4/22/2017 0 Comments I Have Heard of a Land1998, Written by Joyce Carol Thomas, Illustrated by Floyd Cooper Coretta Scott King Award (1999) I Have Heard of a Land is a historical fiction tale of a single black woman who makes her home on the Oklahoma countryside in the late 19th century.
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4/15/2017 0 Comments Marvelous Cornelius2015, Written by Phil Bildner, Illustrated by John Parra Golden Kite Award for Picturebook Illustration (2016), Parents’ Choice Book Awards Gold (2015), Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature (2016) Marvelous Cornelius is the story of a real garbage man named Cornelius who worked hard to keep the streets of New Orleans' French Quarter clean, and the difference he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
3/25/2017 0 Comments Flotsam2006, Written & Illustrated by David Wiesner Caldecott Medal (2007), Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Book Award (2007), Red Clover Award (2008) Flotsam is a stunning picturebook about the wonders that lie beneath the sea—told entirely without words.
3/18/2017 0 Comments Love That Dog2001, Written by Sharon Creech Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2004), Dorothy Canfield Fischer Children's Book Award (2003), Claudia Lewis Award (2002) Jack doesn't like poetry. Poetry is for girls, he says, and besides he wouldn't even know what to say. But when his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, makes Jack write poetry as an in-class assignment, Jack discovers that maybe poetry is not so bad. And that, maybe, he does have something to say.
2/15/2017 0 Comments The Snowy Day1962, Written & Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats Caldecott Medal (1963) The Snowy Day is about the magic and possibilities of an overnight snowfall in the city. Written in 1962, it was the first picturebook to feature a black boy (named Peter) as the main character.
2003, by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Caldecott Honor (2004), Charlotte Zolotow Award Nominee for Highly Commended Title (2004) What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? is a nonfiction picturebook exploring different things animals can do with their noses, ears, tails, eyes, mouths, and feet. From a pelican to a platypus, a yellow-winged bat to a star-nosed mole, and a water strider to a bald eagle, young students can discover amazing things animals can do with their bodies.
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