Randolph Caldecott MedalFinding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous BearLindsay MattickLindsay Mattick tells the story of her great-grandfather, Harry Colebourn, a Winnipeg veterinarian who bought an orphaned bear cub while traveling to serve in World War I. He named her Winnipeg, or Winnie, and later brought her to the London Zoo when his unit left for the front. There, Christopher Robin Milne encountered Winnie, who became an inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh. The story is framed as Mattick telling it to her son.All readersLexile Text Measure AD590LATOS Book Level 3.4View book detailsRandolph Caldecott Medal and Honor Books 2016
The 2016 edition includes 4 Caldecott Honor Books and 1 Randolph Caldecott Medal recipient. It records one year of the Caldecott program for distinguished American picture-book illustration. The award centers on artistic technique and how the pictures convey story, theme, character, setting, mood, or information.
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Randolph Caldecott MedalFinding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous BearLindsay MattickLindsay Mattick tells the story of her great-grandfather, Harry Colebourn, a Winnipeg veterinarian who bought an orphaned bear cub while traveling to serve in World War I. He named her Winnipeg, or Winnie, and later brought her to the London Zoo when his unit left for the front. There, Christopher Robin Milne encountered Winnie, who became an inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh. The story is framed as Mattick telling it to her son.All readersLexile Text Measure AD590LATOS Book Level 3.4View book details
Caldecott Honor BookTrombone ShortyTroy AndrewsTroy Andrews recalls a childhood surrounded by music in Tremé, New Orleans, where his brother played trumpet and Mardi Gras filled the streets with sound. He parades with homemade instruments before discovering a broken trombone. His brother gives him the name Trombone Shorty. Still smaller than the instrument, he is invited by Bo Diddley to play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. The book also includes a photo essay about the city and people who nurtured him.All readersLexile Text Measure 760LATOS Book Level 4.2View book details
Caldecott Honor BookWaitingKevin HenkesSeveral toys sit at a window and wait for different things: an owl for the moon, a pig for rain, a bear for wind, a puppy for snow, and a rabbit for stars. Their waiting unfolds as seasons change. Some wishes arrive quickly and others take longer, while visitors, new sights, and surprises appear. Eventually, a new toy joins them at the window.All readersLexile Text Measure 440LATOS Book Level 1.9View book details
Caldecott Honor BookVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights MovementCarole Boston WeatherfordThis nonfiction book tells Fannie Lou Hamer’s life in poems, using a first-person voice. It traces her path from working in Mississippi cotton fields as a child in a sharecropping family to becoming a civil rights activist and politician. The poems address her efforts to secure voting rights and political representation for African Americans in Mississippi and across the United States. Direct quotations from Hamer appear within the poems, and the book also includes an author’s note, a timeline, and source notes.All readersView book details
Caldecott Honor BookLast Stop on Market StreetMatt de la PeñaAfter church, CJ rides a bus across town with his grandmother, Nana. He has questions about taking the bus, the people around them, and the neighborhood where they get off. Nana directs his attention to the people they meet and to beauty in their surroundings. At the last stop, they arrive at a soup kitchen, where CJ and his grandmother volunteer alongside familiar community members.All readersLexile Text Measure AD610LATOS Book Level 3.3View book details