Caldecott+and+Newberry+Winners+2013

=Caldecott Winner is THIS IS NOT MY HAT by Jon Klassen. Caldecott Honor Books are: Creepy Carrots! words by Aaron Rynolds and pictures by Peter Brown, Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue with illustrations by Pamela Zagarenski, One Cool Day by Toni Buxxeo with pictures by David Small, and Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett with illustrations by Jon Klassen. Jon Klassen is a DOUBLE AWARD WINNER.= =The Newberry Award goes to Katherin Applegate for THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN. Newberry Honor Books go to Steve Sheinkin for BOMB, and Sheila Turnage for THREE TIMES LUCKY.= =BLACK HISTORY MONTH SALUTE for 2013:= =1. Moses - Whyen Harriet Tubman Let her poeple to Freedom - a past Caldecott Honor Book= =2. Through My Eyes - by Ruby Bridges - Jane Adams Children's Book Award - Primary Source - Biography with photos.= =3. My Uncle Martin's Big Heart by Angela Farris Watkins, PHD - story about Martin through the eyes of his niece.= =4. ROSA by Nikki Giovanni - past Caldecott Honor Book - told through third person observer of the Rosa Park's Story.= =5. Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden - South Carolina in the 1950's - Ron loves books on airplanes and space - but he can't get a library card. Ron becomes a scientiest and shuttle astronaut. - The Power of Peaceful Resistance.= =6. FREEDON ON THE MENUS by Carole Boston Weatherford - Connie just wants the same right as a white to sit at the lunch counter at Woolworth's to eat a banana split. She's too young to protest, but she helps to make the signs.= =7. FREEDOM SCHOOL, YES! by Amy Littlesugar - They've burned down the church where FREEDOM SCHOOL is to be held. Annie, their teacher who lives with her family, will not be able to teache the kids and adults of Chicken Creek about black poets, historians, artists and inventors. Unless the people themselves fight back. This is based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom SChool Summer Project. ..the celebration of strength of a people and the bravery of one young girl who didn't let beging scared get in her way.=