For today’s picture book linky, The Children’s Bookshelf, I thought that it would only be fitting that I highlight the winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association Youth Media Awards for 2013. The results were just announced yesterday morning, and I’m excited to see one of my favorite picture books from 2012 win the 2013 Caldecott Medal in addition to several personal favorite children’s books on the Caldecott Honor list.
Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner for 2013:
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klaussen
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klaussen
My preschooler loved this picture book about a fish who only thinks that he’s gotten away with stealing a hat from a much larger fish.
This Is Not My Hat book trailer:
Randolph Caldecott Honor Winners:
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown
One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo and illustrated by David Small
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue and illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
This picture book was one of my favorites from last year. The simple plot about a girl who finds a box of yarn and knits one thing after another without ever running out is both creative and appealing to children.
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
I admit I was surprised that my preschooler wanted me to read this simple book over and over. The theme of different types of green (ie. jungle green, khaki green) is deceptively simple when paired with amazing illustrations that use small cut-outs to incorporate small elements from the previous and future illustration in the current page. My preschooler also laughed out loud with delight when the book switched unexpectedly from exploring crayon box shades of green to entering the realm of shades of green that only exist in the imagination.
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What was your favorite picture book from 2012? What do you think of the 2013 Caldecott choices?
Bethany
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I love this is Not My Hat and Creepy Carrots. Haven’t read the others, but plan to.
I will be posting first paragraphs from some of the Cybil Nominees and ALA Winners in hopes of intriguing some writers.
We loved Green too. My son kept asking me to renew it from the library.
I have never read any of them! I’m going to the Library this weekend to check some out. Thanks for sharing!
This is a great link up – thanks – I have followed you on Pinterest but as yet do not have a google plus account… might start one this week? Do you find it useful?
Hi! I will send you a message via your blog too, because I don’t have an email reply feature being on Blogger. But, yes, I am a huge fan of G+. I don’t get much traffic from it yet, but it is well worth being on for the level of interaction that you can have with the people who are on it. G+ is designed for sharing information not necessarily just for personal chatting, so I think that as a blogger it is a better place to spend time than Facebook.
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