When books sleep, do they see in color?
In their slumbering, do they take a wayward path,
meandering through bright worlds and words,
do their characters reach for lofty things?
Do books dream
of Caldecott and Newbery?
Or do they wish
to be read,
to be loved,
from end to end,
from page to page,
word after word after word?
On Monday, the American Library Association announced their choices,
the most distinguished books of 2016.
They've picked the stellar standouts,
a handful of beautiful treasures.
Finding Winnie gets the Caldecott medal this year.
Oh happy day for illustrator Sophie Blackall and author Lindsay Mattick!
Caldecott Honors go to:
Waiting, by Kevin Henkes,
Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier & written by Troy Andrews,
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement,
illustrated by Ekua Holmes & written by Carole Boston Weatherford
and one more Caldecott Honor-
Oh happy day for illustrator Sophie Blackall and author Lindsay Mattick!
Caldecott Honors go to:
Waiting, by Kevin Henkes,
Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan Collier & written by Troy Andrews,
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement,
illustrated by Ekua Holmes & written by Carole Boston Weatherford
and one more Caldecott Honor-
glorious surprise!
Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson & written by Matt de la Peña
rode home not only a Caldecott Honor,
but a Coretta Scott King Honor,
and the Newbery Medal,
the award given each year for the most distinguished contribution
in American literature for children.
What an exciting day!
Some of our other book favorites were honored on Monday with special awards as well.
Drum, Dream Girl, illustrated by Rafael Lopez & written by Margarita Engle
won the Pura Belpre' award for illustration.
Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez & written by Meg Medina
earned Pura Belpre' Honors in both writing and illustration.
Emmanuel's Dream, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Last Stop on Market Street, illustrated by Christian Robinson & written by Matt de la Peña
rode home not only a Caldecott Honor,
but a Coretta Scott King Honor,
and the Newbery Medal,
the award given each year for the most distinguished contribution
in American literature for children.
What an exciting day!
Some of our other book favorites were honored on Monday with special awards as well.
Drum, Dream Girl, illustrated by Rafael Lopez & written by Margarita Engle
won the Pura Belpre' award for illustration.
Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez & written by Meg Medina
earned Pura Belpre' Honors in both writing and illustration.
Emmanuel's Dream, illustrated by Sean Qualls
& written by Pacific Northwest author Laurie Ann Thompson
was honored with the Schneider Family Book Award.
Yay, Laurie!
And tomorrow, our Library Mock Caldecott committee
finds out their winners.
Last week, the committee had to stand up
and defend their favorite book finalists,
provide good, deep dirt on why their books mattered.
Nearly every kid present had a different favorite book.
Each speaker, even my crowd-shy wildebeests,
braved the limelight to give strong, passionate, thoughtful evidence
as to why their book was a winner.
And that's when it struck me -each book wins.
Each book published has a chance to speak, to set a spark in a child.
And that is a win.
That's the beauty and the power
of these little, flat packages of words and pictures
that we call books.
So if tomorrow at the Library Mock Caldecott Awards Party,
there just happens to be one Mock Caldecott winner
and a surprising eight Honor books,
it is because
each of those books
has won over
some very passionate readers.
has won over
some very passionate readers.
And if you just happen to be around tomorrow -
Come see the books!
Have some party snacks and toothpicks!
Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 3:45 p.m.
at the Jefferson County Library,
come in for the party!All are invited!
Come see the books!
Have some party snacks and toothpicks!
If you read five books, you get to weigh in on the People's Choice vote.
And next Thursday at 3:45 p.m. at the library,
we'll write letters to authors and illustrators.
We'll send awards to our winners.
and to books that spark readers and dreamers!
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How I wish I were in your neighborhood. I'd be there with you and Janet Carey to soak up her take on magic and writing. What is a dragon but pure magic? I found a drawing of a dragon skeleton online. Made my day.
Aw, Tricia, I wish you were coming with me, too! What fun we'd have plunging our fairy tale roots into good working dirt! Happy dragon skeletons to you...
I'm so glad you enjoyed the workshop! It sounds like it was wonderful! Isn't Field's End a great organization? And ooh, de-fuzzing! Great way to say it!
I hope you're having a great week, Faith!
PS - I just noticed I wrote "great" three times. My tired brain needs more than de-fuzzing...off to bed!
My goodness does this post make me smile. So much truth here! And reminders to twirl and stomp are some of the best kinds of reminders... Thank you!