Week of January 8, 2024 | All Grades | Youth Media Awards and
MBEF Library EXPO | Parents Invited to Experience the Library
Program with Their Child | Click for Info and Schedule
 | 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, 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 2024 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at 8 a.m. EST in Baltimore, Maryland. Fans can follow the action live at http://ala.unikron.com.
The 2024 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at 8 a.m. EST in Baltimore, Maryland. Fans can follow the action live at http://ala.unikron.com.
Week of January 8, 2024 | TK | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Empathy
 Caldecott Medal 2012 |  Caldecott Medal 2005 |  |
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.
Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes Caldecott Medal 2005
Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
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 Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet
In this wordless picture book, Daisy learns a valuable lesson when her favorite ball is ruined by another dog.
Kitten's First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes Caldecott Medal 2005
Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk and ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
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 Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection Kitten and Daisy coloring sheet
Week of January 8, 2024 | Kindergarten | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Friendship
 Caldecott Medal 2010 |  Caldecott Medal 2003 | |
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.
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 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 Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet
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.
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 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 Caldecott Medal winner/nominee.
Crafty Connection My Friend Rabbit coloring sheet
Week of January 8, 2024 | First Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Perseverance
 Caldecott Medal 2000 |  |  |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback Caldecott Medal 2000
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
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!
Crafty Connection Ideas Embellish a paper bookmark with a good for nothing button on it: use a hole puncher and a brad. Or, embellish a piece of bookmark-sized plastic craft mesh with a craft button attached with a chenille stem, and weave other pieces of stem into the mesh.
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
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!
Crafty Connection Ideas Embellish a paper bookmark with a good for nothing button on it: use a hole puncher and a brad. Or, embellish a piece of bookmark-sized plastic craft mesh with a craft button attached with a chenille stem, and weave other pieces of stem into the mesh.
Week of January 8, 2024 | Second Grade | Caldecott Medal
Curriculum Connection: Family Stories
 |  Caldecott Medal 2006 | |
 Winnipeg with Harry Colebourn |  Christopher Robin Milne 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 |
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
Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
Crafty Connection Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin coloring sheet
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
Learn More The real-life Canadian story of Winnie-the-Pooh
Crafty Connection Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin coloring sheet
Week of January 8, 2024 | Third Grade | Super Literacy Quiz Bowl
Practice Session with Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Im
 Supported by MBEF at all elementary schools |  Online learning tool |  |
Kahoot! Practice Session Ms. Barbara and Mrs. Im will be on hand to guide students in a Super Literacy Quiz Bowl practice session using The Skydiving Beavers, a True Tale.
Click here for more information about SLQB, an all-elementary-school program supported by MBEF
Click here for more information about SLQB, an all-elementary-school program supported by MBEF
Week of January 8, 2024 | Fourth Grade | Multiple Medal Winner
Curriculum Connection: Social Issues Book Clubs
 Multiple medals 2020 |  | |
The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander Caldecott Medal 2020, Newbery Honor 2020, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award 2020
This book/poem is a love letter to Black life in the United States. It highlights the trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
Audio How to pronounce Kwame
Video Kwame Alexander reads The Undefeated
Crafty Connection Students will create a collaborative art piece on butcher paper
This book/poem is a love letter to Black life in the United States. It highlights the trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
Audio How to pronounce Kwame
Video Kwame Alexander reads The Undefeated
Crafty Connection Students will create a collaborative art piece on butcher paper
Week of January 8, 2024 | Fifth Grade | Multiple Medals
Curriculum Connection: Social Emotional Awareness
 Caldecott Medal 2013 |  Multiple medals 2016 | |
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.
Audio Jon Klassen shares some insight into This Is Not My Hat
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
Dive Deeper Students will be presented with questions pertaining to character development, plot progression, setting, and underlying themes to think critically about Last Stop on Market Street.
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.
Audio Jon Klassen shares some insight into This Is Not My Hat
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
Dive Deeper Students will be presented with questions pertaining to character development, plot progression, setting, and underlying themes to think critically about Last Stop on Market Street.
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