Community School Students recommend Every Dreaming Creature by Brendan Wenzel and The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker.
Students from Sun Valley Community School visited The Community Library for a Mock Caldecott Award selection. Students learned about the history of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, the most prestigious awards for children’s literature. They then participated in a Mock Caldecott, exploring books that might win the award, which is given to “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children” published by an American in the previous year.
After exploring books chosen by our librarians to be in contention (there is no long or shortlist), students browsed the books and voted on their favorites. One class chose Every Dreaming Creature by Brendan Wenzel as their winner, while the other class overwhelmingly voted for The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker.
The classes also named 5 Honor books:
- An American Story by Kwame Alexander & Dare Coulter
- Big by Vashti Harrison
- In Every Life by Marla Frazee
- Jumper by Jessica Lanan
- Sometimes a Tiger by Z.B. Asterplume
The actual Caldecott Award will be announced on Monday, January 22.
