What's Going On in the Library?

The American Library Association awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist of "the most distinguished American picture book for children." This year, first- and second-graders chose TWO titles for the Oak Lawn Mock Caldecott: Niblet and Ralph by Zachariah O'Hora, and The Rough Patch by Brian Lies. The Rough Patch actually garnered a REAL Caldecott Honor!

On the blog, I posted some of the kids' ballots with reasons why they voted for these books, as well as some of their illustrations of their favorite scenes. I shared the news on Twitter and tagged the illustrators. O'Hora "liked" the tweet, and Lies wrote back!

As mentioned in a previous newsletter, students who read 7 or more 2018 RI Children's Book Award (RICBA) nominees qualified to participate in our second annual Rooster Games, This event will feature multiple rounds of gameshow-style activities that test kids' knowledge of the RICBA books.

Our 5 team members who are able to make the event - Madison Bogdon, Sadie Butler, Sophia Travisono, Marcus Whitfield, and Maisie Wynn - will compete against several other elementary schools on Thursday, April 11, at the Central Branch of the Cranston Public Library. Wish them luck!

I'm working on getting all of my lessons and resources online via the LibGuide platform. I also post photos of students and their work on our blog. For classes taking place in the library, here's what we're currently learning about:

• K - Geisel award
  
• 1 - Rhyming, alphabetical order
• 2 - Story plots
• 3 - Nonfiction call numbers
  
• 4 - Summarizing
• 5 - Primary and secondary sources

This newsletter is monthly, but you can follow the library blog and like us on Facebook to see lessons, videos, student work, and photos every week. If you ever have any ideas or suggestions, please email me at mmoore@cpsed.net.

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Location: Cranston, RI, United States
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