We’ve been exploring award winning children’s book during our Children’s Classics posts for the last few months, and I’ve really enjoyed reading about what award winners have graced your shelves lately! This month, I want to focus on a relatively newer award out there- one that I’m very, very aware of right now. The Cybils…
Category Archives: Children’s Classics
Children’s Classics Award Winners — October
We’re into the second half of our six-month exploration of award winning children’s books, and I’ve been truly enjoying learning about some of the biggest names in honors. The American Library Association (ALA) recognizes distinguished books with several awards, one of which I’d like to call attention to this month. Every year, the Coretta Scott…
Children’s Classics Award Winners– September
Month three is upon us, and it’s time once again to talk about the award winning children’s books that we have read, perhaps sharing them with our children or revisiting them on our own. In July, I mentioned some Caldecott winning picture books that have been favorites in my family. For August, my older son…
Children’s Classics Award Winners– August
Welcome back to the Children’s Classics monthly post, where our focus for the rest of 2010 is on award winning books that dazzle our kids with amazing illustrations, beautifully crafted stories and meaningful messages. Last month, I focused on several of the Caldecott Medal winning picture books that we’re fortunate enough to have in our…
Children’s Classics Award Winners– July
Welcome to the first installment in our Children’s Classics Award Winners Challenge! From now through December, we’ll be asking you to share your love for those children’s books that have been honored by the powers that be with the shiny stickers that indicate outstanding writing and illustrations. In my family, this past month has involved…
Children’s Classics Mystery Challenge – June
Well, it’s finally here! It’s the end of the Children’s Classics Mystery Challenge. What did you think? Did you have fun with it? I know I had a great time re-reading some old friends of mine and I’m glad to have spent a little time in my past. Children’s Classic mysteries really encouraged me to…
Children’s Classics Award Winners Challenge
Now that you have spent the last six months reading and solving mysteries, we’re happy to announce a new direction for our Children’s Classics monthly feature- Award Winners! If your kids are anything like mine, they’ve astutely noticed the silvery or bronzed or golden seals on the book covers at the library, asking you to…
Children’s Classics Mystery Challenge – May
This is the next-to-last month for the Children’s Classics Mystery Challenge. From January through June, we purposefully set out to re-read some of our favorite children’s detectives. It’s been a fun journey, checking back into the worlds of Cherry Ames, The Dana Girls, Nancy Drew – 1939 ed., and Trixie Belden. There was one mystery-lovin’…
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