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Newbery Award books in 90 seconds:
From the site: http://90secondnewbery.com/
"The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is an annual video contest in which young filmmakers create movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds." Spoiler Alerts--These videos give away the entire plot of the book so be forewarned before watching. Here is a list of some top videos: http://90secondnewbery.com/bestof You can also create one of your own and submit it: http://90secondnewbery.com/submitmovie Every year the American Library Association presents the Youth Media awards to the most outstanding books for youth of the previous years.
Check out the winners from 2014 on YouTube: 2014 Winners This year the winners will be announced on Monday February 2nd. Be sure to check out the live broadcast here: ALA Youth Media Awards Read some 2014 picture books to a class of first graders. Their favorite for Mock Caldecott and mine as well was Froodle by Antoinette Portis Our honor award winner was: The Hug Machine by Scott Campbell Click on the book to go to the author's website. I recently read this Newbery Award winner. It's a marvelous story about a young girl and a squirrel with superpowers. It's a fun quick read with poetry and adventure. I highly recommend it. To find out what other books won awards this year check out: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/01/american-library-association-announces-2014-youth-media-award-winners
Today I introduced the students to the Pura Belpré Award winning books. The Pura Belpré awards are given by the American Library Association to the books that celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
To see the winners check out: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal I showed students examples of artwork by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art: Frida and Diego presentation |
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