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Scholastic

Scholastic: The Snowy Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Resource features the Caldecott Medal book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. Learn more about this award-winning book through the description, discussion guide and booklist.
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American Library Association

American Library Association: Newbery Medal Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is dedicated to winners of the Newbery Medal, an award named for an eighteenth-century British bookseller. Link is available for list of current winners and past winners.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: "A Wrinkle in Time" Scholastic Book Files

For Students 9th - 10th
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle is a Newbery Winning book. The BookFiles offers a excellent reading guide with thoughtful questions. It includes information on the author, vocabulary, as well as summaries on character, setting,...
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Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "So You Want to Be President"

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you will find a variety of websites to refer to regarding the presidents. These websites will enhance your study of this book with presidential biographies, anecdotes, inaugural addresses and more!
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Harold D. Underdown

The Newbery Medal Winners, 2002 Current

For Students 9th - 10th
Site includes a listing of previous winners of the Newbery Book Medal in children's literature since 2002. Shows winners and provides a link to each book's page on "Amazon.com" for buying information.
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The Washington Post

Kids Post: 'The Girl Who Drank the Moon' Wins 2017 Newbery Medal

For Students 6th - 8th
Take a look at the newest members of the top literary awards in children's books as of January 2017.
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American Library Association

American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners and Honor Books

For Students 3rd - 5th
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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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Appreciation of Literature Through Newbery Books

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will select a Newbery Medal Award book to read. They will complete one of three projects to reflect understanding of the chosen book. Their projects will be presented to the class in an effort to entice other students to read...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Chris Van Allsburg: Houghton Mifflin Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Provides a brief biography, a bibliography with synopses, the text of his two Caldecott Medal acceptance speeches, and three audio samples of Vans Allsburg's works.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Newbery Medal Winners for 20 Years Prior

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a comprehensive book list. A list of 20 Newbery Award-winning books are provided on this resouce.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Make Way for Ducklings

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ox Cart Man

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Come and learn more about the Caldecott Medal book Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall. Provides a description of the book, a discussion guide, and a teaching plan.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Owl Moon

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about the Caldecott Medal book Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. This online resource provides a description, a discussion guide, a writing prompt, a teaching plan and more.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Snowflake Bentley

For Students 3rd - 5th
This review of "Snowflake Bentley" written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian features related activities for this Caldecott medal winning book.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Snowflake Bentley as a Framing Text for Multigenre Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan using the book Snowflake Bentley, a Caldecott Medal-winning book, students will work in small groups to create an original multigenre work about winter.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Caldecott Medal Winners for 2015 and the 25 Years Prior

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides a list of Caldecott Medal-winning books. Caldecott Medal Winners from 1990 through 2015 are included on this list.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kid's Books: Newbery Medal Winners

For Students 3rd - 8th
List of Newbery Medal Award winners on this website. The list contains some great children's books.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Newbery Medal Winners for 2016

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides A list of Newbery Medal Winners from 2016 along with a brief summary.
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Other

Books by Peggy Rathmann: Biography

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is taken from the Books by Peggy Rathmann official site and it contains unique, interesting facts about the life of the author, Peggy Rathmann. It includes a picture along with a few autobiographical sections.
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Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Other

Simms Taback: Interview With the 2000 Caldecott Winner

For Students 3rd - 8th
Contains interview of Taback after he won the Caldecott Medal for "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat".
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NC State University

Global Book Club: The Westing Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you like mystery and intrigue in your literature? This site features activities for the mystery story, "The Westing Game," by Ellen Raskin. Come and check out these cross-curricular activities.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Maniac Magee

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Have you ever read "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli? Use this resource to learn more about this book. An educational resource with discussion questions, extension activities and more.

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