Josh’s Comments (group member since Jan 19, 2010)

Josh’s comments from the LLED, Spring 2010 group.

The winner of my award was You "Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Titanic." Written by David Stewart and illustrated by David Antram. This book was nominated by Tamara and chosen as the winner for its unique format, fact-packed story, and critical overview of the tragedy.

My award will be called the "Historical Relevance award." It will be given to the best children's book with a focus on historical events. It should be something that could be integrated into a lesson for social studies/history in the classroom (i.e. focus on a war, civil rights movement, etc). It can book a book for any elementary grade (k-6). Also, the book may be either fiction or non-fiction, as long as the context of the story still conveys an accurate historical message (i.e. a book taking place during an actual historical event, conveys accurate feelings/actions/etc of the time, even if the main character(s) are themselves fictional). As Lukens says on page 17 of "Children's Literature," "Well-written historical fiction often rouses within the reader a question that begs to be answered: How much of this is true?" Because of this, historical fiction books are included as possible nominees for this award, as well as historical non-fiction. Nominations will be accepted until Thursday, March 25, 2010.

Nominations for book awards:

Heidi: Paperbag Princess
Mallori: My Sister is Different
Kristin: A Tree for me and Where are you Going, Manyoni?
Typhani: The Father Who Had Ten Children
Jayme: Martin Luther King Day
Mike: Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went the Bumblebee
Sarah: No Roses for Henry and Henry the Dirty Dog
Jess M: Earth, Sky, and Beyond
Andrew: The Skeleton in the Closet
Teeny: A Boy at War
Jack: Julius
Jess T: The Raft
Tamara: Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter

My award will be called the "Historical Relevance award." It will be given to the best children's book with a focus on historical events. It should be something that could be integrated into a lesson for social studies/history in the classroom (i.e. focus on a war, civil rights movement, etc). It can book a book for any elementary grade (k-6). Also, the book may be either fiction or non-fiction, as long as the context of the story still conveys an accurate historical message (i.e. a book taking place during an actual historical event, conveys accurate feelings/actions/etc of the time, even if the main character(s) are themselves fictional). As Lukens says on page 17 of "Children's Literature," "Well-written historical fiction often rouses within the reader a question that begs to be answered: How much of this is true?" Because of this, historical fiction books are included as possible nominees for this award, as well as historical non-fiction. Nominations will be accepted until Thursday, March 25, 2010.