Thursday, October 16, 2008
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A program of the Children's Services department of the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. Please join our discussion of this year's best picture books for children.
Welcome to the ACPL Mock Caldecott Blog!
If you love children's picture books, you're in the right place. We take great joy in highlighting and discussing our favorite newly published picture books.
We hope you will join us in our discussion! Feel free to leave your comments on the titles we post. You are welcome to suggest new titles, as well. Simply leave a comment, or send us an email.
We have two Mock Caldecott events planned!
Families were invited to visit the Main Library on Saturday & Sunday, December 10 & 11, 2011. They looked over our books, learned about the Caldecott Award, and voted for their favorite books. Click here to see which books were elected by the children and families.
Adults -- librarians, teachers, parents, other interested adults -- are invited to attend our traditional Mock Caldecott Election on January 14, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Indiana librarians will earn 4 LEUs for attending; all participants will receive a certificate of attendance. We'll learn about the Caldecott Award, talk about our favorites, and vote for our own Mock Caldecott Award winners. Click here to register to attend the adult program.
2 comments:
I was a little hesitant about adding a graphic novel to our discussion...but, after all, aren't graphic novels another picture book format? And, after Brian Selznick won the Caldecott Medal last year for The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it seems like graphic novels would qualify for consideration.
What do YOU think?
From the cover, "Into the Volcano," looks like a long graphic novel. After reading the first couple of pages I was hooked from the start. This book is very suspenseful and the action seems to never stop. The illustrations are great and they add to story content. This could win the Caldecott.
I would probably use this in the upper elementary classroom and have the students write their own graphic novel.
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