Week of January 24, 2022 | Youth Media Awards Announced
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards
Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.
Time and Place
The 2022 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 24, 2021, at 8 a.m. CT during the virtual Midwinter Conference. Fans can follow the action live at http://ala.unikron.com.
Each year the American Library Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature and media.
Time and Place
The 2022 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 24, 2021, at 8 a.m. CT during the virtual Midwinter Conference. Fans can follow the action live at http://ala.unikron.com.
Week of January 24, 2022 | TK | Caldecott Medal
 |  Caldecott Medal 2012 |  Caldecott Medal 2005 |
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
A Ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka Caldecott Medal 2012
In this wordless picture book, Daisy learns a valuable lesson when her favorite ball is ruined by another dog.
Video A Ball for Daisy presented by Jill Meeker
Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes Caldecott Medal 2005
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
Video Kitten's First Full Moon with Keven Henkes presented by HarperKids
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a past Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Video One Red Dot presented by Stephanie Jennifer
Crafty Connection Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet
A Ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka Caldecott Medal 2012
In this wordless picture book, Daisy learns a valuable lesson when her favorite ball is ruined by another dog.
Video A Ball for Daisy presented by Jill Meeker
Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes Caldecott Medal 2005
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
Video Kitten's First Full Moon with Keven Henkes presented by HarperKids
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a past Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Video One Red Dot presented by Stephanie Jennifer
Crafty Connection Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet
Week of January 24, 2022 | Kindergarten | Caldecott Medal
| |  Caldecott Medal 2010 |  Caldecott Medal 2003 |
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
The Lion and the Mouse, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Caldecott Medal 2010
In this wordless retelling of the fable by Aesop, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
Video The Lion and the Mouse presented by StoryTimeMomShy
My Friend Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann Caldecott Medal 2003
Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
Video My Friend Rabbit presented by Beth Perry on Vimeo
Video Eric Rohmann explains how he printed then painted his artwork, and had to change the technique in the middle of the process because he had the use of the printing equipment for only a short time.
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a past Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Video One Red Dot presented by Stephanie Jennifer
Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet
The Lion and the Mouse, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Caldecott Medal 2010
In this wordless retelling of the fable by Aesop, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
Video The Lion and the Mouse presented by StoryTimeMomShy
My Friend Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann Caldecott Medal 2003
Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
Video My Friend Rabbit presented by Beth Perry on Vimeo
Video Eric Rohmann explains how he printed then painted his artwork, and had to change the technique in the middle of the process because he had the use of the printing equipment for only a short time.
One Red Dot, by David A. Carter
Each of the pop-up sculptures challenges readers to find one red dot. Looking for a good book? Look for a red dot on the book spine. The red dot sticker denotes a book that is a past Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Video One Red Dot presented by Stephanie Jennifer
Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet
Week of January 24, 2022 | First Grade | Caldecott Medal
| |  Caldecott Medal 2000 |  Crafty Connection sewing project |
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback Caldecott Medal 2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
Video Joseph Had a Little Overcoat presented by Weston Woods and Sarah Holokai
I Had a Favorite Dress, by Boni Ashburn
A young girl loves her favorite dress, but when it gets worn, goes out of fashion, or she grows too big to fit, her mother fixes up her old favorite into something new.
Video I Had a Favorite Dress presented by Dream Time
The Good for Nothing Button, by Charise Mericle Harper
Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. And that is something!
Video The Good for Nothing Button presented by mandpmstorytime
Crafty Connection Sewing project
Bookmark Sewing project link
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback Caldecott Medal 2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
Video Joseph Had a Little Overcoat presented by Weston Woods and Sarah Holokai
I Had a Favorite Dress, by Boni Ashburn
A young girl loves her favorite dress, but when it gets worn, goes out of fashion, or she grows too big to fit, her mother fixes up her old favorite into something new.
Video I Had a Favorite Dress presented by Dream Time
The Good for Nothing Button, by Charise Mericle Harper
Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. And that is something!
Video The Good for Nothing Button presented by mandpmstorytime
Crafty Connection Sewing project
Bookmark Sewing project link
Week of January 24, 2022 | Second Grade | Caldecott Medal
 |  Caldecott Medal 2006 | |
 Winnipeg with Harry Colebourn |  Christopher Robin feeding Winnipeg in the London Zoo, circa 1920s |  Christopher Robin combines the bear's name with the name of a friend's swan and names his own teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh |
American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
Finding Winnie True Story World's Most Famous Bear, by Lindsay Mattick Caldecott Medal 2006
The author's family ties to Winnie-the-Pooh form the backbone of this story-within-a-story. In 1914 in Canada, veterinarian Harry Colebourn (the author's great-grandfather) sets off to join the war in Europe. A whistle-stop encounter with a gentle bear cub begins an historic friendship when the bear becomes the division's mascot and travels to England. Colebourn eventually takes Winnie to the London Zoo where Christopher Robin Milne meets her.
Video The author talks about the book's origins
Video Finding Winnie presented by EDUC329
Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
Finding Winnie True Story World's Most Famous Bear, by Lindsay Mattick Caldecott Medal 2006
The author's family ties to Winnie-the-Pooh form the backbone of this story-within-a-story. In 1914 in Canada, veterinarian Harry Colebourn (the author's great-grandfather) sets off to join the war in Europe. A whistle-stop encounter with a gentle bear cub begins an historic friendship when the bear becomes the division's mascot and travels to England. Colebourn eventually takes Winnie to the London Zoo where Christopher Robin Milne meets her.
Video The author talks about the book's origins
Video Finding Winnie presented by EDUC329
Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
Week of January 24, 2022 | Third Grade | Caldecott Medal
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey Caldecott Medal 1942
Mother and Father Mallard search for the perfect home to raise their family in this Caldecott Award winner that illustrates the city of Boston in such detail that a police officer's shoe size can be observed.
Video Make Way for Ducklings presented by Reading Rhinos
Websites: Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore
A story based on a true rescue traces the adventures of a duck family that is separated when the ducklings fall through the slats of the town's storm drain and are saved by three firemen who return them to their mother.
Video Lucky Ducklings presented by Terry Lanoie
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey Caldecott Medal 1942
Mother and Father Mallard search for the perfect home to raise their family in this Caldecott Award winner that illustrates the city of Boston in such detail that a police officer's shoe size can be observed.
Video Make Way for Ducklings presented by Reading Rhinos
Websites: Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore
A story based on a true rescue traces the adventures of a duck family that is separated when the ducklings fall through the slats of the town's storm drain and are saved by three firemen who return them to their mother.
Video Lucky Ducklings presented by Terry Lanoie
Week of January 24, 2022 | Fourth Grade | Caldecott Medal
| |  Caldecott Medal 1950 | |
 Leo Politi 1908-1996 |  |  Bunker Hill, Los Angles, circa 1960 |
American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
Song of the Swallows, by Leo Politi Caldecott Medal 1950
A story of friendship between a little boy in the town of Capistrano and the gardener and bell-ringer at the Mission San Juan Capistrano as they welcome the swallows as they come flying in over the sea from Argentina on March 19, St. Joseph's Day.
Video Song of the Swallows presented by Once Upon a Time Read Alouds
Video Will the Swallows Return to Capistrano?
Video Leo Politi's Los Angeles KPCC Interview Leo Politi was known as the Artist of City of Angels and before it was a popular notion, was protesting the demolition of buildings and neighborhoods in the name of "progress."
Crafty Connection Sketch a simple city skyline in the style of Leo Politi
Crafty Connection Song of the Swallows coloring sheet
Song of the Swallows, by Leo Politi Caldecott Medal 1950
A story of friendship between a little boy in the town of Capistrano and the gardener and bell-ringer at the Mission San Juan Capistrano as they welcome the swallows as they come flying in over the sea from Argentina on March 19, St. Joseph's Day.
Video Song of the Swallows presented by Once Upon a Time Read Alouds
Video Will the Swallows Return to Capistrano?
Video Leo Politi's Los Angeles KPCC Interview Leo Politi was known as the Artist of City of Angels and before it was a popular notion, was protesting the demolition of buildings and neighborhoods in the name of "progress."
Crafty Connection Sketch a simple city skyline in the style of Leo Politi
Crafty Connection Song of the Swallows coloring sheet
Week of January 24, 2022 | Fifth Grade | ALA Youth Media Awards
Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King Selections
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 Caldecott Medal 2013 |  Multiple medals 2016 |  Multiple medals 2020 |
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American Library Association Youth Media Awards The 2022 awards will be announced January 24, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time
Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books, by Michelle Markel
Before his name graced golden seals on the covers of books for children, John Newbery was a humble printer with big dreams. In lively language set in attractive, varying fonts, Markel describes the world of literature when Newbery was alive: there were plenty of adventure stories for adults, but kids were left with "preachy poems and fables" and "manuals that told them where to stand, how to sit, not to laugh, and scores of other rules." He loved reading as a child, went on to work as a printer, and then made a groundbreaking decision to write and market entertaining, silly stories for children.
Video Balderdash presented by EDUC329
This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen Caldecott Medal 2013
A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.
Video This Is Not My Hat presented by Buttons Tales
Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt De La Pena
Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Honor 2016
When his grandmother teaches him to look with a discerning eye and notice the wonders all around him , a young boy learns to appreciate the beauty in what he has and how he can contribute to his community.
Video Last Stop on Market Street read by the author, with thanks to Kansas City Public Library
New Kid, by Jerry Craft
In a story that mirrors the author's own life experiences, 7th grader Jordan Banks is sent to a prestigious school where he is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade and finds himself caught between two worlds, not really fitting into either one.
Video Interview with author/illustrator Jerry Craft, winner of multiple awards in 2020 for his graphic novel New Kid, including the Newbery and the Coretta Scott King Award.
Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books, by Michelle Markel
Before his name graced golden seals on the covers of books for children, John Newbery was a humble printer with big dreams. In lively language set in attractive, varying fonts, Markel describes the world of literature when Newbery was alive: there were plenty of adventure stories for adults, but kids were left with "preachy poems and fables" and "manuals that told them where to stand, how to sit, not to laugh, and scores of other rules." He loved reading as a child, went on to work as a printer, and then made a groundbreaking decision to write and market entertaining, silly stories for children.
Video Balderdash presented by EDUC329
This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen Caldecott Medal 2013
A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.
Video This Is Not My Hat presented by Buttons Tales
Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt De La Pena
Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Honor 2016
When his grandmother teaches him to look with a discerning eye and notice the wonders all around him , a young boy learns to appreciate the beauty in what he has and how he can contribute to his community.
Video Last Stop on Market Street read by the author, with thanks to Kansas City Public Library
New Kid, by Jerry Craft
In a story that mirrors the author's own life experiences, 7th grader Jordan Banks is sent to a prestigious school where he is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade and finds himself caught between two worlds, not really fitting into either one.
Video Interview with author/illustrator Jerry Craft, winner of multiple awards in 2020 for his graphic novel New Kid, including the Newbery and the Coretta Scott King Award.
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