Two absolutely beautiful books (from an adult point-of-view):
*Silent Music: a story of Bagdad by James Rumford and
*Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein/art by Ed Young
I'm not sure how much young children will take away from these
books, but as someone said, children are full of surprises.
Also:
*One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger- what a simple, fascinating concept for a
book. Seems like one that children would like to read again and again and
then try to make up some words on their own. Simple drawings but so
intriguing!
*The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger- again, a simple concept but a way
of presenting something ordinary (leaves, trees) in a new, artistic
way.
*We Are the Ship: the story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson- wow!
What powerful illustrations! Just a beautiful, high quality piece
of
worthy literature.
I have seen ALL of these books mentioned on this very Listserv. I am so
grateful to those of you who send these "lists" in- I take your list and go
to my local library website and have the books reserved for me! This is a
wonderful way to keep up-to-date on all the new books out there (Newbery
contenders as well).
Thanks again to all of you who take the time- it benefits all of us!
Leslie Sharbel
Vestavia Hills Elementary Central
Birmingham, AL
sharbelle@vestavia.k12.al.us
or lsharbel@charter.net
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Christine Rayl
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:49 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: ELE: Caldecott contenders??
I may be in the minority here but I was very impressed with the art work in
Steel Town. Not only is this a good story, the illustrations are
impressively strong, complimenting the subject matter.
Christine Rayl, Librarian
Bowie Elementary
Grand Prairie ISD, TX
Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made
disagreeable.
Augustine Birrell
--- On Thu, 1/8/09, DeFrank, Karen <kdefrank@GLASSBOROSCHOOLS.US> wrote:
> From: DeFrank, Karen <kdefrank@GLASSBOROSCHOOLS.US>
> Subject: [LM_NET] ELE: Caldecott contenders??
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 1:37 PM
> I am working on a Caldecott lesson for next week. I have
> first, second and third graders.
>
> Last year I had a copy of Hugo Cabret and when it won it
> was so exciting. In previous years it has been weeks before
> I could get a copy of the recent winner.
>
> Any idea what might win this year? Or anything I should
> look for? I can feel a trip to my Barnes & Noble coming
> on!!
>
>
> Karen DeFrank, LMS
> Dorothy L. Bullock Elementary School
> Glassboro Intermediate School
> Glassboro NJ
> k d e f r a n k @ g l a s s b o r o s c h o o l s . u s
> "A person's a person, no matter how small."
> Horton the Elephant
>
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