
want pet books and space books and craft books and sports books and
dinosaur books. So, if you happen to know any excellent resources for
primary-level non-fiction, pass that info along, too. My inclination is to
spend the money there. Bad?
Thanks!
Shelley Paul
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Shelley L. Paul
Media Specialist/Computer Teacher
Woodward Academy Primary School
College Park, GA
sbpaul@mindspring.com

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