{"id":6215,"date":"2013-04-14T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T04:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2013-04-09T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:59:04","slug":"a-gold-mine-of-gold-medal-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/a-gold-mine-of-gold-medal-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"A Gold Mine of Gold Medal Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"caldecott75_FBheader\"<\/a>Last month\u2019s all-call<\/a> for Caldecott 75th Anniversary celebration ideas yielded a jackpot of festive programs and events.\u00a0 Contributors featured here received an autographed copy of a Caldecott winner\/honor title. The year-long celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Caldecott Medal<\/a> is approaching the climax, and it\u2019s not too late for you to join the party!\u00a0 Try one of these golden ideas on for size at your library.<\/p>\n

Caldecott Pajama Party
\n<\/strong>\"Caldecott<\/a>The Kimberly-Little Chute Library in Wisconsin held an evening Caldecott Pajama Story Time<\/a> in January. The 2013 winner was announced and favorite winners from previous years were read, followed by a screening of the film version of Officer Buckle and Gloria<\/em>. \u00a0Attendees also explored Caldecott art styles, such as the pencil\/charcoal of Kitten\u2019s First Full Moon<\/em>. Children and families selected book jackets from picture books to take home and use for creating art projects. (Submitted by Ann Hardginski)<\/p>\n

On Your Marks, Get Set, DRAW!
\n<\/strong>\"75AnnualCaldecott-BothDrawing\"<\/a>During the annual 90-Second Newbery Film Festival <\/a>screening in Chicago, festival creator James Kennedy played a game in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, in which children\u2019s picture book author and artist Aaron Zenz faced off against a young audience member, trying to draw in 75 seconds what they think the cover of a particular obscure Caldecott-winning book might look like. During the New York screening of the 90-Second Newbery, authors Dan Yaccarino and Brian Floca participated in the Caldecott drawing face-off. (Submitted by Eti Berland)<\/p>\n

Mock Election<\/strong>
\n\"celebrate75logo\"<\/a>Oregon\u2019s Deschutes Public Library held its first public mock Caldecott election.\u00a0 First,\u00a0 a Celebrate 75<\/a> website was created featuring 25 books that the library staff thought were the best of the year.\u00a0 Next, the Youth Services Manager visited branch libraries to present a lively program about the Caldecott medal, including its history, criteria and voting process.\u00a0 In December, staff narrowed down the list to 6 titles and led a discussion with the public.\u00a0 The week before ALA Midwinter, the public was invited to vote either online or in the libraries.\u00a0 Deschutes Public Library staff and patrons are proud that their winner was the same one selected by the 2013 Caldecott Committee–This Is Not My Hat<\/em> by Jon Klassen.\u00a0 (Submitted by Heather McNeil)<\/p>\n

A Whole Day of Caldecott
\n<\/strong>\"8536160273_f5984610b5_q\"<\/a>The Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook, IL had a special day-long Caldecott celebration<\/a> when local students were out from school on holiday.\u00a0 Children took part in a scavenger hunt featuring items from the books in the 75th anniversary logo<\/a> (such as a fox puppet or a photograph of a kitten).\u00a0 At a writing and drawing station, children expressed favorite Caldecott memories which were included in a display of Caldecott book covers.\u00a0 Special storytimes, activities based Caldecott art styles, and a screening of Hugo<\/em> rounded out the day.\u00a0 (Submitted by Sarah Dolley)<\/p>\n

Mega Display
\n\"IMG_0093\"<\/a><\/strong>Celebrating the Caldecott medal is not just for kids!\u00a0 Students, faculty, and staff at Walsh University in Ohio voted for their favorite Caldecott titles as part of an interactive display set up in a campus library.\u00a0 One selected winner will receive a either a copy of their beloved Caldecott title or a copy of the newest Caldecott winner.\u00a0 (Submitted by Katie Hutchison)<\/p>\n

Caldecott Art Share
\n\"daisy\"<\/a><\/strong>The Latin School of Chicago\u2019s Lower School Library is hosting a Caldecott Art Share for students in Junior Kindergarten through 4th grade. \u00a0Young participants are using Caldecott winning titles as inspiration for original artworks.\u00a0 Some students are choosing to replicate artists\u2019 styles, whereas others are exploring new mediums using a book\u2019s characters or themes as a jumping off point. \u00a0\u00a0A gallery space will be constructed to display the art pieces with the entire school community. \u00a0\u00a0The Lower School librarians established a Pinterest<\/a> board to showcase Caldecott anniversary party ideas.\u00a0 \u00a0(Submitted by Elisa Gall)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month\u2019s all-call for Caldecott 75th Anniversary celebration ideas yielded a jackpot of festive programs and events.\u00a0 Contributors featured here received an autographed copy of a Caldecott winner\/honor title. The year-long celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Caldecott Medal is approaching the climax, and it\u2019s not too late for you to join the party!\u00a0 Try one of these golden ideas on for size at your library. Caldecott Pajama Party The Kimberly-Little Chute Library in Wisconsin held an evening Caldecott Pajama Story Time in January. The 2013 winner was announced and favorite winners from previous years were read, followed by a screening of the film version of Officer Buckle and Gloria. \u00a0Attendees also explored Caldecott art styles, such as the pencil\/charcoal of Kitten\u2019s First Full Moon. Children and families selected book jackets from picture books to take home and use for creating art projects. (Submitted by Ann Hardginski) On Your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[240,22,231,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caldecott-75th-anniversary","category-childrens-literature","category-displays","category-programming-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}