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Wondering about the future of teaching in 2020-21 academic year! This is Randolph Caldecott's view of teaching in 1885. Teacher writes on blackboard: "so she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an applepie" (& look at the boy's drawing!!) https://t.co/4mhG51LBP6

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2020-05-21

May Day
Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886)
Manchester Art Gallery

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2020-05-01

Just in to The Drawing Brigade, a gorgeous THANK YOU to our nation’s first responders from Caldecott Award winner . Thank you Matt for contributing to our project!

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2020-04-10

We've had the pleasure of 4 ace Cover Reveals this year. It's worth a recap:

The Short Knife, Elen Caldecott 07.20
My Name is River, Emma Rea 06.20
Summer of the Dragons, Ed Clarke 05.20
The Shark Caller, Zillah Bethell 07.20

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2020-04-02

The fables of Aesop have been told for over 2,500 years! Check out Ian Lendler's versions here, illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner, Pamela Zagarenski!
https://t.co/OZeqtJVXkf

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2020-03-14

Three questions and two sentence starters with Caldecott Honor artist LeUyen Pham: https://t.co/XIJgHooKzz

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2020-03-05

Today is I highly recommend Caldecott Honor artist 's Our Friend Hedgehog! https://t.co/5WOTAVVbdx

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2020-02-02

Dean Schneider announces the winner of the 2020 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize is...*drumroll*... "River" by Elisha Cooper () https://t.co/rQ3ueuJpNr

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2020-01-31

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan. 31): https://t.co/0vbpJeM73o Inside: of Newbery/Caldecott winners, Writing the Inciting Incident, Questions to Ask a PB, more. Thanks for the illustration, & for the & giveaways

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2020-01-31

A collection of covers by , who recently won the Caldecott Medal for his illustration of “The Undefeated,” a children’s book celebrating great black Americans.

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2020-01-30

Fascinating for all children's book award followers! Check out this incisive article about the criteria for entering the US Caldecott & Newbery Awards. What if you had different criteria - these could be the contenders! https://t.co/tCXms9eldn

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2020-01-19

Allison Grover Khoury + her students are smitten with the beautiful illustrations in 's "Home in the Woods" () + "how much they communicate about Marvel's family’s experiences." Do you agree? https://t.co/7FemNN9AIT

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2020-01-11

Tomorrow is 'The Shortest Day' (by Susan Cooper & Carson Ellis) And it is a great book! 💕🎄📚
"In this seasonal treasure this beloved poem heralds the winter solstice, illuminated by Caldecott Honoree Carson Ellis’s strikingly resonant illustrations."

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2019-12-21

Kids have spoken. Today I have the results of our 2020 Mock Caldecott: https://t.co/7hIVLcWdos

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2019-12-13

on "Fry Bread": " reveals so much of the book's theme through how characters hold themselves, relate to one another through eye contact & (physically & emotionally) lift one another up..." https://t.co/UhlnTXNCNS

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2019-12-05

Day 22: "The Wild Boy" by Mordicai Gerstein. In his acceptance speech, Gerstein said, “I make books for people, most of who happen to be children, and I try to address the most essential parts of all of us.”

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2019-11-23

Today's is by for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (1963). Sendak won the Medal from the children's librarians in 1964, recognizing Wild Things as the previous year's "most distinguished American for children"

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2019-11-19