The Massachusetts Children's Book Award winner is.....

About the award:
     After finding that many children lose interest in books after reaching the intermediate grades, Dr. Helen Constant founded the Massachusetts Children's Book Award program in 1975. Designed for Massachusetts schoolchildren in grades 4-6, the program briefly included grades 7-9 from 1978 through 1983.
    Today, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders are given a "master list" of book titles. After reading five of the books, students may vote for their favorite. The list is compiled from nominations of participating teachers, librarians and interested publishers. A selection committee works with the nominations and chooses 25 titles to appear on the master list. http://www.salemstate.edu/academics/schools/3698.php

At Proctor, our students were encouraged to read at least five of  the nominated books so that they could participate and vote in mid-March.  We had quite a turnout at the "polls" and I am looking forward to sharing the results with my classes this week!

MCBA 2013 winner

 

 

Word Cloud of the week

Each week, I'll be creating a word cloud on Tagxedo for my students.  The word cloud will relate to something we are talking learning about, reading about, or book-talking about! 
Here is the first Word Cloud of the Week (hint: A special guest visit will make Wednesday anything but HORRIBLE at Steward School!)

And the winners are........

The 2013 Newbery Medal winner is...........The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, published by HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.  The winner was announced today by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

 

 

 

The 2013 Caldecott Medal winner is....... This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press.

 

 



 

The Caldecott Medal is an award which is given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.