Our Mock Caldecott Winners 2017
For the past week my students have been busy dissecting, discussing, and loving picture books as we tried to select the one winner and three honors books for the 2017 Caldecott. This is the second year I have done this exploration with 7th graders and as one student told me, “This is one of my favorite units” and I agree. Picture books allow all of my students to access tough issues, complex ideas, and also to gain a new appreciation for this artform. They are a constant companion of what we do in our classroom and in our reading journey. They form the ties of our community. Delving into these books have allowed my students to think deeply about their own opinions and also worked on their debating skills. While our exploration was short, I used some ideas from Jes Lifshitz’s longer Caldecott unit and then meshed my own ideas with it. To see her post go here.
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Some of our Mock Caldecott potentials
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Love these beginning thoughts from my students.
I asked each class to come up with one winner and three honors books. Here are our choices:
1st Hour
Honor: Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campory and Theresa Howell, ilustrated by Rafael Lopez
Honor: They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Honor: Samson in the Snow by Philip C. Stead
Winner: The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
3rd Hour
Honor: Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Honor:
Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campory and Theresa Howell, ilustrated by Rafael Lopez
Winner: A tie between
The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
And
They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel
5th Hour
Honor:
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
Honor:
They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Honor:
Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campory and Theresa Howell, ilustrated by Rafael Lopez
Winner:
The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
6th Hour
Honor:
They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Honor:
Honor:
Before Morning by Joyce Sidman illustrated Beth Krommes
Winner:
The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
7th Hour
Honor:
The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
Honor:
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Honor:
Before Morning by Joyce Sidman illustrated Beth Krommes
Winner:
They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Now we wait until January 23rd to see how right or wrong we were
Filed under: being a teacher, Literacy, picture books, Reading
