Caldecott Medal Winners

Today our Kindergarteners, 1st Graders, and 2nd Graders talked about Caldecott Books.

The Caldecott Medal is named after famed 19th Century English illustrator, Randolph Caldecott.

Each year, one book, chosen by a committee from the American Library Association, pick one Cadelcott Medal winner (and runners up the Caldecott Honor) for outstanding illustrations in a picture book.

We started by reading one of Mrs. Lents' favorites, Click, Clack Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin.



Then, students looks through the rest of the Caldecott books in our library (and there were a lot!) and looked for similarities between the books.

Students noticed:
-life-like drawings
-bright colors
-funny pictures
-pictures that told the story
-lots of detail in the pictures

We are look forward to exploring more Caldecott books next week!