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Embracing the Child: The Caldecott Medal
This page provides a listing of all Caldecott-winning books, with links to reviews of each winning title and biographical information about the authors and illustrators.
American Library Association
Ala: Alsc: Welcome to the Caldecott Medal Home Page!
2017 Caldecott Award recognition and honorable mention literature have been announced. Find the newest titles named.
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: Meet the 2017 Newbery, Caldecott and Printz Award Winners
Most of us have read at least one Newbery, Caldecott or Printz Award recipients either in school or for leisure. The newest additions to the prestigious lists have been named for 2017.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Randolph Caldecott Classroom Activity
A teacher resource for getting students to understand and appreciate the contribution of Randolph Caldecott in recognition of his birthday. Allows students to be creative and contains lesson plans, web links, and a bibliography. From...
abcteach
Abcteach: Book Units: Vocabulary Enrichment
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help to select units of books for student reading that will work to build student vocabulary. Some authors are Caldecott and Newberry winners from the early 20's until 2007. Also included are some...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Caldecott Medal Winners for 2015 and the 25 Years Prior
This resource provides a list of Caldecott Medal-winning books. Caldecott Medal Winners from 1990 through 2015 are included on this list.
American Library Association
American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books
The American Library Association awards the Caldecott Medal for best illustration of children's books. This is a directory of Caldecott Medal winners and honor books, 1938-present, which includes a description of each book.
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The Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to the Gardener [Pdf]
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart won the Caldecott Honor in 1998. It centres around a set of letters about a young girl who moved from the countryside to the city. In the lessons in this teaching guide, students must make inferences from...
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Chris Van Allsburg
This is the official website for the children's author, Chris Van Allsburg. Includes a biography, interviews, timeline, and many interactive activities. Click on one of his works to take a sneak peek at the book. Winner of the Caldecott...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Make Way for Ducklings
This resource provides information about the Caldecott Medal book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. Includes a description, a writing prompt and an extension activity.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Ed Emberley Biography
This resource features the award-winning author Ed Emberley. Features a biography, interview transcript, and booklist for Ed Emberley and his work.
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "26 Fairmont Avenue"
Here you will find activities for Tomie dePaola's autobiography, "26 Fairmont Avenue."
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Reading List for With Kids Who Love or Dislike Reading
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a reading list with motivational books. Newbery Award winners and Caldecott Award winners make up the majority of the list.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
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Tomie De Paola
This site is more for teachers than students. There are very few graphics, however the site does provide abundant information about the author and his work.
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Kingwood Library: American Cultural History: 1940 1949
Take a walk through this part of American history surrounding World War II. Each section includes cultural history of the time, with links pertaining to art and architecture, books and literature, education, fads and fashion, historic...
University of Oregon
American Children's Literature: Virgina Lee Burton
This resource contains biographical information about Virginia Lee Burton (1909-1968 CE).
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Company: Virginia Lee Burton
Use this site to learn about Virgina Lee Burton's (1909-1968 CE) childhood, early years, family life and aspirations on this site. Pictures of Virginia are included.
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The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Use this extensive Ezra-Jack Keats website. It gives a summary of the different books and looks at Keats as a person and author.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: How Big Are Martin's Big Words? Thinking Big About the Future
Contains plans for a lesson using "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." by Doreen Rappaport to get students to think about their futures. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 2: The Ox Cart Man
Second graders build their knowledge of the agricultural history of the US economy and how families make choices to meet their basic needs. Students come to understand how life changes over time and identify some of the causes of those...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Chris Van Allsburg Lesson Plans
Explore the informative links found within this site to gain an insight into the life and work of Chris Van Allsburg. This site provides lesson plans, teaching ideas and activities for several of his works.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
Explore this informative teachers' guide for the book, "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," by Chris Van Allsburg. Students and teachers will enjoy this comprehensive source.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Books: Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
This comprehensive teacher's guide for the book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg provides us with an opportunity to examine how writers blend scientific information with a fictional story.