Randolph Caldecott MedalWatercressAndrea WangA Chinese American girl joins her family in gathering wild watercress beside a road in Ohio. She feels embarrassed by the stop, but her mother shares memories from China that reveal why the food matters to their family. Through the watercress, the girl begins to understand the connection between a familiar meal, her parents’ immigrant experience, and family memories that link the past with the present.All readersLexile Text Measure AD610LATOS Book Level 4View book detailsRandolph Caldecott Medal and Honor Books 2022
The 2022 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 MedalWatercressAndrea WangA Chinese American girl joins her family in gathering wild watercress beside a road in Ohio. She feels embarrassed by the stop, but her mother shares memories from China that reveal why the food matters to their family. Through the watercress, the girl begins to understand the connection between a familiar meal, her parents’ immigrant experience, and family memories that link the past with the present.All readersLexile Text Measure AD610LATOS Book Level 4View book details
Caldecott Honor BookHave You Ever Seen a Flower?Shawn HarrisA child leaves the city for a meadow and encounters a flower through sight, smell, touch, and imagination. The story invites close attention to a small part of the natural world, using all five senses as the child explores. Through this encounter with flowers and nature, the child discovers a larger world beyond the city surroundings.All readersLexile Text Measure AD490LATOS Book Level 3.3View book details
Caldecott Honor BookMel FellCorey R. TaborCorey R. Tabor serves as both author and illustrator of this 40-page picture book. Although flight frightens her, a young bird elects to learn it. Balzer + Bray, a HarperCollins imprint, published it on February 2, 2021. The book received a Caldecott Honor and was named an ALA Notable Book of the Year.All readersWord Count 281View book details
Caldecott Honor BookUnspeakable: The Tulsa Race MassacreCarole Boston WeatherfordWritten in verse, this picture book recounts the history of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. It first portrays Greenwood as a Black district with its own schools, libraries, churches, restaurants, post office, and movie theaters. Over May 31 and June 1, an armed mob looted homes and businesses while Black families fled. The book records how a thriving community was transformed during those two days of racial violence.All readersView book details
Caldecott Honor BookWonder WalkersMicha ArcherTwo siblings walk through natural places near their home and respond to what they see with imaginative questions. They wonder whether trees could be the sky’s legs, dirt the world’s skin, shells the shore’s necklace, or the ocean the world’s bath. Each spread centers on another detail from their surroundings, and their exchange moves between playful speculation and serious observation. The book follows the children’s curiosity as a way of noticing the natural world.All readersLexile Text Measure AD310LATOS Book Level 2.3View book details