Did you offer a Caldecott art program at your library? As soon as the winner was announced, I started thinking about outreach art programs. Yellow paper! Bears! Zoo maps! Diamond shapes! So many possibilities. Whether you have five minutes or 45 minutes, below are a few ideas and resources to get you started. A pop-up school outreach Caldecott program with Finding Winnie. Place the book on display, create a huge bear picture on yellow poster paper or keep the yellow paper blank and have each child draw their own bear. If you have 15-20 minutes, read Finding Winnie by Sophie Blackall and ask questions about the drawings. For example: What kinds of materials did Sophie Blackall use in her illustrations? Imagination time! What if you had a pet bear? What would you name your bear? Favorite food? What would you teach your bear? Favorite game to play with your bear? …
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Call for suggestions – 2016 Caldecott Award
What distinguished 2015 picture book is going to join the ranks of Beekle, Amos McGee, Mirette, and those mosquitoes that buzz in peoples in ears and win the 2016 Caldecott Medal? The committee is just anxious to find out as you are! Did you know you can make the suggestions to the Caldecott Selection Committee? Yep, and we take your suggestions seriously. So if you opened a 2015 picture book and gasped at the breathtaking beauty on the page, let us know. If you marveled at the brilliant subversiveness when art plays against the expectations of the text, please share. If you have delighted in an illustrator’s exceptional technique in the service of storytelling or sharing information in a compelling way, do tell. The 2016 Caldecott Award Committee is asking the ALSC membership to submit titles for consideration. The Caldecott Medal, along with Honors selected by the commitee, is presented…