Beardecott Week 3

This week our picks are:

Title: The Dark
Author: Lemony Snicket
Illustrator: Jon Klassen

Title: The Beginner's Guide to Running Away From Home
Author:  Jennifer Larue Huget
Illustrator: Red Nose Studios

It's getting exciting the closer we get the the Caldecott announcement, who will take home the gold?!

Newbery 2014

I love to try to read as many contenders for the Newbery award as I can.  It's a great way for me to find out about all the new books and share them with the students.  I'm trying to finish up my list by the end of January when the winner is announced. So far I have read:

Doll Bones by Holly Black

Flora and Ulyses by Kate DiCamillo

Center of Everything by Linda Urban

Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool

The Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kate Appelt

PS Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia

Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gewirtz 

Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch 

The Real Boy by Ursula Ursu

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

I'm hoping to finish The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata and Paperboy by Vince Vawter before the announcement at the end of the month.

It's so much fun to see the discussions and guesses going around.

What are you reading?

Week 2 Beardecott 2014

We all really enjoyed last week's selections.  It's going to be hard to decide who wins, most kids are giving high scores for each book they read.

This week our two books are:



Title:  Hello, My Name is Ruby
Author: Philip C. Stead
Illustrator: Philip C. Stead












 
Title: Parrots Over Puerto Rico
Author: Cindy Trumbore
Illustrator:  Susan L. Roth

Beardecott Week 1

This week the second and third graders will start the quest for the next Beardecott winner.  We have hard work ahead of us, it'll be fun though!  We are using modified Caldecott criteria to "grade" our books and pick the winner for our school.  Then we'll listen closely as the winners for the national award are announced at the end of the month.
Here are our books this week:

 Title: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Author:  Peter Brown
Illustrator: Peter Brown

Title: A Splash of Red 
Author: Jen Bryant 
Illustrator: Melissa Sweet
See all of the books we're going to read this month here.