Let’s talk about books…

And the winners are…

The 2012 Caledott Medal Winner is A Ball for Daisy written and illustrated by Chris Raschka.

The 2012 Caldecott Honor Winners were Blackout written and illustrated by John Rocco, Grandpa Green written and illustrated by Lane Smith, and Me…Jane, written and illustraed by Patrick McDonnell

For a complete listing of all of this and previous years medal winners go to: www.ala.org and choose the link for Youth Media Award Winners under News.

Caldecott Award

The students at Traver will begin to discuss the Caldecott award. They will learn what it is and why a book can receive such distinction. We will look at previous Caldecott Award winners as well as the 2012 selection.