We decided to hold a mock Caldecott contest this week.
My school is a K-2.
We showed twelve possible Caldecott winners to the children.
Then each child ranked the books from 1 to 5 stars.
The results were surprising.
The books that actually won the
Caldecott Awards were the books
the fewest kids thought had great pictures!
The lowest ranked books at our school were
River of Words, House in the Night,
Geography, and Best Week.
The winner at our school was Don't Worry, Bear.
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes came in second.
Third place was We Are the Ship.
Fourth place was Wabi Sabi.
In the middle were Starfinder, Blue Room,
Yellow Leaf, and Radio Flyer.
It was fun to see what kids think about
pictures in books. It was surprising, too.
Every book had at least ten kids who thought
that book had the best pictures.
I completely forgot to announce the school winners before I left for the technology conference. Eek!
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