Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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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.
3 comments:
First off I have to say the illustrations in "All God's Critters" are absolutely beautiful. The first thing that caught my eye was the legs and arms of the frog, too cool. The expressions on all of the animals' faces are just precious. The illustrations just make a person smile. The story is definitely enriched of the illustrations. The large size of the illustrations sends the message that when the animals sing and make music it will be heard all over the land. I just wish the end pages were not black and blank, so sad for such a happy book. If you haven't seen this book you need to seek it out.
I agree with everything Genie said. I also really like how the backdrop to many of the pictures takes on a large, animal-like character. The clouds seem like huge ‘critters’ in the background singing along as well. I also think the end of the book is especially well done with a fold-out spread of all the animals singing then the next page with a view from backstage, past the performers and into the audience. Great use of perspective!
I wonder if the black endpapers weren't done intentionally to add to the feeling of entering and leaving a dark theater...the theater theme is definitely a strong element in this book. I love the progression from the title page with the animals in the audience looking up at the big red curtain, to the different animals performances, to the bows and cheers and cleaning up at the end.
Very well done!
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