I've been having fun finding different types of information on World Book Online for KIDS. Click on the link to World Book under my bookshelf. Once you've logged on scroll all the way to the bottom and click on "KIDS". Click away. Let me know the best information you find.
The American Library Association has announced the 2011 winners. Students in grades 1-4 will be exposed to one of the awards- its history and winners- during their library classes this month.
Titles are listed below. There covers and summaries can be seen on my bookshelf to the right.
The Geisel Award (for easy readers): Grade 1
Blink and Gollie
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same (honor)
We are in a Book! (honor- I've read this book and it is fabulous.)
The Caldecott Award (for illustrations): Grade 2
A Sick Dday for Amos McGee (I've read this too. It's adorable.)
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave (honor)
Interrupting Chickens (honor)
Coretta Scott King Award (for African American writer/illustrator):Grade 3
One Crazy Summer (author)
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave (illustrator)
Newberry Award (for most distinguished American children's literature):Grade 4
Moon over Manifest
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (honor)
Heart of a Samurai (honor)
One Crazy Summer (honor)
Turtle in Paradise (honor)
Robert Sibert Award (for nonfiction)
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
(Disclaimer: In order for the covers to appear on the shelf, I had to rate them. I have only read a few of them so far but decided that they each deserved 5 stars.)
